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“What is the truest, most beautiful story about your life you can imagine?”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“May it fill your heart with joy to extend your family to include every insect, native plant or animal and fluffy bird that finds sanctuary there with you.”
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“How do we not fall into a perpetual state of despair? My father said to me the other day, "We have to stare it down. IT being grief." IT being everything he can't control like age, the waning strength of his legs, or the loss of another son.”
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“The more you turn inward, the more available the sacred becomes. when you sit in. silence and turn your gaze toward the holy mystery you once called God, the mystery follows you back out into the world. When you walk with purposeful focus on breath and birdsong, your breathing and the twitter of the chickadee reveal themselves as miracles. .”
― Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
― Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
“In the world that lies ahead, religious pluralism is going to penetrate all cultures. How we live together with different points of view is going to become more and more important. I don’t know whether we can make progress in such a project without a contemplative practice that alerts us to our own biases, prejudices, and self-centered programs for happiness, especially when they trample on other people’s rights and needs.”
― The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation
― The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation
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