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‘Wonder requires a person not to forget themselves but to feel themselves so acutely that their connectedness to every created thing comes into focus. In sacred awe, we are a part of the story.’ - CA Riley
Yes I subscribe to Richard Rohr’s daily newsletter. Today I like: ‘Wonder requires a person not to forget themselves but to feel themselves so acutely that their connectedness to every created thing comes into focus. In sacred awe, we are a part of the story.’ - CA Riley
Awe, she believes, is “the absence of self-preoccupation.”
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Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your understanding of the world,”
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We train our focus on beauty here or there—this poem, that architecture—because it is easier than bearing witness to our own story. We begin to gravitate not toward beauty but toward illusion. In this state, you are not approaching what you seek. You are running from your own face. But this is not the way of wonder. Wonder requires a person not to
... See moreCole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
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I become humble when I remember that I’m the kind of creature who needs to find resonance with otherness. I’m a person who is in and through relationship.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
I think awe is an exercise, both a doing and a being. It is a spiritual muscle of our humanity that we can only keep from atrophying if we exercise it habitually.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
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Awe is one of the most profound feelings humans can experience.
When you are amazed by a vibrant sunset, or watching a baby take its first steps — you’re reminded of how insignificant you (and your problems) are.
You feel connected to something much greater and more meaningful.
Think about the last time you were truly awe-struck. Remember how those mo
... See moreJade Bonacolta • How to Be "Rich" in Awe
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"The true self is not created, it is surrendered to.”
— Richard Rohr, The Art of Letting Go
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