It is the want of humanity to explore outer space

It is the want of humanity to explore outer space, but there is the infiniteness of marvelous worlds right within each of us.  Man and woman are constantly searching externally, perhaps because it does not hurt so much when compared to the inner journeys that bring us to landscapes of shame and guilt.  If we were to lay the life down this very moment, step back from it and take a good neutral and unbiased look, what pollution we would behold!

From the time we are born, we become infected with the world.  Ideas, thoughts, belief systems that are not our own and yet we believe they are, and so we live a life that way.  We might see, looking at the cadaver of our past, great ranges, mountains and hills of regret and almosts, and great valleys, gorges and chasms of if-onlys.

Perhaps it is not such a bad idea to take a good, honest look.  We do not wear garments that are torn and thread-bare unless we must.  Why do we every day awaken to wearing the same old tired life?  Dare I say that it is an act of convenience, of settling and most-likely surrendering to the world.

You need not go into space, cold and barren, when you might stand next to the warmth of your inner flame.  Be creative.  Journey within.  Love what you do on Earth, love it deeply because it is the food upon the golden tray that you serve to God, and God will taste.  You need not be the way you were if it no longer serves you.  Practice love, loving yourself first, forgiving yourself, and let go of the sheath that weighs you down and keeps you wondering in the mists of Earth.

I leave you with love,

Rumi