You might quiet the whole world for a second if you pray. And if you love, if you really love, our guns will wilt. — St. John of the Cross. St. John of the Cross has long been recognized as one of the world’s great mystical poets. In today’s poem he writes about the power of…
Month: May 2018
I Have A Lovely Habit
I have a lovely habit; at night in my prayers I touch everyone I have seen that day; I shape my heart like theirs and theirs like mine. — St. Teresa of Avila. – I have a lot of habits, but none like St. Teresa, in fact most of mine involve food, drink, and lack…
Why Tamper With Anything That Lifts Our Spirits
In this sorrowful world why tamper with anything that lifts our spirits? — Mira, A Scholar, A Lawyer, and A Priest. In one of her most famous stories Mira tells of a crippled boy who only can watch others play in a well, until one day Krishna arrives and encourages the boy to climb on his shoulders…
A Great Swing Thought
In my travels I spent time with a great yogi. Once he said to me, “Become so still you hear the blood flowing through your veins.” One night as I sat in quiet, I seemed on the verge of entering a world inside so vast I know it is the source of all of us.…
A Hundred Objects Close By
I know a cure for sadness: Let your hands touch something that makes your eyes smile. I bet there are a hundred objects close by that can do it. Look at beauty’s gift to us — her power is so great she enlivens the earth, the sky, and the soul. — Mira. Mirabai is the most…