Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
It’s not like you have to empty your mind and then you can listen to the flowers. If you try to listen to the voice of flowers, you naturally start emptying your mind. For me, ikebana is a practice of the mind.
In the scenery of spring, nothing is better, nothing worse. The flowering branches are; some long, some short.
Our task is to take this Earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Clear Vision Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Along the way to knowledge,Many thigs are accumulated . . .Along the way to wisdom,Many things are discarded. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
When you get into a tight place and it seems you can’t go on, hold on, for that’s just the place and the time that the tide will turn. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to:… Continue Reading “The Tight Place”