“Man is the creature with a mystery in his heart that is bigger than himself.”― Hans Urs von Balthasar,
I chanced upon a clip from Powell & Pressburger's, A Canterbury Tale (1944) speaking to those moments when we feel at peace with life's invitation to live in the present moment, despite understanding that the past is also present intervening as if to say, we've been here before.
The captioned video clip attempts to convey to its viewing audience a sample that many of us experience of something that is beyond our rational sense of understanding, yet presents its teaching lesson as a means to reveal some truth personal to the person undergoing the numinous phenomenon.
The spiritual reality of our being human is a fact of life for every human person, no matter which culture influences our understanding of the divine mystery.
A regular reader from some 18 years ago has asked me to speak outside my predictable traditional religious language, addressing the matter of spiritual inspiration appearing out of the blue so to speak, to guide us in a direction that we might well have not thought of choosing.
Unexpected inspiring moments are often considered to be the territory of the poet, or the deeply spiritual person focused on the interior life. It has been said that sometimes the closer we are to the truth, the harder it is to understand that which is being delivered to us by means that are shall we say, beyond rational explanation.
Every mystery of life has its origin in the heart.” ― Hans Urs von Balthasar
In other words such episodes are sourced from the interior of our being.
Many observers will question this assumption when quoting the incidents at Fatima, and Lourdes just two examples.
Here lies a dilemma for the more we attempt to rationalise the apparently irrational, the more we ignore the wisdom that such experiences provide for our well being.
Is that clear?
Of course not.
It's not meant to be.
For the riddle that is life is ours to solve by living it, to discover all that is in store for each of us.
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
― C.G. Jung
Here's a link to A Canterbury Tale 1944
https://ok.ru/video/1296868838068
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