Everyone who has taken off in a plane with overcast skies and soared up through the clouds into the sunlight has a good visual image of our spiritual predicament. It is the clouds of our thoughts that block the Light we seek. Occasionally inspiration burns through and we are briefly filled with joy and peace.
One effective vehicle we can use to lift our consciousness up through the clouds is meditation. Many times, we may not get off the ground, and many times we may get lost in the clouds. Yet, with continued practice we will one day rise up above the cloud cover of our thinking mind and experience the pure light of quiet consciousness without thought. The mind was built to fly—requiring only a worthy pilot!
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