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What Do We Need?
The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more… Continue Reading “What Do We Need?”
Deepening Understanding
When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.
To Be Alive
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable…but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
The Proper Place of Peace
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
Seekers
Seekers are people of faith even if they do not belong to a particular religion. Faith in this sense is deeper than one’s belief system. Belief systems belong to the level of pluralism; faith to the level of unity. Faith is constitutive of human… Continue Reading “Seekers”
Planetary Peace
“If planetary peace seems beyond our reach, recall: Miracles are natural when we rely on the Source of All to carry our burdens with us. Then, even peace is possible.”
You Are a Child of the Universe
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Enter the Forest
The forest is not made of abstractions. It is not even made of separate, interacting objects. The forest is instead made of relationship. – David George Haskell To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Good Tidings of Mountains
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. – John Muir To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
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