Diversity, Truth, Love

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When we embrace
in our relationships
and in our selves
the diversity in thoughts and opinions
the relationship will flourish

When we embrace truth
that lives inside of us

When we embrace kindness as love
of which we are made

Then all relationships are
the mere image
of the relationship we have
with ourselves …

Alone

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We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self.

It is a way of bitter suffering.

But when our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible.
And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity,
for in our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.
―Hermann Hesse, Reflections. Image: author unknown. Composition: Midwives of the Soul

Wise rain

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Rain falls upon my head
The dog wants to go home

Thoughts come and go
Sensations come and go

Question comes:
Is there a different sensation
in me
between the words:
A wise woman
A wise man?

Being still
waiting
the answer comes:
Yes, there is

Home again
smile upon my wet face
gratitude for
an answer
that can be questioned
again the circle is continuing 
deeper, deeper,
in ever widening circles
until …