Untying Our Wings

All of us have wings, though we do not sus­pect it because they are so tightly tied. We are not meant to stay on the ground and peck at crumbs of per­sonal plea­sure and profit. We are meant to soar – to give our time and love freely to every­one around us. That is the essence of spir­i­tual growth, and the whole pur­pose of med­i­ta­tion and the other skills of spir­i­tual liv­ing is to free our wings and allow us to fly high. -- Eknath Easwaran