Embrace the unknown
from "How to know God"
The Soul's Journey Into The Mystery of Mysteries

by Deepak Chopra


  

Around 1890 a Blackfoot Indian chief was dying.  His name was Isapwo Muksika Crowfoot, and he whispered these words into the ear of a missionary father:

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night,
It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time,
It is the little shadow that runs across the grass
And loses itself in the sunset.
 

The part of us that we know already is the part that flickers out all too fast.  Far better to seize this time and become timeless.  When you feel a new impulse, an uplifting thought, an insight that you have never acted upon before, embrace the unknown.  Cherish it as tenderly as a newborn baby.  The unknown is the only thing that truly cares about the fate of your soul; therefore it would be good to revere it as much as you revere holiness.  God lives in the unknown, and when you can embrace it fully, you will be home free.

Reproduced With Permission from Deepak Chopra

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

DEEPAK CHOPRA has written twenty-five books, which have been translated into thirty-five languages. He is also the author of more than one hundred audio- and videotape series, including five critically acclaimed programs on public television. In 1999 Time magazine selected Dr. Chopra as one of the Top 100 Icons and Heroes of the Century, describing him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine." Dr. Chopra currently serves as CEO and founder of The Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, California.

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