Reclaim Peace – Nov. 21, 2018
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes. “Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the […]
June 28, 2018
“There is a really deep well inside me. And in it dwells God. Sometimes I am there too. But more often stones and grit block the well, and God is buried beneath.” -Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life Etty lived lived in the Netherlands in the 1940’s, down the street from Anne Frank, and died at the […]
June 27, 2018
“Let this be the aim of meditation: to turn one’s innermost being into a vast empty plain, with none of the treacherous undergrowth to impede the view. So that something of ‘God’ can enter you, and something of ‘Love’ too. Not eh kind of love-de-luxe that you revel in deliciously for half an hour, taking […]