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Anything, any time, any place can be the stuff of epiphanies. It's limiting to think that an epiphany will come to you only while you are meditating. The whole point of an epiphany is that it comes unexpectedly.
I guess you can prepare for one. Writers are often advised to seat themselves at the desk for, say, two hours every day, whether or not they find something to write about during those hours. The idea is that they will be "ready" when the Muse comes. They will have prepared themselves, paid the dues; and they will eventually be rewarded.
Epiphanies may be the same. It is probably true that an epiphany can come to you while you wash the dishes or hang out the clothes. But one is more likely to arrive if you have regularly and assiduously primed the pump by meditating or praying or otherwise making yourself available to the workings of Spirit (or God or Grandmother Earth).
I live for epiphanies. I am greedy for them beyond belief. More intense than a sugar addict's yearning for a Snickers bar is my insatiable desire for a transcendent moment. And like any addict, I do not find my appetite sated when I experience such a moment. On the contrary. Once I know it can happen (it happened recently, in fact) then I immediately crave another hit. It's a lucky thing that I never tried drugs, because I can't answer for how I would have dealt with my desire.
No, I'm lucky that my jones is for epiphanies. I can watch and wait for the next even while reliving the previous ones. The mind's eye is useful for remembering. And although memory isn't always reliable in my case, even lost memories will eventually resurface.
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