The longing to belong in some ultimate sense, to
feel an at - homeness in the universe is satisfied for many in worship which reawakens the awareness
of «the mystical unity which underlies all human life» (Cyril Richardson) This experience is energizing, feeding, and healing; it
overcomes the sense
of cosmic
loneliness, the
feeling expressed by a mental hospital patient: «I'm an orphan in the universe.»