Free Flight

Meditation for Thursday, August 4: Find new meaning in your routine.

The search for meaning is an act of the theological imagination, but we often focus too much on the larger questions -- the afterlife, the grand scheme, etc. In doing so, we miss the vital importance of finding meaning in our mundane activities.

In Zen Buddhism, the search for meaning begins with the mundane and with the breaking free of language. If we bind ourselves too closely to concepts and entrenched modes of thought, we can never reach enlightenment. Finding new meaning in your running routine is part of caring for your spirit and your life. Let it come to you without words.

This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless...
-Walt Whitman