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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENJust as a circle embraces all that is within it, so does the God-head embrace all. No one has the power to divide this circle, to surpass it, or to limit it.
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All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.
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With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
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The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
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A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.
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You are the mountain and the valley.
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The fire has its flame and praises God. The wind blows the flame and praises God. In the voice we hear the word which praises God. And the word, when heard, praises God. So all of creation is a song of praise to God.
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The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed. As often as the elements, the elements of the world are violated by ill treatment, so God will cleanse them thru the sufferings, thru the hardships of mankind.
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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
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We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.
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Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.
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Love abounds in all things, excels from the depths to beyond the stars, is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace.
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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.
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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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