“The lifebreath of a human is God’s candle, revealing all their innermost parts.” 

By teaching us that our breath and our soul are the lamp of the Divine, Mishlei (20.27) reminds us that we are constantly enlightened from within.
Sometimes we feel it. Sometimes we feel far away from it.
Perhaps after such a difficult year it feels out of reach, or that you can’t find your way back to your inner light. Perhaps it feels like the darkness of the world around is too thick for your little candle to enlighten it.

Wherever you are standing with your light, a core part of mindfulness practice is to help us remember - one of the original meanings of the practice of mindfulness - it is always already there.

And that the more we pay attention to it and nurture it, the more it grows.
When we sit in meditation, it is as if we were turning on that light again. 

As we let the light of awareness reveal our innermost parts, it also becomes a precious opportunity for an intimate encounter with God. And when we let the divine light shine through us, we can enlighten the world.

Just as the purpose of the Hanukkiah is to be lit from within and seen from the outside, so is the ultimate goal of our practice: to enlighten, beyond ourselves, the world around us.