Seeing the signs

Luke recounts Jesus telling His disciples to observe the sign of the fig tree in the Gospel from today’s Roman Catholic Lectionary. This passage is placed with the account of the end times in Daniel. I am drawn to think of Richard Rohr and his explanation of the development of “the third eye” among contemplative Christians. This type of “living in the Now” brings insight and vision about the present moment. In that “Naked Now” the Presence is detected. It becomes as clear as the fruit of the fig tree. The time which Jesus and Daniel speak of begins NOW. The timeless Divine is not prisoner to a timeline. The Spirit within is eternal.