This Week’s Quotation: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 20:12 Gathering Blessings We, the authors of this blog, dedicate it to the transparent exploration of the world’s sacred
This Week’s Quotation: God is the strength in which I trust. If you are trusting in your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious, and fearful. What can you predict or control? What is there in you that can be counted
This Week’s Quotation: If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are an excellent leader. ~ Dolly Parton Who is Your Leader? We, the authors of this blog, dedicate it to the transparent
This Week’s Quotation: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2 Riding the Waves May you remain steady
This Week’s Quotation: Create safe spaces for yourself. Wrap yourself in goodness and warmth and love. Stay surrounded by people who are genuine—think twice if you can’t trust them with your heart. You are allowed to protect your peace. Be mindful and aware of all
This Week’s Quotation: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ~ Albert Einstein Faithful Tenacity I have long found upliftment in Einstein’s insights, and whenever I feel discouraged by the dispiriting reality I’m perceiving, this quote comes to mind. It
This Week’s Quotation: And as I’ve gotten older, I’ve had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things. ~ Martin Scorsese Good Company My father had very clear ideas of the
This Week’s Quotation: Lent is a time of going very deeply into ourselves. What is it that stands between us and God? Between us and our brothers and sisters? Between us and life, the life of the Spirit? Whatever it is, let us relentlessly
This Week’s Quotation: The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community. It is this type of spirit and this type of love that can transform opponents into friends… It is this love which will bring about
This Week’s Quotation: Each and every one of us has the capacity within ourselves to feel into the Oneness of the universe, exist in a state of interconnectedness and beauty, and be love embodied. Imagine what the world would be like if all eight billion
This Week’s Quotation: Our habitual vision of things is not necessarily right: it is only one of an infinite number, and to glimpse an unfamiliar one, even for a moment, unmakes us, but steadies us again. ~ Nan Shepherd Expanding Fields of Possibility Sometimes, we
This Week’s Quotation: People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen or diet, learn theosophy by heart, or mechanically repeat mystic texts from