Eternity Now – May 20, 2022
“Eternity is not an extension of time, but it is pure presence, pure belonging. When you are in the eternal, you are outside of nothing. You are within everything, enjoying the fullest participation There is no more separation. It is what the contemplative medieval scholars called the Beatific Vision….” –John O’Donohue, Walking in Wonder, p. 170
When Not Governed By Fear – May 19, 2022
“Old age and wisdom usually go together, because when you’ve been through the treadmill of experience you know what counts. You know the chaff from the real grain that brings nourishment. Old people have great wisdom and great light, and when they are not governed by fear there is incredible permission in them.” –John O’Donohue, Walking […]
Oppositions – May 18, 2022
“An authentic life is a life that is aware of and willing to engage its own oppositions, and honorably inhabits that threshold where the light and darkness, the masculine and feminine and all the beginnings and endings of one’s life engage. Sometimes, people who are very vociferous and moralistic are people who have erased the […]
Wonder – May 17, 2022
“I always think that the question is like a lantern. It illuminates new landscapes and new areas as it moves. Therefore, the question always assumes that there are many different dimensions to a thought that you are either blind to or that are not available to you. So a question is really one of the […]