From within or from behind
a light shines through us upon things,
and makes us aware that we are nothing,
but the light is all.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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From the category archives:
A Sacred Pause
I rested into the morning, caressed,
deep pleasure, measureless being,
I rested until I heard
the song of the day call me out.
Come. Take joy. Awake.
Come and see my treasures.
Only then did I rise to take
my pleasure into the world.
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“Wisdom is the art of living
in rhythm with your soul, your life,
and with the Divine….Wisdom is
the way you learn to decipher
the unknown which is our
closest companion.”
~John O’Donohue, in an interview with
Krista Tippet, Speaking of Faith
“After you jump and
before you land
is God.”
~Gabrielle Roth, Maps To Ecstasy
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“Earthly things must be known to be loved;
Divine things must be loved to be known.”
~Blaise Pascal
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Beloved is one of my names for the divine spacious presence I carry in my heart and whose eternal and infinite presence holds me also. I’ve glimpsed my Beloved, and often. And forgotten my Beloved as often as not. It is a strange dream, this living. A strange dream and a holy pursuit- full of beauty, love, longing and belonging. What I long for is this: The joy of awakening over and again to find myself in the arms of the day; to awaken and say, “Hello my Beloved. Hello my Beloved which is everywhere.” ~Ingrid, From The Joy Book
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First we receive the light;
Then we impart the light.
Thus we repair the world.
~Kabbalah
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I owe you a verse, Love,
& I may never get it right.
I want to give you the world.
Here, Love, is the world,
& you may have it.
The beautiful world. That one.
The one of dreams & mountains,
fields & seas.
The world of people who laugh
& sing & make love & dance.
That one.
The world of delicious plenty:
milk, honey, picnics & feasts.
The world of harmony,
tenderness & rejoicing.
Do you see it love?
That one.
I give it to you.
Can you feel it?
Then it is yours.
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Life, oh Wondrous Life,
Come fill me up with gladness.
I feast on your generosity;
I bask in your loving light.
Luminous Holy Essence,
Come fill me up with gladness.
Dark Flowering Infinite Universe,
Let me sing your eternal praise.
~Ingrid Goff-Maidoff
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Consider that Nirvana is itself
no other than our life.
~Dogen
All the way to heaven is heaven.
~Saint Teresa of Avila
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