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The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.

Hildegard of Bingen

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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Home Light Live Ourselves See Terror Voice World
I, God, am in your midst. Whoever knows me can never fall. Not in the heights, nor in the depths, nor in the breadths. For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Evil Failure God Love Myself
Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Earth Moon Stars Sun Thinking
A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Illumination Justice Person Virtue
The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Creativity Creature Live Manifestation World
The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Arms God Hug Mystery
Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Burn Celebration Enthusiasm God Offering Service
When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Body Empty Live Music Word
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Be Yourself Dare Leap Preparation Silence Way
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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Destroy Earth Element God Injury Kind Man
Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Glass God Ourselves Soul Spiritual
All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Brilliant Creature Live Radiation Sun
Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Earth Nature Spirit
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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Restore River Water World
The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Spirit Stand Word
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 BINGEN

Body Breathe Earth Live Soul Spirit

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