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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Tag: nature
Hiding in Plain Sight
“A scholar held his master had been holding back Zen’s central secrets from him. During a walk in the mountains the master asked if the scholar could smell the fragrance of the full-blown mountain laurels. “Yes,” said the scholar. “You see!” said the master.… Continue Reading “Hiding in Plain Sight”
Where Is God Born?
“God is born in us whenever we begin to live without a why…like the rose which lives without a why. “ Meister Eckhart
Hello
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields … Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness. “ Mary Oliver
Are You a Friend of Silence
“God is the friend of silence. We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence.… Continue Reading “Are You a Friend of Silence”
Turning to the Light
“The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.” Richard Rohr
We Are Always Traveling
“In one sense we are always traveling, and traveling as if we did not know where we were going. In another sense we have already arrived. We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are… Continue Reading “We Are Always Traveling”
We Need Curiosity
“As spiritual practitioners we need to have some curiosity about the unknown. When unexplored territory frightens us, we need to ask ourselves, “Where’s our sense of adventure?”” Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, “Open Stillness”
Take Care of This Day
“A well taken care of today will pave the way for a well taken care of tomorrow.” Sri Swami Satchidananda
The Best Teachers
You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters. Bernard of Clairvauex
