The Sacred & the Creative
I am reading a book titled “The Inner Journey: Views from the Islamic Tradition,” part of an anthology series from …
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Prayer of the Navajo
Beauty is before me, And beauty is behind me. Above and below me hovers the beautiful. I am surrounded by …
The Silence of the Heart
Everything that you can ever imagine, that you want to be, you already are. You are the Imperishable Self that …
The Prayer of the Lonely Woman
Have pity on me, O Lord, for the burden of my solitude is more than I can bear. Nothing have …
Nothing is Left but a Blessing
“How can you who are so holy suffer? All your past except its beauty is gone, and nothing is left …
LIMITS
Of all the streets that blur into the sunset, There must be one (which, I am not sure) That I …
A Woman’s Prayer
Don’t let me fall As a stone falls upon the hard ground. And don’t let my hands become dry As …
A Cedar of Lebanon
And if you would know God be not a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see …
Northern Light
There is no one in this world who has time But God alone. And therefore all flowers come to Him …
A Modern Mystic
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. …
Remembering the Sacred Self 