The Blooming of the Lotus

Thich Nhat Hanh Smiling to my body I breathe in Releasing the tensions in my body I breathe out. Breathing in I go back To the island within myself There are beautiful trees Within the island There are clear streams of water There are birds Sunshine, and fresh air Breathing out I feel safe I enjoy going back to my island Source: Unknown

Work, Outward and Inward

“The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth. The inward work always includes in itself all size, all breadth and all length.”

Meister Eckhart

Breakthrough: Meister Eckhart’s Creation Spirituality in New Translation, by Matthew Fox

absolute stillness

“No. Be sure of this: absolute stillness for as long as possible is best of all for you”

Meister Eckhart
(German sermon 4, trans. M.O”C. Walshe)

Separated From God?

The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.

Source: Open Mind, Open Heart
Thomas Keating

Where’s God?

“God is at home, it is we who have gone out for a walk.”

Meister Eckhart