The True Joy of Life – Sept. 26, 2018
“This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that […]
An Emancipated One – Sept. 25, 2018
“He looked for a job, and the job that he found was that of an orderly in a hospital, on the night shift, where his work was emptying bed pans, wrapping up dead bodies, and doing all the other things which orderlies have to do. You never met a more emancipated person.” William Stringfellow, A Private […]
Go Where You are Nothing – Sept. 24, 2018
“Martin Buber said that “success is not a name of God.” It could not be said more mystically nor more helplessly. The nothing that wants to become everything and needs us cannot be named in the categories of power. To let go of the ego means, among other things, to step away from the coercion […]
Suffering – Sept. 21, 2018
Suffering All that day long I spent the hours with suffering. I woke to find her sitting by my bed. She stalked my footsteps while time slowed to timeless, Tortured my sight, came close in what was said. She asked me no more than that, beneath unwelcome, I might be mindful of her grant of […]