“The future has become uninhabitable. Such hopelessness can arise, I think, only from an inability to face the present, to live in the present, to live as a responsible being among other beings in this sacred world here and now, which is all we have, and all we need, to found our hope upon.” ThinkingWorldNeedsFacesFoundFutureResponsibleSacredAriseHopelessnessInabilityHere And NowLive In The PresentHopes Up Book:Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places Source: Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
“But times and tempers are changed. Rebels are everywhere to be found who no longer wish to obey the law without knowing whence it comes, what are its uses, and whither arises the obligation to submit to it, and the reverence with which it is encompassed. The rebels of our day are criticizing the very foundations of society which have hitherto been held sacred, and first and foremost amongst them that fetish, law.” FirstsUseLawFoundWishKnowingChangedFoundationSacredAriseObligationCriticizeRebelTemperReverenceSubmitFetish Author:Peter Kropotkin
“Our stories arise from our hearts and our souls. In this sense, telling our stories becomes a sacred gesture, opening a clear way to that deep, ecstatic center where we are most uniquely our selves, individual and unique, and yet are ourselves, joined together at the heart.” WayHeartSoulSelfStoriesTogetherIndividualClearUniqueSacredAriseOpeningGesturesEcstatic Author:Susan Wittig Albert
“The Gospel of Life is not for believers alone: it is for everyone. The issue of life and its defense and promotion is not a concern of the Christian alone. Although faith provides special light and strength, this question arises in every human conscience which seeks the truth and which cares about the future of humanity. Life certainly has a sacred and religious value, but in no way is that value a concern only of believers. The value at stake is one which every human being can grasp by the light of reason; thus it necessarily concerns everyone.” WayHumansReasonLightCareChristianLife IsValuesHumanityReligiousHuman BeingsIssuesSpecialConscienceConcernSacredDefenseBelieverAriseStakesPromotionPro LifeFuture Of HumanityReligious Values Book:The Encyclicals of John Paul II Source: The Encyclicals of John Paul II
“The spirit of playful competition is, as a social impulse, older than culture itself and pervades all life like a veritable ferment. Ritual grew up in sacred play; poetry was born in play and nourished on play; music and dancing were pure play....We have to conclude, therefore, that civilization is, in its earliest phases, played. It does not come from play...it arises in and as play, and never leaves it.” DoePlaySpiritCultureSocialBornGrewCivilizationPureGrew UpSacredCompetitionDancingAriseImpulseRitualPhases Author:Johan Huizinga
“How do we allow God into our minds, bodies, relationships, and life? We stop squeezing the divine out through our preconceived notions of what is sacred and what is profane. When we assume the mind-set that everything is ultimately divine, though sometimes more disguised than others, then we can see that all of our thoughts, impulses, and desires arise from and can bring us back to awareness of the sacred.” MindSometimesBodyDesireAwarenessDivineSacredAssumingNotionAriseImpulseOur ThoughtsMind SetProfaneMind BodySqueezingPreconceived NotionsRelationships And Life Author:David Simon
“Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.” HeartArtRunningNaturalWiseCapacitySacredAriseHidingRunning AwayPausingSacred ArtNatural Intelligence Author:Tara Brach