Posts Tagged "sacred space"
TILLICHO LAKE
Reading at Kalaheo practice 1/03/2013 In this high place it is as simple as this, leave everything you know behind. Step toward the cold surface, say the old prayer of rough love and open both arms. Those who come with empty hands will stare into the lake astonished, there, in the cold light reflecting pure snow, the true shape of your own face. — David...
Read MoreWild Geese
Reading at Waimea Practice 12/1/2012 You do not have to be good You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert repenting You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves Tell me about your despair and I will tell you mine Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile, the sun and clear pebbles of the rain Are moving across the landscape Over the...
Read MoreWhich is Worth More?
You're not Alone...One Mind one Heart by Linaji Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or the power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given to you. —Jallal al-Din...
Read MoreLost
Reading at Waimea practice 9/21/2010 Stand still. the trees ahead and bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. the forest breathes. Listen, It answers, I have made a place around you, If you leave it may come back again, saying Here. NO two trees are the same to Raven. No two...
Read MoreSacred Space
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. – Joseph Campbell
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