The weaving of spiders is a theme in our reading this week, pages 228–240 in The Constant Companion*: the Lord is “The Good Weaver,” and “Who Keeps Expanding His Web.” “The allusion is to a marvelous metaphor in the Upanishads,” Easwaran explains, “where the universe is compared to the web that a spider weaves out of itself.”
One implication he draws out is the preciousness of our brief opportunity: “How fleeting life is! Everything in this delicate web of a universe changes from moment to moment.” Reflecting on how quickly life passes is not a morbid activity, he explains, “for it throws our activities into the sharpest perspective. Every day’s first priority is to learn to move closer to the Lord of Love who lives in the depths of our consciousness.”
If you have a particular issue you are struggling with right now, look into this reading for tips, and try them out this week.
As we read The Constant Companion, we are working to strengthen our practice of Spiritual Reading. This week consider how these stories are speaking to you about your relationship with nature.
Let’s turn again to The Thousand Names Talks** in the Easwaran Digital Library for our spiritual treat, this time with Talk 7. The full talk is 43 minutes, but you can listen to part of it now and when you return the player will resume where you left off. If time is short, consider starting with the first five minutes, where Easwaran reminds us of the dignity and security we can each draw from knowing that we come from the Lord.
* For those using electronic versions of The Constant Companion with different page numbering: this week’s reading is Easwaran’s commentary on the names The Place of Sacrifice through Immortal. (Please note that the latest edition of our ebook is titled Names of the Lord.)
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