I honour the place in you in which the entire universe dwells.
I honour the place in you which is of love,
of truth, of light and of peace.
When you are in that place in you,
and I am in that place in me,
we are one.
Do you think there is anywhere,
in any language,
a word billowing enough
for the pleasure
that fills you,
as the sun
reaches out,
as it warms you
as you stand there,
empty handed -
or have you too
turned from this world -
or have you too
gone crazy
for power,
for things?
Mary Oliver
The best of all true things is a true heart.
Without truth there is no happiness,
though you may try a million tricks.
Kabir
hen it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts,
the depths where neither sin nor desire can reach,
the person that each one is in God’s eyes.
If only they could see themselves as they really are.
If only we could see each other that way,
there would be no reason for war, for hatred, for cruelty,
I suppose the big problem would be that
we could fall down and worship each other
Thomas Merton
I need to recover a rhythm in my heart that moves my body first and my mind second; that allows my soul to catch up with me.
I need to take a sacred pause, as if I were a sun-warmed rock in the centre of a rushing river.
Dawna Markova
Be strong then, and enter into your own body;
there you have a solid place for your feet.
Think about it carefully!
Don’t go off somewhere else!
Kabir says this:
Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things,
and stand firm in that which you are.
Kabir