I arrived for meditation a little early yesterday, partly because I did not stop at home on my way home from the peninsula. I was tired, and I thought if I stopped at home I might not get back in the car to drive to Oakland. I decided to take a walk through the Whole Foods that is across the street from where we meet. The store was full of all sorts of food and products, and the people who were buying. In the midst of all that movement, abundance, and no doubt some hunger, I found myself pondering God,orchids, and more.
"How does a person seek union with God?" the seeker asked.
"The harder you seek," the teacher said, "the more distance you create between God and you."
"So what does one do about the distance?"
"Understand that it isn't there," the teacher said.
"Does that mean that God and I are one?" the seeker said.
"Not one. Not two."
"How is that possible?" the seeker asked.
"The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and the song. Not one. Not two."
The Rule of Benedict by Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. (64)
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