"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”
During this journey called life we sometimes find ourselves wandering about in a spiritual desert. Much like the Ancient Israelites we wander. The land is dry and barren; hot, thirsty and lost - our souls often do not sense Gods presence. The Aboriginal culture of Australia have a purposeful soul journey for young adolescent males called a Walkabout. This rite of passage calls for a boy to leave his home and live in the wilderness for an extended period of time. A boy doesn't get to choose to leave the safety or security of his family, his home life. He is called by something deep within his being, the songs of his ancestors calls to him in a way that only he can hear. The tribe elders or Maliks serve as guide. They protect the boy, their wisdom enables him to come to wholeness in body, mind and spirit. He comes home transformed from a boy into a man and he is welcomed with open arms.
In daily meditation we can choose to take a spiritual walkabout. A period of dying to the infant self and surrendering to the God of our understanding. Much like the desert experience we touch the God within in a very direct way, beyond thought and form; beyond intellectual notions and we come into wholeness. Deep inside each of us underneath the clutter and chatter of our human minds - lay a place of healing. In the stillness we find the hope and strength necessary to journey another day.
