Heart Pain

 We each have an inner want, an energy to seek for fullness, to answer a pain of the heart.  Even if what is wanted and needed cannot be identified, the pain is there.  It may disguise itself as loneliness, restlessness, dis-ease.  Some get rid of the pain but not the want.  They intake a drug, a drink, a needle.  They shop.  Internet splurge. No pain for the moment.  But the empty spot stays unfulfilled.  I think a spiritual path is one that touches that pain.  Find a tradition that has that path built into it.  I have found it in the contemplative life of a religious order.