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Wednesday of Hope – Hope, a Revolutionary Practice
I heard a preacher say that hope is a revolutionary practice . . . hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Hope, a Revolutionary Practice”
We Cannot Survive Singularly
Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist. – Paula Gunn Allen
Union with God
Union with God is not something that needs to be acquired but realized… When the mind comes into its own stillness and enters the silent land, the sense of separation goes. Union is seen to be the fundamental reality and separateness a highly filtered… Continue Reading “Union with God”
Wednesday of Hope – A Road in the Country
Hope is like a road in the country; there never was a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. – Lin Yutang
Extending Our Concept of God
The world must have a God, but our concept of God must be extended as the dimensions of our world are extended. – Teilhard de Chardin
You Are Held
A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you. – Eckhart Tolle
Wednesday of Hope – Waiting Patienty
Waiting patiently in hope and expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life. – Simone Weil
Arousing Wonder
My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me. – Oliver Sacks
Wakening to Oneness with a Psalm
Unnamable God, I feel you With me at every moment. You are my food, my drink, My sunlight, and the air I breathe You are the ground I have built on And the beauty that rejoices my heart. – Stephen Mitchel, excerpt from “Psalm 16”,… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness with a Psalm”
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