“tears have a purpose. they are what we carry of the ocean, and perhaps we must become the sea, give ourselves to it, if we are to be transformed.” IfsGivingPurposeSeaTearsOceanTransformed Author:Linda Hogan
“There are ways in, journeys to the center of life, through time; through air, matter, dream and thought. The ways are not always mapped or charted, but sometimes being lost, if there is such a thing, is the sweetest place to be. And always, in this search, a person might find that she is already there, at the center of the world. It may be a broken world, but it is glorious nonetheless.” IfsWorldWayMayPersonsSometimesMatterDreamMightLostAirJourneyBrokenGloriousSweetestCenter Of The WorldBroken World Author:Linda Hogan
“A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were speaking their innermost secrets into her listening ears. Over the years I’ve envisioned that woman’s silence, a hearing full and open enough that the world told her its stories. The green leaves turned toward her, whispering tales of soft breezes and the murmurs of leaf against leaf.” IfsWorldYearsEnoughStoriesSecretSilenceTreeListeningEarsGreenHearingTalesListenersLeafsBreezeWhisperingGreen LeavesListening Ear Book:Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World Source: Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World