Maybe you search for understanding, but find only one thing for sure, which is that truth comes in small moments and visions, not galaxies and canyons; not the crash of ocean waves and cymbals. Most traditions teach that truth is in these small holy moments. Even our friend Jesus, whom we don’t see acting ebullient very often, expresses pleasure in Matthew 11: “Thank you, Father, because you reveal things to the small and simple and hide them from the clever.” (I think he was looking at his disciples then, and fully acknowledged what a sorry bunch they were, and we are, and yet in their way
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