The Abundance
when all the intellectual abstractions have been stripped away, and it is allowed to speak in its own native tongue, what it speaks of, with surprising simplicity and directness, is beauty, hope, and a mysteriously deeper order of coherence and aliveness flowing through this earthly terrain connecting it to the infinite wellsprings of cosmic
... See moreCynthia Bourgeault • Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm
Walk as though
Your feet
Are kissing the earth
Lift your eyes as if you were
Lost in wonder
At living on this beautiful world
Handle every possession
As though you may
Never see it again
Greet everyone you meet
As a long lost brother
And newly discovered teacher
See every fallen leaf
As an irreplaceable
Painting
Each individual flower
As priceless
Sculpture
Feel... See more
Your feet
Are kissing the earth
Lift your eyes as if you were
Lost in wonder
At living on this beautiful world
Handle every possession
As though you may
Never see it again
Greet everyone you meet
As a long lost brother
And newly discovered teacher
See every fallen leaf
As an irreplaceable
Painting
Each individual flower
As priceless
Sculpture
Feel... See more
Walk as though your feet are kissing the earth
I had knelt before its wonders and many times felt nothing at all. But this was ordinary beauty. And maybe the smallness of such beauty made its joy easier to access.