Bardo of Writing It can be said poets talked too much wrote too long, listening to the sound of their voices. This was my offering to have written little, & heard the sounds of the world. –Janet Rodney (The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry edited by Andrew Schelling, p.262) A Misty Paradox […]
Healer
That Skill A thorn has entered your foot. That is why you weep at times at night. There are some in this world who can pull it out. The skill that takes they have learned from Him. –St. Catherine of Siena (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West […]
The Sacred Battle
Arjuna is a warrior prince and Krishna is a symbol of the divine in the Bhagavad Gita, a holy book from India. “Krishna exhorts Arjuna to combat. This is the first lesson: Life is a battle—you must enter into it fully, and do what needs to be done. You cannot shrink from your duty. Life […]
Inspiration
“It arrives with an independent life of its own, overflowing with energy and newness. . . . Apparently generated by a superior intelligence, it is indescribable and can only be represented by metaphors, such as lightning, the breath of life, a divine voice” (inevitable grace—breakthroughs in the lives of great men and women: guides to […]
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