Inspirations and Meditations offers a daily verse of inspiration and an uplifting reflection on nature, spirit and beauty—something higher to lift, to comfort and heal. On each page you will find a few lines of inspiration and a meditation/reflection that expands and brings it to fullness.
The thoughts and ideas expressed in this book are often spiritual but not religious per se. There is nothing in these pages that is dogmatic or exclusive to any religion. The conversation here is all-inclusive and drawn primarily from the teachings and universal philosophy in ancient spiritual texts from India, the Vedas and the Upanishads. In the 1800s Emerson, Thoreau, and since then a plethora of modern spiritual teachers, have assimilated these universal truths into their work for the great benefit of humankind. If this book serves its purpose, it will offer some small reflection of that truth, and you will catch a glimpse your own radiant being mirrored in its pages.
We are, all of us, aspiring to something in our lives. Our objective might be to be a better person, to be kinder and more compassionate, to be successful in career or relationship, to reduce our stress and anxiety, heal emotional wounds, discipline ourselves for better health or to realize our higher spiritual aspirations. Along the way we all experience challenges, obstacles and set-backs. With determination and persistence we also experience progress.
There are times when inspiring words of support, or a gentle but strong reminder of a truth we are pursuing, can help lift us over the next hurdle in the course of our life. This is what you will find in this book, inspiring daily verses and meditations to offer a helping hand on your life's journey. For each day, a page with a "wake-up" thought, like a gentle splash of cool water on the face of your soul. Words to refresh and motivate; reminders of the beauty and truth that is all around and within, and ours to claim.
There is nothing actually new in this book for you to learn. There is nothing new any one of us needs to learn in order to find what we are looking for. We need only to remember what we have forgotten. This, and we need to remember to use the truths we already know but leave idle on the shelf of intellectual understanding.
We do however, all need reminders. We need reminders to keep fresh in our minds the lessons we are striving to master, and reminders to re-discover the epiphanies we have left behind, buried in the backroads of our memory. So many precious gifts that are sent into our lives end up in the dead letter office, unclaimed. Not because they had the wrong address, but because there was no one home!
Home is the present moment and these pages are reminders to spend some time there. Even a glimpse of inspiration or connection to something joyful and healing can help set the tone for the atmosphere of our day. Experienced regularly, the effect accumulates and we gradually find ourselves living more in peace and wholeness.
