The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
HILDEGARD OF BINGENEvery 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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There is the music of Heaven in all things.
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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.
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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.
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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 mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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You are the mountain and the valley.
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O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.
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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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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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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!
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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
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What I do not see I do not know. I see, hear and know simultaneously and learn what I know as if in a moment.
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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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