Drinking from the River of Light: The Life of Expression
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
One is a sense of the vast background, the eternity that is inside everything you do and through which you move each day. From this point of view, life is not a mistake, and there is no in-between moment that has less value than another. The beauty of common things shocks you, there is nothing boring about them. It is this experience that people ta
... See moreJohn Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
A taste of the eternal is tangible in such moments. These creative acts connect us to our being, attaching us to something moving in the world, welcoming and holding in tension that we are open and closed, individual and relational, that we are free as will and spirit. In such moments, minutes and hours are more fluid and yet full. We feel time not
... See moreAndrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
In what ways does self-expression, whether through writing, art, or conversation, awaken us to the richness of existence, and how might it guard against the monotony of routine?