Spiritual Tree

Grand Canyon — A Spiritual Ecstacy

Have you ever been there? You must.

Awestricken was I

Visiting the Grand Canyon

Tears rolled down my cheeks

It was undoubtedly an ecstatic spiritual experience, the first one I ever had.

The year was 1983, and I took the Greyhound Bus from Chicago to Los Angeles to visit my cousin. My first vacation in three years.

On the return trip, I took a detour from Flagstaff and went to the Grand Canyon.

Have you ever been there?

I was first introduced to Grand Canyon when I lived in Pakistan. McKenna’s Gold! The entire movie was filmed on location in Grand Canyon. One of my all-time favorite movies with an all-star cast. The scenery was mesmerizing.

When I arrived there and stood at the North Rim, to say that I was speechless would be an understatement. But there is no other way to describe it. I was in total awe and overwhelmed by the vastness of natural beauty that lay spread for miles and miles in front of my eyes.

Imagine if you can — one hundred and eighty-five miles long, ten miles wide, and more than a mile deep. I had never experienced humility before.

It was mind-boggling as I thought about it. The humongous vista would barely amount to a dash on a wall-sized map of the world. Put that in perspective against our planet in the solar system, the Milky Way, and the Universe.

I still get goosebumps when I think about it. I’ve revisited it a couple of more times, but it never was the same experience.

If you’ve never been there, put it on your bucket list. If you’ve been there, what was your experience?

My response to the weekly prompt: Tears

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