At the Still Point – Apr. 29, 2020
Time and the bell have buried the day,The black cloud carries the sun away.Will the sunflower turn to us, will the clematisStray down, bend to us; tendril and sprayClutch and cling? ChillFingers of yew be curledDown on us? After the kingfisher’s windHas answered light to light, and is silent, the light is stillAt the still […]
Wait Without Hope – Apr. 27, 2020
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hopeFor hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without loveFor love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faithBut the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.Wait without thought, for you are not ready for […]
The Fruit of the Tree – Apr. 10, 2020
No longer am IThe man I used to be;For I have plucked the fruitOf this precious tree of life.As the river flows down the hillsAnd becomes one with the sea, So has this weaver’s love flowedTo become one with the Lord of Love.Go deeper and deeper in meditationTo reach the seabed of consciousness.Through the blessing […]
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.]
