Meditation in a Tool Shed

I love how Lewis can take such a simple image of a beam of light in a dark tool shed and expand it to such a deep and meaningful topic, I love his use of mental pictures. The simplicity of looking at a beam of light compared to looking along a beam of light and then applying this analogy to everyday life it’s just amazing.
Lewis, in meditation in a tool shed, recognizes that there are different ways of looking at the world and different experiences but one must always look at a situation and along it and most certainly one must look both ways at a situation. Merely looking at a situation deprives you of having a firsthand experience; you don’t get the full force of the situation. This is why we must look at and along. And merely looking along a situation can get you so caught up in it that you loose yourself. It is good to take a step back and look at something rather than be submerged in it.
I really enjoyed this essay of Lewis’ because it can be applied to my daily life and it reminds me a lot of photography. I’m always looking for new angles to shoot at and to capture my subject in the best way, just as we look for different ways to see a situation in our own lives. You can simply take a picture of a window straight on and you see that all it is glass and wood put together and lets light into the room. But it is not until you get close to it and you see that it’s made of curves and lines and color you see the detail of the wood or the glass you see much more when you look along it. But it is the same as if you zoom in and you only see details, you then lose sight that it is in fact a window, which is important to know. It is important and vital to look both at and along things in life.

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