Some of us want to reach God. Some of us want to let God be. Some of us say God doesn’t exist.

I don’t see an eternal Man sitting in the sky. I do see a presence for good, a benign force pulling us into an evolving future. I feel accompanied.

For many years my path for touching spirit was meditation. Being on my own with my eyes closed. Today I prefer having my eyes open as I connect with another human being. God, or whatever we call such mystery, is here in such moments.

When I write words like this, I know there are readers who say “No”. But many of you nod your heads.

It’s common to take a scientific approach to any topic. A consideration of eye “behaviour” could sound like this:

Studies have demonstrated that there are widespread significant differences in spontaneous brain activity between eyes-open (EO) and eyes-closed (EC) resting states. However, it remains largely unclear whether spontaneous brain activity is effectively related to EO and EC resting states. The amplitude, local functional concordance, inter-hemisphere functional synchronization, and network centrality of spontaneous brain activity were measured by the fraction amplitude of low frequency fluctuation (fALFF), regional homogeneity (ReHo), voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) and degree centrality (DC), respectively.

Certainly there is a place for such analysis but it isn’t a place where I want to stand.

I seek the moments of majesty with a woman, man or child as we talk about this, that and the other thing. These times are precious in my life.

I don’t want to go deep inside

I don’t want to be a better person

I want to find you