August 26-30, 2019

"An obstacle in the road of life that a 'side trip' around the obstacle can offer a new perspective, view." ~ Jane Gleason

Be here fully, fully present, here now - today's yoga sankapla

thank you, Amy :)

“Do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”… Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself...

Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:25, 34)

Francis Bacon ruefully observed that though it may be true that all philosophy begins with wonder, it is also true that wonder dies with knowledge. 

"Gratitude and truth, love and hope bring the realization of wonder. The disciplines of study, of reading and reflecting, of dialoguing in depth and praying with belief sustain the wonder." -Ravi Zacharias, Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy

"Here is the nub. No one can make the decision for you..." 23:30 of this audio/video
“If one makes the right choices there is, therefore, no reason that one should be anxious. source

Jesus gives two a fortiori (“how much more”) examples—“look at the birds” (v. 26), “consider the lilies” (v. 28)—to show that, since God cares even for the birds and the lilies, how much more will he care for his own. To be anxious, then, demonstrates a lack of trust in God, who promises that he will graciously care for “all these things” (v. 33; cf. Rom. 8:32). See also Phil. 4:5-6).

"Keep seeking!"  ~ Jane Gleason, thank you
"Life's for the Living" by Passenger listen here
Marcus Mumford's "I Will Wait" listen here
Nature's Creativitysource
O Shiva, what is your reality? What is the wonder-filled universe? What constitutes seed? Who centres the universal wheel? What is the life beyond form pervading forms? How may we enter it fully, above space and time, names and descriptions? Let my doubts be cleared! source

Providence: God's continuing relationship with us with the universe that he has created in this moment - Jess' talk - listen here

Quadrivium : For most medieval scholars, who believed that God created the universe according to geometric and harmonic principles, science – particularly geometry and astronomy – was linked directly to the divine. source

 

“Spirit in every being is made manifest in the eyes, the countenance, and in all bodily movements and gestures. Our appearance, our words, our actions are never greater than ourselves. For the Soul is our house; our eyes its windows; and our words its messengers.” ~Kahlil Gibran

“Take heed, dear friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts. Trust them as the leadings of God whose Light shows us our darkness and brings us new life”. ~ Quaker saying

Voice of Love: Lesson 23 - The Way of Transformation

"Well-being opens the door to creating vitality, happiness and joy." ~ Deepak Chopra

eXplanation is the termination point of mystery, analysis the death-knell of curiosity. The parts are greater than the whole when you are in pursuit, but they become lesser than the whole when it is no longer a mystery and the toy no longer enchants. " quote? Francis Bacon

“You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness” by C.S. Lewis

"...Zipped by something..." a friend said today... Oh don't we just do this so much these days?