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Wakening to Oneness – We Are God Sparks!
All living beings are, so to speak, sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance. These sparks mere from God like rays of the sun. – Hildegard of Bingen
Wakening to Oneness – The Drop Is the Ocean
We feel like separate water droplets but we are also ocean. – Jane Hirshfield
Awakening to the Sun
O Great Spirit, I awake to another sun, grateful for gifts bestowed, granted one by one. – Twylah Nitsch
Seeing God in All Things
Either we acknowledge that God is in all things, or we have lost the basis for seeing God in anything. – Richard Rohr
Wednesday of Hope – Pessimist? Optimist? Realist?
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. – William A. Ward
Why the Sun Shines
As the Sun shines upon my heart, so may my heart shine upon others! – The Upanishads
Qualities of God’s Friends
The Friend of God has these three qualities: a generosity like that of the ocean, a compassion like that of the sun, and a humility like that of the earth. – Bayazid, Tadhkirat
Wednesday of Hope – Rainbows
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope. – Maya Angelou
For a Mind Clear as Water
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light – Eihei Dogen
Wednesday of Hope – Not Fearful of the Night
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. – Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
