Comments on: Going on Retreat http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/ Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:13:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-36547 Christine Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:29:54 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-36547 You are all really too wonderful. You are all really too wonderful.

]]> By: Suz http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-36382 Suz Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:56:28 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-36382 Blessings to you and the abbess. I am missing you! Blessings to you and the abbess. I am missing you!

]]> By: ben lindwall http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-36107 ben lindwall Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:29:14 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-36107 Blessings. Blessings.

]]> By: Laure http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-36083 Laure Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:56:10 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-36083 i love when this happens ... first thing this morning, after leaving you my comment last evening, i come running headlong into this image from a woman i've never known before. i'll take this confirmation as a big fat YES!!!!! http://www.rachelpearsey.com/Art/Portfolios/Pages/Advent_Paintings.html#19 drink deep, Christine! i love when this happens …

first thing this morning, after leaving you my comment last evening, i come running headlong into this image from a woman i’ve never known before. i’ll take this confirmation as a big fat YES!!!!!

http://www.rachelpearsey.com/Art/Portfolios/Pages/Advent_Paintings.html#19

drink deep, Christine!

]]> By: Rich http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-36038 Rich Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:31:56 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-36038 Blessings on your retreat. I leave Friday morning myself for some wonderful, holy Native American land in Michigan for a long weekend retreat. Blessings on your retreat. I leave Friday morning myself for some wonderful, holy Native American land in Michigan for a long weekend retreat.

]]> By: Laure http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-36000 Laure Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-36000 i'm thinking of you with empty hands, Christine ... and of those hands dipping into a luminous pool of moonlight and meditation ... as you bring your hands to your lips, may what you drink and how you drink be enough to sustain you. i’m thinking of you with empty hands, Christine … and of those hands dipping into a luminous pool of moonlight and meditation … as you bring your hands to your lips, may what you drink and how you drink be enough to sustain you.

]]> By: kigen http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-35983 kigen Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:25:36 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-35983 "How necessary it is for monks to work in the fields, in the rain, in the sun, in the mud" -- love that quote!! Am moving into retreat mode also. Have reclaimed an artistic journey, i thought had reached an impasse, but which opened unexpectedly recently with the help a martial arts author ?!?! “How necessary it is for monks to work in the fields, in the rain, in the sun, in the mud” — love that quote!! Am moving into retreat mode also. Have reclaimed an artistic journey, i thought had reached an impasse, but which opened unexpectedly recently with the help a martial arts author ?!?!

]]> By: lucy http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-35979 lucy Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:29:50 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-35979 my own heart relaxed by simply reading the words of your retreat. enjoy, dear friend. i hope this glorious fall weather follows you to your destination. xoxoxoox my own heart relaxed by simply reading the words of your retreat. enjoy, dear friend. i hope this glorious fall weather follows you to your destination. xoxoxoox

]]> By: Carolyn http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-35972 Carolyn Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:25:22 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-35972 Note to the Abbess: you need only be present [and I suspect you are very good at that! ] May these next days ebb and flow, be fallow and fertile. Blessed be. Note to the Abbess: you need only be present [and I suspect you are very good at that! ]

May these next days ebb and flow, be fallow and fertile.
Blessed be.

]]> By: Bette http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-35956 Bette Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:17:37 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/10/14/going-on-retreat/#comment-35956 Beginning a retreat journey on the full moon is a beautiful idea. May your silence be full. Bless you, Bette. Beginning a retreat journey on the full moon is a beautiful idea. May your silence be full.

Bless you,
Bette.

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