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Hildegard of Bingen

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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Circle Division God Limitation Power
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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Beautiful Essence Flame God Life Quick
I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Beautiful Creature Myself Radiant Welcome World
Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Element Harmony Original Sound
It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Beautiful Easy Face God Mystery See Sun
Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings. Now, think. What delight God gives to humankind with all these things . All nature is at the disposal of humankind. We are to work with it. For without we cannot survive.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Earth Human Kind Moon See Stars Sun Survive Work
Just as a mirror, which reflects all things, is set in its own container, so too the rational soul is placed in the fragile container of the body. In this way, the body is governed in its earthly life by the soul, and the soul contemplates heavenly things through faith.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Body Earth Faith Fragile Heaven Mirror Place Reflection Soul
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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Awake Healing Life Move On Sleep Wound Yourself
You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

God Mystery Yourself
Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Connection Earth Heaven Relate
God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Consider God Universe
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
All of creation is a song of praise to God.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Creation God Praise
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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Learning Moments Myself Process Wisdom
The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Destroy Earth Humanity Injury
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

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