Articles on Nature

  • Learn about yourself

    Experience the beauties of nature, and in doing so, learn about yourself. ~Japanese Proverb

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  • I’ll Meet You There

    I’ll Meet You There

    Today’s post is by Tilden Edwards Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.  ~Rumi, in “Open Secret: Versions of Rumi”…

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  • Pilgrimage: The Way of the Heart

    Pilgrimage: The Way of the Heart

    Article by Carole Crumley (in January 2017 eNews) This past month, it seems that everything in my life has been in motion. Trips to stores, shops, the post office have multiplied exponentially. Precious visits to family and friends have kept us on the road. Christmas scripture readings have magnified this sense of movement. A young…

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  • In every life

    In every life

    There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful. ~Howard Thurman

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  • Another name for God

    Another name for God

    Another name for God is surprise. ~Brother David Steindl-Rast

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  • Widening circles

    Widening circles

    I live in widening circles That reach out across the world. ~Rainer Maria Rilke

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