Sometimes life doesn’t give you time to think, to theorise, to philosophise, to ponder and wonder, what the deeper meanings are.
As a self-proclaimed “Urban Guru” i find this non-thinking type of service, slightly challenging, but that’s because i think too much, and God/ the Universe and everything is telling me to just stop!
Not that there is anything wrong with thinking, but there is a time and place and right now is neither of them.
But some people spend their entire lives just doing, running around and not thinking at all! – This isn’t where it’s at either -
The point is to be fluid and flexible, to relax and trust, to think and to feel to live and to act.
Avoidance is the sin of a lifetime, if you are avoiding what you are meant to be doing with your life at any given time, you’ll struggle, struggle with your self and the universe will struggle with you.
If you struggle then by definition you’re not – being fluid, flexible, relaxed or trusting.
So as a not so famous biblical story goes when, God told Abraham to leave his homeland and everything he knew, God said: “Lech Lecha!” – Leave yourself (behind).
Let go of your preconceived notions of who you think or believe you are, relax, trust your instincts and just let go!
Another translation of Lech Lecha is God inviting Avraham towards the inner journey to the Self. This would be the reflexive meaning of Lech Lecha to Go Inside Yourself. Often the outward journey, its symbols and content, are markers and guideposts for the inner one– to that part of each of us that emanates the divine.
Hey Shoshana, Yeah! Love your point, they don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Letting go of one’s self, letting go of one’s preconceptions, will necessitate an inner journey of self reflection, hopefully ending with the realisation of our Oneness with the Divine All. Much love*