Articles on Nature
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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
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
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 is surprise. ~Brother David Steindl-Rast
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Widening circles
I live in widening circles That reach out across the world. ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Mystery Taking Shape: Creativity and Contemplative Leadership
by Ann Dean The most visible creators I know are those whose medium is life itself… Their medium is being. ~Frederick Franck Contemplation is often defined as simple open presence, continually renewed immediacy, and direct awareness of what is. These are good phrases that describe our intent. Yet when we take the adjective “contemplative” and put…