if I do not fulfill my heart’s vocation, I suffer. –St. Thomas Aquinas (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West translated by Daniel Ladinsky, p.144) Love and More This quote is the third stanza of the poem Otherwise the Darkness by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). His soul’s purpose, stated in […]
Throw Yourself like Seed
Shake off this sadness, and recover your spirit; sluggish you will not see the wheel of fate that brushes your heel as it turns going by, the man who wants to live is the man in whom life is abundant. Now you are only giving food to that final pain which is slowly winding you […]
Be Grateful for Your Imperfections
I can’t help but think of gratitude and making the most of what life gives us when I contemplate the story of the cracked pot. Arnold Mindell is renowned for his work in process-oriented psychology. Amy and Arny Mindell’s Innerwork Tips, Tip 1 on Process Thinking included their thoughts on “The Cracked Pot.” Our view […]
The Taoist Writer: Useless Words
Words appear useless. You can’t eat them. But wait! Yes, you can. Thus, words are paradoxical. Words arranged sacredly can feed your soul. They are soul-food. But wait a minute! Soul is just a hypothesis. A soul can’t be seen or measured. Only the rational materialistic worldview is sacred. Therefore, according to the present worldview […]
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