“For [Navajo Indians] beauty is central. A person is not rich for the money he has, but for the number of songs he knows. The artist is not an eccentric living on the edge of society, but is the norm. . . . For the Navajo the creation of beauty and the embodiment of oneself […]
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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