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Tag: Oneness
Is There Anything We Don’t Share?
“This is my hope: that the recognition of shared fate might cause us to act as if shared fate is the reality that in fact it is.” – Jane Hirshfield To learn about Santa Sabina Center’s online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Awakening to Oneness – Love is what Unites
Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world. . . Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring… Continue Reading “Awakening to Oneness – Love is what Unites”
Awakening to Oneness – God Is Unity
At the heart of every being lies creation’s dream of a principle that will one day give organic form to its fragmented treasures. God is unity. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic:… Continue Reading “Awakening to Oneness – God Is Unity”
Awakening to the Oneness of the Universe
The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of the Divine Milieu,” with Ruth… Continue Reading “Awakening to the Oneness of the Universe”
Awakening to Oneness – Together We . . .
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of the Divine… Continue Reading “Awakening to Oneness – Together We . . .”
Wakening to Oneness – Right Here, Right Now – This Very Atom
The material of the doomed stars and the material of my doomed body are actually the same material. Literally the same atoms… It is astonishing but true that if I could attach a small tag to each of the atoms of my body and… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness – Right Here, Right Now – This Very Atom”
Wakening to Oneness – Our Collective Boat
We’re all in the same boat – radiant and broken . . . – Sy Safransky This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting Times.” So this month’s quotes will… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness – Our Collective Boat”
Wakening to Oneness – Be Willing to Experience Aloneness
Willing to experience aloneness, I discover connection everywhere; Turning to face my fear, I meet the warrior who lives within. -Jennifer Welwood This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness – Be Willing to Experience Aloneness”
Wakening to Oneness – Are You Free where You Are?
You are only free when you realize you belong to no place — you belong to every place — no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great. – Maya Angelou This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness – Are You Free where You Are?”
Wakening to Oneness – Our Very Substance
And I saw no difference between God and our substance, but, as it were, all God; and still my understanding accepted that our substance is in God, that is to say that God is God, and our substance is a creature in God. For… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness – Our Very Substance”
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