All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENThe earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
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Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
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Just 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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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
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You are the mountain and the valley.
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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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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
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All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.
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Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world. In the midst of all other creatures humanity is the most significant and yet the most dependent upon the others.
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Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world – everything is hidden in you.
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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.
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Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.
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Rivers of living water are to be poured out over the whole world, to ensure that people, like fishes caught in a net, can be restored to wholeness.
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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.
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