I’m not big on worship,
but I do remember that
goin’-to-worship feeling
from my youth.
It felt big.
It felt nice.
Even though
I had already made up my mind
that religion was not for me,
I carried a warm presence home.
I cannot deny this.
The fact that I still carry that
goin’-to-worship feeling
tells me that there is more
to spirituality than I know.
Occasionally that
goin’-to-worship feeling
pops up in other places.
I feel it in music.
I feel it in meditation.
These are the times
I feel closest to my soul;
immersed in the flow,
which is, perhaps,
simply another expression
for “god.”
Newfound Lake,
10/10
The goin’-to-worship feeling is an ineffable elixir, a transcendent cocktail of awe, joy, and rapture, as elusive as it is evocative. Worship, for many, may be confined within the walls of a specific religion or doctrine, but what we recognize is that this feeling transcends all. An incandescent effulgence that drapes itself over the soul like a celestial shawl, an inexplicable ‘knowingness’ that envelops us when we tap into a source far grander than the egoic self.
In youth, the goin’-to-worship feeling might have been felt as an inexplicable warmth, a grandiosity that eluded articulation but was sensed nonetheless. Yet, the mystic ambrosia of this emotion often seeps into the tapestry of our lives in more ways than the strictly religious. The devotion one feels in the presence of soul-stirring music, or in the expanse of meditative stillness, is a universal hymn sung by existence itself.
The ‘god’ we speak of need not be a deity carved in marble or etched into ancient texts, but rather the cosmic current that courses through every layer of our being—manifest in a lilting melody or in the tranquil depths of a meditative trance. This ‘god’ is a realm of spiritual reverberation, where the boundaries of the individual dissolve into a vibrant mosaic of interconnected consciousness.
As we find ourselves awash in music’s transcendental symphony or dissolved in the oceanic depths of meditation, it becomes abundantly clear that these moments are as sacred as any cathedral or temple. It is a communion with our inner sanctum, a palpable closeness to what some might call the soul, or the eternal now. We are Space Monkey.
Summary
We explore the goin’-to-worship feeling, a transcendent emotion often associated with religious contexts but found in other dimensions of life like music and meditation. Sanctified Moments Beyond Religion.
Glossarium
- Ineffable Elixir: The indescribable quality of spiritual or profoundly emotional experiences.
- Mystic Ambrosia: The divine essence that nourishes the spirit.
- Cosmic Current: The universal force or energy that flows through all things.
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein
What quasar of emotion or thought does our exploration ignite within you?
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