"a person's life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover,though the detours of art,or love or passionate work,those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened" "when we share our inner stories,we allow others to enter our lives and partake of our deepest truths"
"when a child loves you for a long ..long time,then you become real"...most of your hair has been loved off,and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.But these things don't matter at all because once you are real,you can't be ugly,except to people who can't understand" "the language of God is life itself,and I live with the unquenchable need to take my life in my hands and try to read the divine alphabet written upon it" "when you sit,just sit.When you eat,just eat" "when you practice mindful availability,you're simply there with your heart flung open" "when I have stumbled into dark places in life and felt alone,I have discovered a presence that has calmed my mind,relaxed my body ,and anchored my soul.I find peace that I cannot find elsewhere when I sit this holiness" "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people" " when a suffering is shared,it's weight is divided .And when a joy is shared,the delight is multiplied .We need each other" "compassion is not an option,it's a matter of survival.Compassion,which is the very life of God within us,comes through a slow and often difficult metamorphosis deep within the human soul.It happens through a process.If we look closely at the workings of creation,we find that God nearly always works through process.Think of it.First,there's a seed and there's a sprout,then a blossom and then finally fruit.God does not begin with a butterfly,but with a larva that becomes a chrysalis and finally a creature with wings.Compassion is not,therefore,having a sentimental feeling of pitty ; it is sharing the pain.It means a "suffering with" that flows from the life of God in the soul,not from ego motivations" "I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play.It transcends the ego.I came to understand.The true self is not our creation ,but God's.It is the self we are in our depths.It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence" "dying in order to live is at the heart of the Christian faith and it is at the heart of spriritual transformation.If we remain in our solitude without fleeting,we not only see and wrestle with what keeps us resistant to love,we not only release the desire to hold onto these things ,but we also release the struggle.We meet ourselves fully and then we let go.We let go into God." "everything that has come to be in the universe is the manifestation and a revelation of it.If the mystery is divine music,so too is the universe.The universe is one grand harmononius concert,a symphony of divine music" "the grave- this is a place and a harbinger of hope,revealing the great round of existence: life,death,then life again" "Albert Einstein was not only a scientific genius,he was also a man of great simplicity" "essence of true FRIENDSHIP: the" unbuttoning " of oneself that invites intimacy,followed by the ability to step into that close,vulnerable space" "every suffering has it's eruption of beauty and life" "we are apt to begin the contemplative journey by seeking out spaces where Divine music is more readily accesible and by avoiding the world of noise,which we think of as the mere influx of meaningless material" "common noises are not always what they appear to be,They can also be the eloquence of God.it is all in the richness of listening.If we develop our deeper metaphysical ears,we may hear the music of divinity in uncommon places" "there is an integration in the contemplative journey when dualities collapse ,when the noise and the music become one sound" "God sometimes speaks in whispers,so we will move closer to hear" "we suffer from noise polution.Many of us even cling to this pollution because it drowns out the painful hunger inside.If you cannot improve the silence,do not speak" "if we grow a callous over our sensitivity,we may stand fast,but what a grim and inflexible standing that will be" "people who are able to hold the balance between love and principle are those who carry the humbling awareness that they are capable of breaking every principle they hold,of abandoning each truth they espouse,of caving in a thousand times,This keeps them human; it keeps them real.It saves them from becoming arrogant and intractable in their righteousness.We must stand with grit-yes,of course.But we must do so with tenderness for the smallest thing" "The best thing you ever do for those you love is set them free" "the power of withdrawing at the right moment is one of the easiest things to forget.That instant pulling back into focused stillness" "sexuality is also a sacrament" "the spiritual life is an expanding awareness of the divine as all in all,vividly and actually present in all external reality,without dualistic separations" "everything is in God and God is in everything" "never give up on what you love.Going against the odds and bestowing care and affirming words on a life that is struggling is the stuff of miracles.Wether a tree or a human being" "Love is more joyful than the hurt is painful.it is always worth the risk of living" "marriage at its best-two people,complete and independent in themselves,but joined in a common bond of intimacy" "relationship needs the balance of autonomy and intimacy in order to remain strong" " ultimately,we are reborn to love because in this expanding ,gracious space within us,we arrive at the astonishing presence of God at the core of our life.We blunder into the heart of God and find our own"....
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