Unknowing – Feb. 20, 2023
“When I say “darkness”, I mean a privation of knowing, just as whatever you do not know or have forgotten is dark to you, because you do not see it with your spiritual eyes. For this reason, that which is between you and your God is termed, not a cloud of the air, but a […]
That Shapes the Eye – Feb. 17, 2023
ChildrenCan easily open theDrawer That lets the spirit rise up and wearIts favorite costume ofMirth and laughter. When the mind is consumed withRemembrance ofHim Something divine happens to theHeart That shapes the hand and tongueAnd eye intoThe wordLove. -Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky, The Gift, p. 66
Working Together – Feb. 16, 2023
We shape our selfto fit this world and by the worldare shaped again. The visibleand the invisible working togetherin common cause, to producethe miraculous. I am thinking of the waythe intangible air passed at speedround a shaped wing easilyholds our weight. So may we, in this lifetrust to those elementswe have yet to see or […]
The Journey – Feb. 15, 2023
Above the mountainsthe geese turn intothe light again Painting theirblack silhouetteson an open sky. Sometimes everythinghas to beinscribed acrossthe heavens so you can findthe one linealready writteninside you. Sometimes it takesa great skyto find that first, brightand indescribablewedge of freedomin your own heart. Sometimes withthe bones of the blacksticks left when the firehas gone out […]
