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You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.

Hildegard of Bingen

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
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
With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Creation Help Life Nature Necessary
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
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
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, 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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Burn Divine Life Moon Stars Sun Wisdom
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
The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Arms God Hug Mystery
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
You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

God Mystery Yourself
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
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
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 soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

God Kissing Region Soul
There is the music of Heaven in all things.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Heaven Music Nature

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