Spiritual poems: “The Truth teller” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  The Truth Teller   The Truth Teller lifts the curtain,And shows us the people’s plight;And everything seems uncertain,And nothing at all looks right.Yet out of the blackness groping,My heart finds a world in bloom;For it somehow is fashioned for hoping,And it cannot live in the gloom.He tells us from border to border,That race is…

Spirituality from Daily Word: “Grateful” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Gratitud”)

  Grateful   I live a life of gratitude. Expressing gratitude is essential to my spiritual practice. No matter where I go or what I do, I take time to give thanks. Feeling grateful throughout the day keeps me focused on my blessings and the presence of God in and through all things. Today I…

A quote on respecting “the mind that stirs in every creature” by Gerard de Nerval (1808 –1855)

Respect the mind that stirs in every creature: love is a mystery known by metals too; every flower opens its soul to Nature; everything is sentient, and works on you. Beware! From the blind wall one watches you: even matter has a logos all its own . . . do not put it to some impious…

A quote from Neale Donald Walsch on “This too shall pass”

Morning comes every day; the sunrise does not fail, nor the sunset. Give it time. That is all that may be required. Just give it time. Do not try to push the river. The cycles of life present themselves, play themselves out, and make smooth every passage and terrain.   Try not to get caught…

Stories (with a lesson) taught by Buddha: “The lost son”

  THE LOST SON “A young widower, who loved his five year old son very much, was away on business when bandits came who burned down the whole village and took his son away. When the man returned, he saw the ruins and panicked. The took the burnt corpse of an infant to be his…

Spiritual Poems: “I AM” by Rolf Jacobse (translated from Norwegian)

I am the bird that knocks at your window in the morningand your companion, whom you cannot know,the blossoms that light up for the blind. I am the glacier’s crest above the forests, the dazzling one and the brass voices from cathedral towers. The thought that suddenly comes over you at midday and fills you…

Wisdom poems: “Love all” by Dostoevsky

Love all Love all that has been created by God, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf and every ray of light. Love the beasts and the birds, love the plants, love every separate fragment. If you love each separate fragment, you will understand the mystery of the whole resting in God.  —Dostoevsky

Wisdom poems: “If you love”… by Ibn al-Arabi

Your task is not to seek for love,but merely to seek and find all the barrierswithin yourself that you have built against it. Then when you see what is around you asnot other-than-you, and all and everything asthe existence of the One; when you do not see anything elsewith Him or in him; but see…

Spiritual poems: “The Garden” by Trina Graves

  The Garden September 30, 2020 Trina Graves1 Comment The garden is createdBeautiful in simplicityWith the purest of flowersAnd a baby, sapling tree The temporary gardenersNurture with great careDeveloping the gardenWith the love they share But busy with lifeTasks to do, no endSome weeds will growThey can’t always tend The tree is always growingRooting deep…

Spiritual poems: “The quiet search” by Melanie White

  Rushing through life leaves me unsatisfied. Where is peace? In the stillness where struggle ends and I surrender to the Oneness. Here, my breath guides me back to my self in the present, God’s holy creation with infinite possibilities Be still, and Know I AM. by Melanie White Posted with permission from Unity @…

SPIRITUAL POEMS: “The I Am Prayer” by Trina Graves

      Affirming The Classics / Spiritual Poem The I Am Prayer September 22, 2020 Trina Graves2 Comments Affirming The Classics: The Lord’s Prayer All-That-Is, God, The I AM Energy,Known by many names: All One Source…Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent.Physical and non-physical dimensions are United in Oneness.   I Am thankful for the abundance You eternally provide.I…

Do you know the power of silence? by Damodar Das @ SpiritMeaning (re-blogged)

Silence is golden, it is an adage. If you focus on positive actions, actions become powerful weapons. You don’t need words to defend your actions. Your actions are enough to prove your mettle, not to the world but your deepest self. If you decide to dedicate your life consciously to the enhancement of your inner…