Beautiful gems and prayers to memorize

All of us, with our unveiled faces like mirrors reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the image that we reflect in brighter and brighter glory; this is the working of the Lord who is the Spirit” 2 Corinthians 3:18
Beautiful gems and prayers to memorize
Circles: The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end. It is the highest emblem in the cipher of the world. St. Augustine described the nature of God as a circle whose centre was everywhere, and its circumference nowhere. Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Darius Rucker - So I Sang (Acoustic)" - love this tribute to his Mom - and love in general
 Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
Flow of trinity as perfect balance harmony vulnerability resilience and strength ~ Richard Rohr
Grandfather (heavenly father), Look at our brokenness. We know that in all creation / Only the human family / Has strayed from the Sacred Way./ We know that we are the ones / Who are divided / And we are the ones / Who must come back together / To walk in the Sacred Way./ Grandfather, Sacred One, Teach us love, compassion, and honor / That we may heal the earth And heal each other. – Ojibwa Prayer
Hebrews 10:19 "... Having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus."
"In prayer, we simply keep returning the divine gaze, and we become its reflection almost in spite of ourselves." ~ Richard Rohr
"Jesus' Emphasis on Healing and Transformation" listen/watch Richard Rohr video here
"Look and look again. This world is not just a thrill for the eyes." ~ Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quoted by Richard Rohr:  “Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.”
"Nothing is wasted in what we the economy of mistakes." ~ Richard Rohr
"One has to be willing to lose everything in order to gain what God has shaped them for, because there's a cost to the things that matter most in life, and it's in that sacrifice that we find out true treasure." ~ When Calls the Heart Season 1, episode 2
Pindar: "Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity."
Quality time with Logan is vital to my life
Recursive model  for body mind spirit / Truth beauty symmetry / balance integrity and flow through the heart of peace /The body; heart head and left and right path.
Symmetry balance integrity and flow through the heart of peace...Stone that was rejected becomes the foundation (heart) / Mountain top experience "standing" on the foundation of the heart (Christ)
 
"Undiscovered country within." ~ William Shakespeare
"Vigorous confidence built on the fact that God is holy love." ~ My Utmost for His Highest May 8th
 "Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity." ~ Pindar
eXtreme unction : a former name for the sacrament of anointing of the sick, especially when administered to the dying. eXpand your knowing and experience to include: Outpouring -as perfect giving loving fullness. Infilling - as perfect receiving humility emptiness. Presence is a two way and body length mirror
You cannot be in the presence of a truly vulnerable person and not have their presence affect you. True vulnerability is transformative." ~Richard Rohr
Zainab Salbi :  event

Healing thru Spiritual Growth

Absorb the beauty all around you... 
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23
Cowboys, Indians, truck drivers, the Collective
Day 21 "Seeing with the eyes of the soul"
Energy always tells the truth
Foundation: give you tools for generational healing
 thank you, Kristen


Jean Houston! was a cool surprise near the end :)
Key is being able to feel (and heal) it all as gently as possible
Loving essence
"Metaxis (or metaxy) is the word used by Plato to describe the condition of “in-betweenness” that is one of the characteristics of being human. In particular, Plato applied it to spirituality, describing its location as being between the human and the divine." source
"Narrative is similar to ritual in that it helps us make sense."
"Oh God! I have discovered love! How marvelous! How good! How beautiful it is! 
 My body is warm from the heat of this love 
 How secret! How deep! How obvious it is! 
 I offer my salutations to the stars and the moon to all my brothers and all my sisters
I offer my salutations to the spirit of passion that aroused and excited this universe and all it contains I have fallen unable to rise 
What kind of trap is this? What chains have tied my hands and feet? 
 It is so strange and so wonderful this loving helplessness of mine 
 Be silent do not reveal the secret of my precious love."  ~Rumi
"Red, Right, Returning" 
Thomas Merton's No Man is an Island on Scribd

eXtremely grateful for HIs presence in my life
"You are welcome here..."



March 23-31, 2019

After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. Matthew 14:23
"Breath is the connection to all life around us. Starting over one breath at a time. “That’s life: starting over, one breath at a time.” Sharon Salzberg
"Creative silence" - incredibly important for spiritual growth. 
... Dis-identify with the false self by...
Exposing it for the silliness that it is and witnessing it fairly. The result is...
Fairly. The result is Freshness and liberation." all from just a few minutes of this video
"Go outside... amidst the simple beauty of nature... and know that as long as place like this exist, there will be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be." ~ Anne Frank
"...Heart open and roomy, empty and welcoming. It is a practice to remember that nothing is the womb of everything." ~ Gunilla Norris' Companions on the Way
Isaiah 42:16  I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
Jean Carlton, thank you for sharing this:
"Light is not something you see, it is something by which you see." ~ Richard Rohr
May we commit fully every day to walking in the path that He has provided.
No man can say his eyes have had enough of seeing, his ears their fill of hearing." ~ Ecclesiastes 1:8
Our purpose here is to observe, to learn , to grow to love, [to serve] .. And then we return home ... ~ Native Aboriginal Proverb
Quench more than our thirst with a cup of water that has been blessed/imbued with the Qualities we want to develop in our selves like kindness, patience, acceptance, peace and joy. pp 22-23 Companions on the Way
Remain Ready with intense spiritual Reality, expecting Jesus Christ at every turn. My Utmost for His Highest - March 29.
 “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. Jeremiah 6:16
 Thank you, Leigh O'Connell Montgomery
Uplifted when we pray... raising ourselves Up to 
Vast plateau where you can move about with ease." ~ My Utmost for His Highest - March 27 
"eXpress gratitude, and grace responds." ~ Oprah and Deepak Manifesting Grace
Zoeae a larval form of certain crustaceans, such as the crab, having a spiny carapace and rudimentary limbs on the abdomen and thorax. - played by Deborah in Scrabble