Praise Song for Wide Open Space

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Canción de alabanza para los espacios abiertos.
por Omid Safi

Los espacios abiertos sobrecogen mi corazón . Puede ser una llanura, un desierto, una vista desde la cima de una montaña, una vista panorámica. De alguna manera, los espacios abiertos me recuerdan la presencia de Dios de maneras que pocas mezquitas, iglesias y templos lo han hecho nunca.

Me he planteado este misterio por un tiempo, preguntándome qué es lo que toca nuestros corazones. Rumi dijo,

"Vacíate de preocupaciones.
¡Piensa en quién creó el pensamiento!
¿Por qué te quedas en la prisión
Cuándo la puerta está tan abierta?"

La apertura no me parece tanto un vacío, como una invitación, un faro, una llamada, una bienvenida. Los amplios espacios abiertos nos atraen hacia un lugar que está más allá ese lugar, un tiempo más allá del tiempo. Muchos de los antiguos sabios han estado diciendo esto:

"Como es arriba,
Es abajo.”

De algún modo el amplio espacio abierto aquí (“abajo”) sirve como una apertura allá (“arriba”)

Quizá, parte de este amor a los espacios abiertos tenga que ver con un deseo de ser más grande, más importante, de estar más conectado. Hay algo que nos impulsa a levantar nuestra mirada de los micro-dramas de nuestra propia vida, para estar más en sintonía con los ritmos más grandes del cosmos, y el Artista cósmico.

Estamos destinados a vivir vidas que sean completas y enteras.

Al menos para mí, este es el atractivo de los espacios abiertos: un recordatorio de quiénes somos, de quiénes hemos sido y de quiénes debemos volver a ser. Es un recordatorio de que no somos "meros desperdicios y deshechos en el río de la vida", como decía Martin Luther King, sino que hay algo en nosotros tan grande como el cosmos entero. En algún lugar profundo de nuestros corazones, hay una facultad que llega a todo el universo, porque está hecho a la imagen del Artista cósmico.

Esto es lo que los espacios abiertos son: un recordatorio de que nuestros corazones están destinados a ser abiertos, extensamente abiertos, ampliamente abiertos, para que todo el cosmos se refleje en su interior.

Preguntas semillas para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con los espacios abiertos en tu vida? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de alguna vez en que un amplio espacio abierto te ayudó a cambiar tu mirada de los micro-dramas de la vida a los ritmos más grandes del cosmos? ¿Qué te ayuda a recordar que has de estar a cielo abierto para que todo el cosmos se refleje dentro?
Seed Questions for Reflection

How do you relate to wide open spaces in your life? Can you share a personal story of a time a wide open space helped you turn your gaze from the micro-dramas of life to the larger rhythms of the cosmos? What helps you remember to be cast open so that the whole cosmos is reflected within?

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Apr 15, 2017

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ME
Feb 15, 2017

 Any Heavenward reflection takes me to the wide open spaces you speak of.  The world consumes me.  Needs of all around me consume me and keep me buried in "doing and being" in the various roles I find myself.  God keeps me focused on my "larger family" ... the bigger picture ...  From His perspective!  For this, I am most thankful!  Everything takes on a whole new "look" and freedom .  Diving in to His deep is a true adventure!  Amen.

NR
Feb 14, 2017

 When I walk my dogs each morning, I try to remember to look up and see the vastness above me -- the sky being warmed by the sun, the hills.  This helps cleanse my mind of the thousand thoughts that pull me out of the moment.  When I breathe in the cool morning and exhale my thoughts releasing them to the universe, I start opening my heart.  Sometimes, it opens big enough to embrace the whole of life.  This is my daily practice.

MY
Mylrae
Feb 14, 2017

What a nice reading today and I couldn't agree more.  I love wide open spaces, they call to me and I take notice...   On this St. Valentine's Day morning, I walked out my front door, which faces east and witnessed a glorious red sunrise and thanked God for the beautiful gift.   I called my sweetie to witness it with me and he agreed.  

AL
Always Love Feb 17, 2017

 Amen!  Sitting in and with the Risen Son right now!   

JP
Feb 11, 2017
 I had lived in a wide open space in a village size little town in India until I was 16. I graduated from a high school and went to a collage located in a relatively big town.Now when I go back to India, the same town has become a mega city.There is not much open space. It is crowded and cluttered. Living in a wide open space expanded my awareness of natural beauty and human beings.I felt easily connected with them. I  indeed saw the wisdom expressed in the saying "Small is beautiful". The smallness of size expanded and enriched my inner space,my connectedness with nature and people around me. The bigness squeezed my inner and outer space. My inner openness helps me to receive blessings coming from nature and from people in my life. Outer openness facilitates my inner openness and expansion. I may not be able to change the outer openness but I can expand my inner openness-mind and heart openness.Living this way has definitely enriched my life-mentally, emotionally, soci... View full comment
AL
Always Love Feb 11, 2017

 "What more do we need to fill this cup of life?"  Presence.  Being here ... 

DD
Feb 10, 2017

I love the wide open spaces.  I just came in from outside looking at the enormous starless sky with a giant full moon -- I felt awe and gratitude.  I spontaneously thanked God.  I remember being in Montana a year or so ago and looking out over an enormous terrain and a big sky that seemed endless (and maybe is), and again felt awe.  In both situations, I forgot about the microdramas of life and appreciated the cosmos and my being part of it.  I felt alive and had a sense of being part of a huge interconnected miracle.  I breathed deep and took it in and didn't want the moment to end.  For me, it was a spiritual moment beyond space and time.  Those kind of glorious experiences of taking in and feeling part of a miraculous cosmos help me remember to be open to more such glorious moments.