The Furniture

 Too often, religion becomes like furniture in a house.  It can be expensive, pretty to look at, and comfortable.  But in itself it does not build a relationship that feeds the heart.  Some homes are very beautiful, but there may be less love there than in a simpler, or even seemingly almost barren space, like a cave or a hut.  A lot of “teachings about” a religion are really furniture for the mind.  The relationship with the Divine, a transforming one of love, is done in emptier settings in which the mind is ignored.  A non-dual relationship with the Holy does not need thoughts, images, scenery.  It needs mostly surrender, silence, solitude, and time.  Declutter your heart and rest in the darkness.