sit, be still, and listen

  

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There is in Celtic mythology the notion of ‘thin places’ in the universe where the visible and the invisible world come into their closest proximity. To seek such places is the vocation of the wise and the good — and for those that find them, the clearest communication between the temporal and eternal. 

Mountains and rivers are particularly favored as thin places marking invariably as they do, the horizontal and perpendicular frontiers. But perhaps the ultimate of these thin places in the human condition are the experiences people are likely to have as they encounter suffering, joy, and mystery.


—Peter Gomes

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In one sense the Reality is creatures; in another sense, It is not. ... Whether you assert that It is undivided or divided, the Self is alone. The manifold [universe] exists and yet it does not exist. 


—Ibn ‘Arabi 

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You and I are just swinging doors.

This kind of understanding is necessary.


—Shunryu Suzuki

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Listen.

Sit, be still, and listen,

because you’re drunk and
we’re at the edge of the roof.


—Rumi

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