Category: Finding God
Posted on February 13, 2022
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“Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow and to love him as they love their cow–they love their cow for the milk and cheese and profit it makes them. This is how it is with people who… Continue Reading “How Would We See God?”
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Posted on February 9, 2022
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“Where is God in this picture? God is all over the place. God is up there, down here, inside my skin and out. God is the web, the energy, the space, the light-not captured in them, as if those concepts were more real than… Continue Reading “Where Is God?”
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Posted on March 12, 2021
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“All this hurrying soon will be over. Only when we tarry do we touch the holy.” – Rainer Maria Rilke, In Praise of Mortality, translated and edited by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy To learn more and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings,… Continue Reading “Touching the Holy”
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Posted on April 17, 2016
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Borrow the Beloved’s eyes. Look through them and you’ll see the Beloved’s face everywhere. No tiredness, no jaded boredom…things you have hated will become helpers. – Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks, We Are Three
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Posted on January 3, 2016
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If the soul could have known God without the world, the world would never have been created. – Meister Eckhart
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Posted on August 23, 2015
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If the soul could have known God without the world, the world would never have been created. – Meister Eckhart
Posted on January 4, 2015
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. – Jalaluddin Rumi, Essential Rumi, versions by Coleman Barks
Category: Finding God, SpiritualityTags: bay, bolinas, chair, clouds, coleman barks, essential rumi, lawn chair, nature, pacific ocean, photo, photography, quote, rumi, san francisco bay
Posted on May 30, 2014
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God is at home, it’s we who have gone out for a walk. – Meister Eckhart
Posted on May 15, 2014
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Life’s wonder and mystery can be discovered as easily at a traffic light as on a mountaintop. • Ezra Bayda in Saying Yes to Life
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Posted on May 5, 2014
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A good traveler leaves no track. -Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
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