The Path of Love – Mar. 22, 2021
“The point isn’t to stay fixed in any role, but to be committed to movement. That’s what I like about notions in Islamic mysticism that say, Are you ready to cut off your head? It’s like asking, Are you ready to make whatever move is necessary for union with the divine? And that those moves […]
Changing Ourselves Together – Sept. 10, 2020
“To the extent that a community has a continuing life together we are going to be challenged at the point of our illusions about the kind of people we are. This does not mean that we intentionally seek to break the images of others. The task is always to change ourselves—to deal with that in […]
No Small Love
The teacher gathered together those whose hearts he had newly woven, and sent them out into the world. It was a rough-hewn start.* Dividing every household? Forgetting myself? Of all the teachings of Jesus, this is the one that loses me. Until now. A deeper look reveals something for this present time. A great yearning […]
Let Nothing Upset You – Apr. 6, 2020
Let nothing upset you;Let nothing frighten you.Everything is changing;God alone is changeless.Patience attains the goal.Who has God lacks nothing:God alone fills every need. –St. Teresa of Avila [Selections for your daily reflections this week come from God Makes the Rivers to Flow: An Anthology of the World’s Sacred Poetry & Prose selected by Eknath Easwaran.]
