What’s it like to be a human the bird asked I myself don’t know it’s being held prisoner by your skin while reaching infinity being a captive of your scrap of time while touching eternity being hopelessly uncertain and helplessly hopeful being a needle of frost and a handful of heat …
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A spiritual quote from Thomas Merton from “Shining like the Sun”
There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun. At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at…
Animals’ poems: “All Creatures Great And Small” By Shell
All Creatures Great And Small Precious are all creatures great and small One of God’s little mysteries. The glorious colors of the winged ones And the swimmers of the sea Are a beautiful and wondrous thing to me. Then why all the suffering and inhumanity? Are we really superior or just arrogant? There’s an easier…
ANIMAL POEMS: “All Creatures” By M. Linda Steffey
All of God’s creatures have rights, a fact that most people don’t seem to recognize. This includes both human and non-human animals, but not all of them can speak for themselves. All Creatures I love all Creatures living, Lord… The smallest of Thy beast The great Animals…the powerful And those called “Thy least”… They are…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “The best gift” by Janice Salois
“The best gift” What’s the best gift given to me? It took only a moment for me to see It’s my one and only precious life Mostly happy, sometimes strife there are highs and lows for sure but each one opens a different door some twists and turns along the way yest always thankful…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Grateful” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Gratitud”)
Grateful I bless the world by sharing my gratitude. Whenever I am the recipient of a gift, a kind gesture, or a warm thought from another, I feel grateful. I want to express that gratitude, so I allow feelings of appreciation to well up in my heart. I radiate thanksgiving and gratitude not only to…
INSPIRATIONS: “A Call to Awareness” by Mystic Meandering
“A Call to Awareness” Humanity is living out the drama of the “original wound” of mankind, where we “fell asleep”, numbed, fractured, fragmented from our original innate Beingness – our Original Self. (Some call it our “Divine” or True Nature). That Original Being became seen as something separate that mankind continually tries to reconnect with…
LONG POEMS: “I cant’ breathe” said George Floyd… by Amira (“No puedo respirar”, dijo George Floyd)
“I cant’ breathe” said George Floyd I can’t breathe said the man, his neck beneath a knee deaf ears from witness officials who have the motto “to serve and protect” while their unnecessary violence and indifference was prejudicial and cost an innocent life… We feel for you the victims, the families, brothers and…
INSPIRATIONAL POEMS for these times: “Apart, But Never Alone” by Trina Graves
Apart, But Never Alone April 11, 2020 Trina Graves1 Comment Two metres or two thousand miles At the moment we are all apart But that is only in physical For we are never apart at heart As we reach out to each other Through social media or telephone The message that we all embrace ‘We’re…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Taking steps” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Dar Pasos”)
Taking Steps Today I take steps for all humankind. Fifty years ago today, two American astronauts became the first men to walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong called it “one giant leap for mankind” as he planted deep footprints into the moon dust. What are the footprints I am leaving as I pass through my…
A quote from Rainer Maria Rilke about “loving one another”
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult task of all…., the work for which all other work is but preparation. It is a high inducement to the individual to ripen… a great claim upon us, something that chooses us out and calls us to vast things. —Rainer Maria Rilke
