Less is more

Meister Eckhart said, “The spiritual life has much more to do with subtraction than it does with addition.” All great spirituality is about letting go

This day
As with every day
I am tempted
To capitulate to the tyranny of more

Even as the sun gently climbs
And the stream gently flows
As breezes caress
And assorted bird sing

I am pulled by an odd force out of my
Rest
Into action.

Driven to know more, have more, do more

And all I end up with is less

Less love, there is no time
Less health
Less joy
Less

Less Spirit
Less god

For the sacred is often best found in quiet and stillness

This day oh sacred one
Teach me to sit
Teach to breathe
To discover the divine presence

And give me the strength to let go
Off all I carry around
That robs me of life
That robs me of you