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Love came and emptied me of self,
every vein and every pore,
made into a container to be filled by the Beloved.
Of me, only a name is left,
the rest »»
Filed under: Abil-Kheir, Acceptance, Art, Binding of Isaac, Illness, Judaism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender | Abil-Kheir, Acceptance, Binding of Isaac, Illness, Judaism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender|2 Comments
With all the chaos and turmoil in the world it is easy to be overwhelmed with despair, to feel there is nothing that can ease the world’s »»
Filed under: Acceptance, Healing, Interfaith, Peace, Poetry, Spiritual Path | Acceptance, Healing, Interfaith Marriage, Peace, Poetry, Spiritual Path|6 Comments
Oceans
I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
»»
Filed under: Art, Goddess, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Mystics, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, Video, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, ceramics | Art, artist as vessel, ceramics, Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Mystics, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, Video, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics|7 Comments
Angel Gabriel by Vladislav Andrejev
During my college years, I had the great blessing of being able to study for a time at School of the Sacred Arts »»
Filed under: Art, Blogs, Karen Gorst, Lapis & Gold, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Sacred Art, School of the Sacred Arts, Spiritual Path, Theodore Roethke, Video, Vladislav Andrejev, artist as vessel, icons | artist as vessel, Blogroll, icons, Karen Gorst, Lapis & Gold, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Sacred Art, School of Sacred Arts, Spiritual Path, surrender, Theodore Roethke, Vladislav Andrejev|2 Comments
One of my favorite blogs on art & spirituality, Abbey of the Arts, has an interview with me today. This is the interview that prompted me post »»
Filed under: Blogs, Gratitude, Spiritual Path | Blogroll, Gratitude, Spiritual Path|5 Comments
I am utterly overwhelmed and humbled by the response to my last post. I received many lengthy letters from people, some of whom I have known for »»
Filed under: Gratitude, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Women Mystics, judgment | Gratitude, judgment, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Women Mystics|5 Comments
It’s been a rough week. I haven’t posted because I have been in darkness. But, as always, darkness has it’s uses in pointing out the Light.
For »»
Filed under: Poetry, Spiritual Path, fear | fear, Poetry, Spiritual Path|14 Comments
Over the past 6 months or so my hands have almost completely contracted into fists. I have limited movement in my two index fingers and a bit »»
Filed under: Acceptance, Blogs, Guillaume Apollinaire, Healing, Heeah Lee, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Video, surrender | Acceptance, Blogroll, Guillaume Apollinaire, Healing, Heeah Lee, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender, Video|8 Comments
I needed this this week. I have been pushing like mad to complete a few computer projects and, surprise, no artwork was made. I most strenuously object »»
Filed under: Carl Honere, Fun, Ikkyu Sojun, Making art, Play, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Video, via negativa, womb | Blogroll, Carl Honere, Ikkyu Sojun, Making art, Mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, via negativa, womb|1 Comment
I was determined not to post any more videos because the site is loading too slowly. This talk on the importance of play is too good to »»
Filed under: Play, Spiritual Path, Stuart Brown, Video | Play, Spiritual Path, Stuart Brown, Video|No Comments
Last night A.R. Rahman won an Oscar for Best Original Song and this is what he said:
All my life I have had a choice of hate and »»
Filed under: Art, Matthew Fox, Music, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sadness, Spiritual Path, Video | Art, Matthew Fox, Music, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sadness, Spiritual Path|4 Comments
It has been quite a while since I posted. My life has been in such an uproar and this is the first time I have found enough »»
Filed under: Earth, Guidance, Mysticism, Spiritual Path, creation, via negativa | creation, Earth, Guidance, Mysticism, Spiritual Path, via negativa|No Comments
To what shore would you cross, O my heart? there is no traveler
before you, there is no road:
Where is the movement, where is the »»
Filed under: Death, Healing, Kabir, Mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender | Death, Dreams, Healing, Kabir, Mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender|3 Comments
The Snowman
One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;
And have been cold a long time
To behold the »»
Filed under: Poetry, Rilke, Spiritual Path, Wallace Stevens | Poetry, Rilke, Spiritual Path, Wallace Stevens|3 Comments
The dark night has at last ended
I have now seen You.
Inside the depth of my heart.
I do not know what magic abides
Inside me.
Around me is the desert,
Yet »»
Filed under: Art, Drawing, Etching, Guidance, Healing, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Sri Chinmoy, Tagore, surrender | Art, Drawing, Etching, Guidance, Healing, Spiritual Path, Sri Chinmoy, surrender, Tagore|5 Comments
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