15/365 - Activities infused with reverence

"We see that when the activities of life are infused with reverence,

they come alive with meaning and purpose.

We see that when reverence is lacking from life's activities, the result is cruelty, violence and loneliness.  The physical arena is a magnificent learning environment.  It is a school within which, through experimentation, we come to understand what causes us to expand and what causes us to contract, what causes us to grow and what causes us to shrivel, what nourishes our souls and what depletes them, what works and what does not.

[...] Our deeper understanding leads us to another kind of power, a power that loves life in every form that it appears, a power that does not judge what it encounters, a power that perceives meaningfulness and purpose in the smallest details upon the Earth.

This is Authentic Power.

When we align our thoughts, emotions, and actions with the highest part of ourselves, we are filled with enthusiasm, purpose, and meaning.  Life is rich and full.  We have no thoughts of bitterness.  We have no memory of fear.  We are joyously and intimately engaged with our world.  This is the experience of authentic power."  -  Gary Zukav (The Seat of the Soul)