
Four Elements: Reflections on Nature

For us to move deeply into God’s deep movement in us, “whose margins are God’s margins,” as R. S. Thomas puts it, the senses must learn to abide in stillness.
Martin Laird • A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation
By honoring all things as living, the courage to join with the Universe becomes a manner of being that can happen even while sitting still. In knowing the world this way, there is no such thing as metaphor. The wind is not like God's voice. The wind is God's voice. Memories are not images of loved ones returning to us. They are the spirits of loved
... See moreMark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Just look at these sacred spaces. What you'll see is this: Order Commitment Passion Love Intensity Beauty Humility
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro
Sometimes we will enter cautiously, curiously, tentatively making our way through this labyrinth within the labyrinth, having a vague sense of need but unsure of how it will be fulfilled, and so open to surprise, to that moment where the spirit leads us to an experience we couldn’t have anticipated.