You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. (Psalm 51: 6-10)

We are creatures of many parts. We are the product of our parents, our culture, our times, our place, and all of our varied experiences.

But we are more than the sum of these parts. There is an inward being (tuwchah). Here is our origin and our ultimate destination. This is our essential identity.

Too many of our experiences tend to obscure or impede our inward being. There is a need from time to time to purge and clean; to reclaim our original purposes and direction.

Above is Metamorphosis of Narcissus by Salvador Dali.