From The Skeptical Mystic

Too many people wander about the everyday world in a partial daze, wishfully dreaming about the difference in seeing spiritual worlds. If you can’t notice the beauty, the wondrous patterns within the everyday world, how do you expect to be aware of the more subtle patterns in higher dimensions?

Open yourself to what’s right in front of you. Quit insisting that you see a sign from beyond or that you hear God’s answer to your prayer (and that the sign or answer appear in the same form as you’ve read about or as you’ve seen in the movies). Start instead by looking more deeply at the world in which you live. Answers will come when we shift out of long-established mindsets and open to new relationships and interactions. Think of it as seeing between the lines.