I have come into this world to see this: the sword drop from men’s hands even at their arc of rage, because we have finally realized there is just one flesh we can wound. — Hafiz. Hafiz is a 14th century Sufi poet who is considered to one of history’s lyrical geniuses. Emerson once said of…
Declaring War In Their Mind
How is it they live for eons in such harmony–the billions of stars–when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their mind against someone they know? — St. Thomas Aquinas. I find that one of my struggles is to not become cynical or hardened. When we were young we took words and…
The Fear Of God
A god that could frighten is not a god — but an insidious idol and weapon in the hands of the insane. A god who talks of sin is worshipped by the infirm. — Meister Eckhart. Pretty harsh words from our gentle Dominican priest don’t you think, and during his day the only church we…
Bonus Post — How Can We Argue?
Having lunch in a field one day, I troubled an ant with a question. I asked of him humbly, “Have you ever been to Paris?” And he replied, “No, but I wouldn’t mind going.” And then he asked me if I had ever been to a famous ant city. And I regretted that I hadn’t,…
Is This Not A Holy Trinity?
Is this not a holy trinity: the firmament, the earth, our bodies? And is it not an act of worship to hold a child, and till the soil, and lift a cup? And Communion, first seek that from your lover’s soul before anything offered from a priest. — Meister Eckhart. Hardly the teaching one would expect…