Category: Finding God
Posted on October 23, 2022
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“People encounter God under shady oak trees, on riverbanks, at the tops of mountains, and in long stretches of barren wilderness. God shows up in whirlwinds, starry skies, burning bushes, and perfect strangers. When people want to know more about God, the son of… Continue Reading “Encountering God”
Posted on September 9, 2022
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“We do not see that our life right here, right now, is nirvana. Maybe we think that nirvana is a place where there are no problems, no more delusions. Maybe we think nirvana is something very beautiful, something unattainable. We always think nirvana is… Continue Reading “Nirvana Is Here”
Category: Finding God, SpiritualityTags: appreciate your life, chicago botanic gardens, lotus, lotus blossom, nature, nirvana, photo, photography, pond, quote, santa sabina center retreat, taezan maezumi
Posted on September 4, 2022
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You are above me, O God, you are within. You are in all things yet contained by no thing. Teach me to seek you in all that has life that I may see you as the Light of life. Teach me to search for… Continue Reading “May I Find You, O God, Everywhere”
Category: Finding God, SpiritualityTags: colt, gallop, ireland, john philip newell, meadow, nature, photo, photography, quote, sounds of the eternal: a celtic psalter, stone wall
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?”
Category: Finding GodTags: cow, ear tag, farm, kentucky, livestock, meister eckhart, Meister Eckhart a modern translation, quote, Raymond Bernard Blakney, santa sabina center retreat, st. catharine ky, steer
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?”
Category: Finding GodTags: barbara brown taylor, nature, nevada, photo, photography, quote, rafter 7 ranch, river, santa sabina center retreat, the luminous web, walker river
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”
Category: Finding GodTags: flowers, in praise of mortality, joanna macy, nature, photo, photography, quote, rainer maria rilke, san rafael, santa sabina center, summer house, vine, wisteria
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
Category: Finding GodTags: black and white photo, blue ridge mountains, clouds, coleman barks, grand tetons, grand tetons national park, nature, photo, photography, quote, rumi, snake river, we are three
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
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