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Mon 17 Apr 2023

Dreams

Posted by PJ under dreams and dreamtime, gods, prayers, quote of the day, reality
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Random quote of the day:

“All of this that is happening to me, and happening to others about me, is it reality or is it fiction? May not all of it perhaps be a dream of God, or of whomever it may be, which will vanish as soon as He wakes? And therefore when we pray to Him, and cause canticles and hymns to rise to Him, is it not that we may lull Him to sleep, rocking the cradle of His dreams? Is not the whole liturgy, of all religions, only a way perhaps of soothing God in His dreams, so that He shall not wake and cease to dream us?

—Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla [Mist]

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Fri 9 Apr 2021

Whirling

Posted by PJ under gods, hearts, prayers, quote of the day, the deep within
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Random quote of the day:

“You must descend from
your head into your heart.
At present your thoughts of God
are in your head. And God Himself is,
as it were, outside you, and
so your prayer and other spiritual
exercises
remain exterior. Whilst you are still
in your head,
thoughts will not easily be subdued but
will always be whirling about, like snow
in winter or
clouds of mosquitoes in summer.

—St. Theophan the Recluse, in For Lovers of God Everywhere: Poems of the Christian Mystics, ed. Roger Housden

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Mon 15 Feb 2021

Good deed

Posted by PJ under giving, prayers, proverb, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“A good deed is the best form of prayer.”

—Syrian proverb

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Fri 5 Oct 2018

Prayer

Posted by PJ under prayers, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“Silence can be prayer. Rage can be prayer. It’s truth. It’s all prayer. When we are talking to something that the rest of the world may not be seeing right that minute and we’re talking from the deepest part of our heart, we’re trying to tell the truth. That’s prayer.”

—Anne Lamott, “Soul to Soul2: Asking Life’s Big Questions,” Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday

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Mon 9 Oct 2017

The deep within

Posted by PJ under gods, love, prayers, quote of the day, that which abides, the deep within
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Random quote of the day:

“Prayer is private, even when we pray with others. It is communication from the heart to that which surpasses understanding. Let’s say it is communication from one’s heart to God. Or if that is too triggering or ludicrous a concept for you, to the Good, the force that is beyond our comprehension but that in our pain or supplication or relief we don’t need to define or have proof of or any established contact with. Let’s say it is what the Greeks called the Really Real, what lies within us, beyond the scrim of our values, positions, convictions, and wounds. Or let’s say it is a cry from deep within to Life or Love, with capital L’s.”

—Anne Lamott, Help, Thanks, Wow

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Fri 11 Aug 2017

Honestly

Posted by PJ under gods, honesty, prayers, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“God can handle honest, and prayer begins an honest conversation.”

—Anne Lamott, Help, Thanks, Wow

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Wed 19 Jul 2017

Prayers

Posted by PJ under prayers, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘thank you, thank you, thank you.’ A woman I know says, for her morning prayer, ‘Whatever,’ and then for the evening, ‘Oh, well,’ but has conceded that these prayers are more palatable for people without children.”

—Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies

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Wed 2 Nov 2016

Changed

Posted by PJ under change, prayers, quote of the day, transformation
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Random quote of the day:

“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine.”

—Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith

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Fri 7 Mar 2014

On your knees

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Random quote of the day:

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.”

—Abraham Lincoln, quoted by Noah Brooks, Harper’s Monthly, July 1865

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Wed 11 Jan 2012

Plug nickels

Posted by PJ under gods, prayers, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“If you cannot pray sincerely, offer your dry, hypocritical, agnostic prayer; for God in His mercy accepts bad coin.”

—Jalaluddin Rumi, “What Is Bounty Without a Beggar?” (tr. Robert Bly)

 

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