People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine
when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed
only if there is light from within.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Photo by Woodland Gnome
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The sun continuously pours forth
Light and Life.
Ra nurtures all vegetation,
gathering the first fruits
produced by the power of his rays,
as if in his mighty hands,
bringing out sweet perfumes from the plants.
In the same way,
our souls, like heavenly flowers,
are nurtured by the Light of Atum’s wisdom,
and in return,
we should use in his service
all that grows within us.
Hermes Trismegestus, Thoth
From, The Hermetica
translated by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy
Photo by Woodland Gnome 2013
The Is
is Life, Love, the Magnificent IT
at the center of your being.
The Is does not recognize the limitations of spacetime,
nor does it recognize your sorrows, fears, or beliefs.
It does not see you as an upright biped
on the surface of a third planet
from a little sun
at the edge of a small galaxy
of an insignificant universe
sandwiched for a moment between
multiple trillions of other universes.
IT sees you reflecting ITself,
and allows you the absolute freedom
to do anything you wish,
except to die.
Richard Bach
Photo by Woodland Gnome 2010
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- “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” (dragonuncle.wordpress.com)
Say not, “I have found the truth,”
but rather, “I have found a truth.”
Say not, “I have found the path of the soul”
Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.”
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line,
neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself,
like a lotus of countless petals.
Kahlil Gibran
Photo by Woodland Gnome 2008
