All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENYou are the mountain and the valley.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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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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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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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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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.
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Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from heavenly harmony. In thinking about this, he was aware that the soul itself has something in itself of this music.
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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.
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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.
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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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Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
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You are the mountain and the valley.
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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.
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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.
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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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The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
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