You are the mountain and the valley.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENHumanity 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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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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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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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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Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
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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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There is the music of Heaven in all things.
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Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
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We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.
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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.
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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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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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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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