February 20, 2026
Today in contemplation
Your home is the heart. Live from within. To return home, stop clinging to the treasures of the world. Find your way back without attachments. Lockout the self. Its desires are a rocky path to trod. Too often you stumble into the thorny brambles of expectation. Think about it, because what you treasure reflects your outer world. Jesus recommended selling all that you have to buy the pearl within. When Hafiz felt a great need for a pilgrimage, he sat in silence for three days. Silence reveals the luster of the pearl. You see the value of your true nature. The deaf do not hear these words. Without ears to hear, you are lost in the brambles of separation. Perceiving separation is your bane. Stop being bloodied by its thorns. Listen! You are being called to enter the room-within. The door is open. Enter. It is your home. It holds the truth you wander the world seeking. What you think of the world depends upon the beliefs you hold from within. Eyes that see darkness in daylight are blind to this reality. You with eyes that see and ears that hear know the way of the path. It is the path that brings you home to the heart.
