Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
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When one’s thoughts are neither frivolous nor flippant, when one’s thoughts are neither stiff-necked nor stupid, but rather, are harmonious — they habitually render physical calm and deep insight.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen These visions which I saw were not in sleep nor in dreams, nor in my imagination nor by bodily eyes or outward ears nor in a hidden place; but in watching, aware with the pure eyes of the mind and inner ear of the heart.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Divinity is in its omniscience and omnipotence like a wheel, a circle, a whole, that can neither be understood, nor divided, nor begun nor ended.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen There is the music of Heaven in all things.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Just as a mirror, which reflects all things, is set in its own container, so too the rational soul is placed in the fragile container of the body. In this way, the body is governed in its earthly life by the soul, and the soul contemplates heavenly things through faith.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions. With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed. It is a yearning to take on God’s gentle yoke, It is a yearning to give one’s self to God’s Way.
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