Until One Is Committed “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things […]
Archives for October 2011
The Taoist Writer: Merge with Dust
Simplicity “The Tao brings no more important lesson to writing than the benefit of simplicity. Verse 48 of the Tao Te Ching tells us: ‘To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.’ Inexperienced writers typically try to emulate the worst kinds of writing, what they may imagine to be […]
As the Holy Flows Free
When the Holy Thaws And god is always there, if you feel wounded. He kneels over this earth like a divine medic, and His love thaws the holy in us –St. Teresa of Avila (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West translated by Daniel Ladinsky, p. 291) These are […]
Radiant Fire
Paper would turn to flame if I touched it in an ecstatic mood. And ink dries if it comes a hundred feet within the radiance of one who will not let God leave their arms. –Kabir (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West translated by Daniel Ladinsky, p. 209) This […]