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MEISTER ECKHART
Holding God's hand
"If He let go of my hand, I would weep so loudly, I would petition with all my might, I would cause so much trouble that I bet God would come to His senses and never do that again."
Quote from the book "Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West" by Daniel Ladinsky.
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Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, There is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, The world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense."
Quote from the book "The Essential Rumi" Translated by Coleman Barks. Artwork by Mohammad Ahmadi.
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Jesus of Nazareth
Store your treasures in heaven
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Sermon on the Mount. New Testament of the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 6, verses 19 through 21. Painting by Bas Uterwijk.
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MEISTER ECKHART
You are all things
"Become pure till you neither are nor have either this or that; then you are omnipresent and, being neither this nor that, are all things."
Quote from the book "Meister Eckhart: Selected Writings".
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Jesus of Nazareth
Ask, Seek, Knock
“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened."
The Bible, Luke 11:9-10. Painting by Bas Uterwijk.
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st. claire
The Mirror 1 of 3
"Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation."
From St. Clare’s Letters to Agnes of Prague
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st. claire
The Mirror 2 of 3
"Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you."
From St. Clare’s Letters to Agnes of Prague
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st. claire
The Mirror 3 of 3
"Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God’s compassionate love for others."
From St. Clare’s Letters to Agnes of Prague
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Between the two my life moves
“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,
Love is knowing I am everything,
and between the two my life moves.”
From the book "I Am That". Questions and answers with
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The One Light
“Whether you worship Christ, Krishna, Kali or Allah, you actually worship the one Light that is also in you, since It pervades all things.”
From the book Matri Vani (Mother's Words).
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st. teresa of avila
The Bookmark of St. Teresa
“Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.”
Found written in her own handwriting on a small piece of paper used as a bookmark inside her personal prayer book.
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Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
Knocking from the inside
“I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside.”
Quote from the book "The Essential Rumi" Translated by Coleman Barks. Artwork by Mohammad Ahmadi.
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The Core of Every Heart
“When by the flood of your tears
the inner and the outer have fused into one,
you will find Her whom you
sought with such anguish,
nearer than the nearest,
the very breath of life,
the very core of every heart.”
From the book Matri Vani (Mother's Words).