Things good in themselves…perfectly valid in the integrity of their origins, become fetters if they cannot alter.
Freya Stark, The Lycian Shore (1956)
Weekly Pause and Ponder
All creatures bear the image of the image of the Cosmic Christ though many do not know it. Humans, however, bear both image and likeness of the Cosmic Christ for they are capable of the creativity that is unique to God.
Weekly Pause & Ponder
The essence of motherhood is not restricted to women who have given birth; it is a principle inherent in both women and men. It is an attitude of the mind. It is love – and that love is the very breath of life. No one would say, “I will breathe only when I am with my family and friends; I won’t breathe in front of my enemies.” Similarly, for those in whom motherhood has awakened, love and compassion for everyone are as much a part of their being as breathing.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi known throughout the world as Ammachi, or Beloved Mother ~
Weekly Pause & Ponder
We invent nothing, truly. We borrow and re-create. We uncover and discover. All has been given, as the mystics say. We have only to open our eyes and hearts, to become one with that which is.
- Henry Miller
Weekly Pause & Ponder
The Universal Christ is trying to communicate at the deepest level that there is only One Life. One Death, and One Suffering on this earth. We are all invited to ride the one wave, which is the only wave there is. Call it Reality, if you wish. But we are all in this together…. The Gospel…is about learning to live and die in and with God—all our warts included and forgiven by an Infinite Love. The True Gospel democratizes the world.
- from The Universal Christ, by Richard Rohr