<ASK intensely– like a straight line engraved toward the object you want; pray with desire– as though you interrogated your own soul about its deepest, most hidden longings; and you will receive expansively– not only what your desire asked, but where the elemental breath led you– love’s doorstep, the place where you bear fruit and become part of the universe’s power of generation and sympathy.
SEARCH anxiously– from the interior of your desire to its outer embodiment– let the inner gnawing and boiling lead you to act passionately– no matter how material or gross your goal seems at first; then you will find fulfillment of the drive of the flesh to accomplish its purpose and see its destiny. Like a spring unbound, you will gain the force of profound stillness after an effort– the earth’s power to grow new each season.
KNOCK innocently– as if you were driving a tent stake or striking one clear note, never heard before. Create enough space within to receive the force you release; hollow yourself– purified of hidden hopes and fears, and it shall be opened easily– a natural response to space created, part of the contraction-expansion of the universe; and penetrated smoothly– as the cosmos opens and closes around your words of satisfied desire.>
-- Matthew 7:7 Translation from the Aramaic, by Neil Douglas-Klotz
(Originally appeared on the Blog of St. Luke in the Fields)
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