Goethe So joyously, many years ago, And so eagerly, my mind strove To discover, to experience, How Nature in creativity lives. And it is the everlasting One, That reveals itself in the many: Small is great, great is small, Everything after its own way; Ever changing, ever constant, Near and far, far and near, Shaping, re-shaping — In Wonder at … Read More
The Spell of a Great Task * Teilhard de Chardin
Teilhard de Chardin Even in this century, men are still living as chance circumstances decide for them, with no aim but their daily bread of a quiet old age. You can count the few who fall under these spell of a task that far exceeds the dimensions of their individual lives. . . . After having for so long done … Read More
Extending the Dimensions of God * Teilhard de Chardin
Teilhard de Chardin The world must have a God: but our concept of God must be extended as the dimensions of our world are extended. ~ Teilhard de Chardin, from Letters from a Traveller For more inspiration, meditate with the mystics
Right Action Arising * Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen Do you have patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself? Listen. If you listen carefully enough you will in time know exactly what to do. ~ Derrick Jensen, from A Language Older than Words For more inspiration, meditate with the mystics
Toward the Future * Teilhard de Chardin
Teilhard de Chardin Material creation no longer stretches between man and God like a fog or a barrier. It develops like an elevating, enriching ambience; and it is important not to try to escape from this or release oneself from it, but to accept its reality and make our way through it. Rightly speaking, there are no sacred or profane … Read More
Contemplating Trees * Martin Buber
Martin Buber I contemplate a tree. I can accept it as a picture: a rigid pillar in a flood of light, or splashes of green traversed by the gentleness of blue silver ground. I can feel it as movement: the flowing veins around the sturdy, thriving core, the sucking of the roots, the breathing of the leaves, the infinite commerce … Read More
Natural Poetry * Basho
Basho “Your poetry arises by itself when you and the object have become one, when you have plunged deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden light glimmering there. However well phrased your poetry may be, if your feeling isn’t natural – if you and the object are separate – then your poetry isn’t true poetry but … Read More