We are all much more like Nasrudin than we like to acknowledge. We search for a missing spiritual key, but we tend to look for it outside of ourselves where it seems easiest to search. But the key is inside, in the dark. Jesus said, “When you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place” (Matthew 6:6). The secret place where we encounter God in a truly transformational way is in our inner self. Prayer is meeting God in the darkness and solitude of that secret place.
