Thursday, October 31, 2013

Questioning

Toronto 1 (2013, 9.18) by rchoephoto
Toronto 1 (2013, 9.18), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Questioning means longing to know the truth deeply, 
     and insisting that we can. It means leaving whatever 
     distant slant we may occupy to come close and see
     more directly what is true. And it means being 
     willing to be honest about how we ourselves are 
     seeing things, even if that vision differs from the norm. 
     Learning to question means feeling we have the innate right 
     to all of this.

        Sharon Salzberg, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Understanding

Toronto 1 (2013, 9.6) by rchoephoto
Toronto 1 (2013, 9.6), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, 
     but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, 
     in it, through and by it.

        Anais Nin

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Hope

RIC_8728-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_8728-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I would love to live
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.

John O'Donohue, 
Fluent

Monday, October 28, 2013

Integrity

RIC_0887-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0887-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


If you want to be successful, 
you must respect one rule. 
'Never lie to yourself.' 

Paulo Coelho

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Love

Toronto 2 (8.28, '13) by rchoephoto
Toronto 2 (8.28, '13), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     God does not love you because you are lovable. 
     You are lovable because God loves you. 

        Desmond Tutu

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Seeing

RIC_0719-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0719-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The eye with which I see God is 
the same eye with which God sees me. 

Meister Eckardt

Friday, October 25, 2013

Metaphor

Tansley United Church 2 (2013, 10. 17) by rchoephoto
Tansley United Church 2 (2013, 10. 17), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Metaphor is a way of thought 
     long before it is a way with words. 

        James Geary, 
        I is an Other: 
        The Secret Life of Metaphor and
        How It Shapes the Way We See the World

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Seeing

Toronto 1 (2013, 9.4) by rchoephoto
Toronto 1 (2013, 9.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


What we see is determined by how we see, 

and each of us responsible for how we see. 

Christine Valters Paintner, Eyes of the Heart

Monday, October 21, 2013

Finding Self

Five Oaks 9 (2013, 8.12) by rchoephoto
Five Oaks 9 (2013, 8.12), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     As I lost my speech, I gained my voice.
     As I diminished, I grew.
     As I lost so much, I started to find myself.


        Neil Selinger

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Belief

RHUC 2 by rchoephoto
RHUC 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


For those who believe, 
no explanation is necessary;
for those who do not believe,
no explanation is possible.

Franz Werfel

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Creative Challenge

RIC_6889-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_6889-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Can we approach life itself as a creative challenge, through
     the medium of whatever it is that we do on a daily basis?

        David Ulrich, 
        The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity

Friday, October 18, 2013

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Longing

Toronto 1 (2013, 10.3) by rchoephoto
Toronto 1 (2013, 10.3), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     If dreams are thwarted,
        then yearning must take their place.
     If reunion is impossible,
        then longing must take its place.


        Fais Ahmed Faiz
        translated by Arundhati Roy

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Vision

Toronto 31 (2013, 9.4) by rchoephoto
Toronto 31 (2013, 9.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The heart of vision is shaped by the state of the soul.

When the soul is alive to beauty, 
we begin to see life in a fresh and vital way. 

John O'Donohue

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Fear

RIC_0691-1 by rchoephoto

RIC_0691-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.



Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. 

Pema Chödrön, 
When Things Fall Apart: 
Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Monday, October 14, 2013

Expression

Toronto 5 (8.28, '13) by rchoephoto
Toronto 5 (8.28, '13), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I believe expressing what is within us helps to heal us,
whether or not we share it with anyone else. 

Pat Schneider, How the Light Gets In

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Friday, October 11, 2013

Creativity

RIC_7954-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_7954-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The fundamental task of creativity, therefore, 
     is to be fully present – in this moment, and with all that it contains.

        David, Ulrich, The Widening Stream

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Peace

RIC_6246-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_6246-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Paz, peace, paix,
mir, shalom, salaam:
we will plant olive trees
where before
there were thorns!


Federico Mayor

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Courage

RIC_0781-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0781-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Faith is not enough.
     We must act on our faith.
     Inner healing is not enough.
     We must heal our world.
     Spiritual practice is not enough.
     We must have the spiritual courage

     to stand up against injustice.
        
        Raine Eisler

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Sacred

RIC_1043-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_1043-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


By virtue of the creation and still more, of the Incarnation, 
nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Knowing

Santa Fe 41 (2013, 7.17) by rchoephoto
Santa Fe 41 (2013, 7.17), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


You must know yourself to know the world.

Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum, 
Walking the Way: 
81 Zen Encounters with the Tao Te Ching, 

Friday, October 4, 2013

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Metaphor

RIC_0455-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0455-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     When we humans dare to approach the deepest and most holy
     experiences of our lives, all language becomes metaphor. 

        Pat Schneider, How the Light Gets In

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The enterprise

Five Oaks 2013-1 by rchoephoto
Five Oaks 2013-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The human heart can go to the length of God
     Affairs are now soul size.
     The enterprise
     Is exploration into God.


        Christopher Fry,
        A Sleep of Prisoners