An Awe Walk

Reading attentively the above piece I felt that such literature is the Upanishads or the Bible in modern times, What good are our so-called holy books if they make us more and more dogmatic and bigoted instead of bringing about transformation in us! I encounter moments of awe almost on a daily basis whether I am on an evening walk and imbibing the beauty of greenery, the hoot of a bird or closely watching the movement of a child in a street, or a yellow leaf swirling its way to the ground after leaving the branch of a tree. Living in awe is all about living in constant wonderment--gaping at everything wondrous or even unusual--allowing us to be wonderstruck by even the littlest thing around us. "...practicing awe expands our capacity to be in awe?" However, I must be forgiven for saying that it is not a matter of practicing awe but only an art of keen observation and listening with total attention --without the interference of mechanical thought. It is an art of remaining vulnerable without any defence or resistance. An art of let go. Rather than practicing awe we should cultivate sensitivity through self-awareness. When the mind is silent, even a ripple on the surface of water or a bird in flight can a moment of epiphany.