Comments on: Longing for Beauty http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/ Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:24:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5411 Christine Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:22:24 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/#comment-5411 YES, YES, YES is my response to each of you! Bathing in beauty, becoming a part of the natural world, longing for an experience of God within me, the 10,000 hymns of praise that sing from within everything, to become a part of the light -- no its definitely not too much to ask. Blessings of beauty to each of you, Christine YES, YES, YES is my response to each of you! Bathing in beauty, becoming a part of the natural world, longing for an experience of God within me, the 10,000 hymns of praise that sing from within everything, to become a part of the light — no its definitely not too much to ask.

Blessings of beauty to each of you, Christine

]]> By: Tess http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5405 Tess Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:08:57 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/#comment-5405 I groaned out loud with the beauty and longing I felt when I saw that wonderful photograph. Yes, oh to be part of the light passing through the leaded window. I wonder if it's too much to ask. I groaned out loud with the beauty and longing I felt when I saw that wonderful photograph. Yes, oh to be part of the light passing through the leaded window. I wonder if it’s too much to ask.

]]> By: Kigen http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5402 Kigen Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:25:58 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/#comment-5402 The sounds of mountain streams offer 10,ooo hymns a day in praise of the ancient Buddhas. So says Zen Master Dogen, his voice resounding from a mountain zendo in the 13th century. The strange thing is that when I lay awake in my room at night in New York City, the sound of the roaring traffic , the honks and clanks and muffled voices on the streets below, seem to me to be those same 10,ooo hymns of praise! Emily Dickinson says in a letter: "Travel why to Nature when she dwells with us -- those who lift their hats shall see her, as devout do God." Kigen The sounds of mountain streams offer 10,ooo hymns a day in praise of the ancient Buddhas. So says Zen Master Dogen, his voice resounding from a mountain zendo in the 13th century. The strange thing is that when I lay awake in my room at night in New York City, the sound of the roaring traffic , the honks and clanks and muffled voices on the streets below, seem to me to be those same 10,ooo hymns of praise!

Emily Dickinson says in a letter: “Travel why to Nature when she dwells with us — those who lift their hats shall see her, as devout do God.”

Kigen

]]> By: Carmen http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5401 Carmen Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:29:08 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/#comment-5401 . . . I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water!. . . . i think it was from Eat, Pray, Love by E. Gilbert . . . I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water!. . . . i think it was from Eat, Pray, Love by E. Gilbert

]]> By: Bette http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Bette Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:05:16 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/#comment-5400 yes, yes! to become part of it. it is not enough to sing of it in hymns. i want to praise God while standing IN the waterfall . . . or ON the mountain top . . . yes, yes! to become part of it. it is not enough to sing of it in hymns. i want to praise God while standing IN the waterfall . . . or ON the mountain top . . .

]]> By: Sunday meditations « Closely Observed http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5396 Sunday meditations « Closely Observed Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:36:46 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/#comment-5396 [...] Longing for Beauty Rinse. Repeat. (Defending God) Meditation: On Fall Colors: Saffron, Cinnamon and Ochre [...] [...] Longing for Beauty Rinse. Repeat. (Defending God) Meditation: On Fall Colors: Saffron, Cinnamon and Ochre [...]

]]> By: lucy http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-5395 lucy Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:17:35 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/09/30/longing-for-beauty/#comment-5395 lovely...to bathe in the beauty...yes. it feels as though this is what you are being able to do at your beach cottage in new and exciting ways. lovely…to bathe in the beauty…yes. it feels as though this is what you are being able to do at your beach cottage in new and exciting ways.

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