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“So desu ne,” she said, nodding, but keeping her back to me. “It’s true. You can’t do anything about those things.” “So of course I feel angry,” I said, angrily. “What do you expect? It was a stupid thing to ask.” “Yes,” she agreed. “It was a stupid thing to ask. I see that you’re angry. I don’t need to ask such a stupid thing to understand that.” “So why did you ask?” Slowly she turned herself around, pivoting on her knees, until finally she was facing me. “I asked for you,” she said. “For me?” “So you could hear the answer.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
― A Tale for the Time Being
“What if sacredness, rather than being relegated to a place or a thing, was a condition? A condition of holding divine light. An internal condition of communion. As when a flower turns toward the sun or an owl toward the moon. Can the sacred live in the sharp intake of breath caused by the beauty of a sunset? In the ripple of the words “I love you” said to a spouse or child or parent or friend?”
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
“This discussion reminds me of a Zen teaching: “A finger pointing at the moon is not the moon.” We humans are capable, through language and image and art, of indicating something beautiful and mysterious. It is the pointing that guides us to the mystery. Language and metaphor are the finger. Poetry and music are the finger. Holy writings, divine texts, and religious wisdom are the finger. A spiritual teacher is the finger. Pointing to where? To the ancient, luminous moon of the essence of truth/God/beauty/wisdom. But be careful not to mistake the finger for the moon.”
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
“Reflect on what you do or don’t find sacred. Perhaps the goal is to find what you consider sublime and then slowly, ever so slowly, increase it. Increase day by day what is sacred to you. Reflect on what could be gained by finding ever more pockets of the divine in your daily life.”
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
“My friend the great Baha’i philosopher (and PhD in physics from Princeton) Steven Phelps reminded me that the discussion has unfortunately been far less focused on God as a goal, a destination, a way of life, a rich garden of qualities to emulate, or an energy to both draw from and align with. Perhaps we ought to spend less time thinking of this creative force as a what and more like a how—how to live in this world with radiance, humility, a spirit of service, and a sacred harmony. A God that emanates divine qualities in the same way that pesky spiritual metaphor in the sky, the sun, emanates light, heat, and healing.”
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
― Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
Sophia’s 2025 Year in Books
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