Inspiration

My recent posts have focused on the stagnant condition of my life.

What a way to start a post! (Even if it is true.)

I start each day going outside and looking up. Why? Because for me, the inspiration is in the sky…in those sparkling lights that are millions of miles away and from long, long ago. It boggles my mind to know that the source of those sparkling stars no longer exists…that I am looking at the past. And to contemplate the fact that as old as they are and as far into the past as they were, they are in constellations that have existed for eons unchanged.

Another source of inspiration is that still small voice that tugs at me…that keeps nudging me like a good friend fondly elbowing me and saying “listen”. Some call it intuition. Some call it G-d. To me it is the same.

Have you ever gone on a hike and made a choice of trails only to find at the end of the one you chose something wonderful? Something unexpected? Well, I think that choice, for you, was inspired.

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I started this blog post in mid-August. It is now mid-October. Perhaps I was not supposed to write it. Perhaps I was struggling to understand my own inspiration. And, perhaps it is a subject that I know nothing about.

Sometimes I do think that I am inspired to do things…or say things…or write things. And, sometimes I get confirmation that the decision, act, writing was truly inspired. Equally, surprisingly and magically, sometimes I see proofs that my life is touched by G-d in unexpected ways.

So, what do I think inspiration is? Not conscience…which directs us in paths of right and wrong. Not decision…which is based on fact and information. It seems to be beyond all that…it is knowledge beyond thought or training. To me, it is soul knowledge…which is beyond the physical forms of us.

Some hold that all knowledge ever known is available to everyone. I suppose such a person would call inspiration as taping into that pool of knowledge. To me, that is possible but I prefer to think it is G-d intervention in my life when I am open to receiving the guidance.

What is inspiration to you? How do you explain it? I am still searching.