renewal of spirit

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Psalm 24:9

This verse is a formula for increased spiritual energy if one reads it with one's heart and not just with one's eyes. We are not to walk along, eyes downcast to the ground, nor lie within on a sickbed of despair. We are to lift up our heads, and by lifting up our heads, be lifted up.

We can start by lifting up our physical heads, looking toward the heavens and toward the far horizon. The spiritual body is affected by the stance of the physical body.

When we lift up our physical and spiritual heads, as "everlasting doors," the life energy surrounding us, in which we live and move and have our being, has room to enter. We walk and move and speak with renewed energy.

It all begins with a simple postural change. As the body goes, so goes the soul and spirit. The reverse is also true. Lift up your spiritual head and your body will follow.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in!