Snappy Comebacks – #Blesstival-2016

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Take refuge in … #Blesstival-2016
“You have traveled too fast over false ground; Now your soul has come to take you back. Take refuge in your senses, open up To all the small miracles you rushed through.” ~ John O’Donohue, from A...
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Bird in Hand – #Blesstival-2016
“The Bird of Paradise lands on the hand that is not grasping.” (Thanks to Jack of JackSpotting for offering this reflection in a Blesstival post comment.) Big Love, Jamie See other Blesstival...
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Music Medicine – Empty – #Blesstival-2016
Here’s a bit of music-medicine blessing on ya. ‘Blessing’ is mentioned, actually, though not in the way you might expect it. And the exquisite steel guitar accompanying Ray Lamontagne’s fab guitar...
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The Astonishing Light – #Blesstival-2016
“I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The Astonishing Light Of your own Being.” ~ Hafez (1326-1390) Wishing you a bounty of ‘believing mirrors‘ that reflect to you, and...
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A Waterfall of Blessings – Blesstival-2016
“Which part of your being is waiting to bathe in this waterfall of blessing?” ~ Neil Douglas-Klotz, in The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish May each of us —...
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Peace to this house – #Blesstival-2016
“Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, “Shalama bayta:” Peace to this house and family — May it complete its purpose and tell its tale to the end. May it fulfill itself in surrender...
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A Fullness of Joy – #Blesstival-2016
“You are the Ground I have built on and the beauty that rejoices my heart. I give thanks to you at all times for lifting me from my confusion, for teaching me in the dark and showing me the path...
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My Soul Arose at Dawn – #Blesstival-2016
“My soul arose at dawn and, listening, heard One voice abroad, a solitary bird, A song not master of its note, a cry That persevered into eternity. My soul leaned out into the dawn to hear In the...
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Burning Bushes All Around – #Blesstival-2016
“We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life...
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Benediction: The Blessing-Magic of Speaking Well – #Blesstival-2016
“While our culture is all gloss and pace on the outside, within it is too often haunted and lost.” “The commercial edge of so-called ‘progress’ has cut away a huge region of human tissue and...
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