The following meditation, “Magic all Around Us,” is from Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart.
I seek new levels of awareness
of the meaning of the commonplace.
It is easy for me to take things for granted and to deal with them without sensitiveness.
When have you noticed the color in the sky?
When have you looked at the shape and place of a tree?
What about the light in the eyes of your friend when he smiles? The gracious manner that your child has in meeting people at the door?
The moving insight and the power of the words of a hymn, the music of which you enjoy?
The renewal of mind and body after a night of restful sleep? The way the cut in your finger healed, leaving scarcely a trace of the opening?
The spontaneous response which overcomes you when you are face to face with some poignant human need?
The times when deep within your heart you whisper a thank you to Life, to God or, as you may say, to the Fates!
There’s magic all around us.
In the rocks and trees, and in the minds of men,
Deep hidden springs of magic.
He who strikes the rock aright, may find them
where he will.
I seek new levels of awareness
of the meaning of the commonplace.