Love turns the world    upside down.Love dissolves the need    for justice.Love renders fairness    obsolete.Love leaves divisions    in the dust.Love erases    boundaries and borders.Love lifts the lowly, the overlooked,    gathers those left behind.Love reconciles, unites, … Continue reading

When we pursue Beauty,    we draw near to God,snuggle close and exhale. When we discover Beauty,    we lean into God,settle in and sigh. When we recognize Beauty,    God draws near to God–all vision, breath, touch…God's. Text and… Continue reading

When it seems    every exit is blocked,there's no way out,    no escape, there is, deep within you,    the passage that leadsto the Holy, the Divine,    to freedom and wholeness. It is a passage that opens   … Continue reading

It's okay not to get it–    that doesn't mean it's not real or right–maybe you're not ready. It's okay not to get it–    you likely get stuffthat others don't. It's okay not to get it,    but important… Continue reading

A candle burns. Look, it weeps. A candle sacrifices itself    to give us light,warm out night. It shrinks,    slowly vanishing,gutters out,    life complete. Am I this candle? Text and image © 2022 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.Visit PhotosByDirk.com for fine-art… Continue reading

You live your life    immersed in God,like a fish immersed    in water. The fish    is the water;the water    is the fish. Text and image © 2022 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.Visit PhotosByDirk.com for fine-art photography.Visit The60SecondSabbath.com, where spirit… Continue reading

Your longing Beloved    is smiling at you,waiting,    reaching. Step into that embrace    and find yourselvesdissolving into each other.    Know this ecstasy. It's much simpler    than we thought.It's much lovelier    than we imagined. It's more… Continue reading

Happy is the one who quits straining after God,    for God is already at hand. Happy is the one who shuts up,    for then they shall hear the Divine whisper. Happy is the one who leaps from cliffs, … Continue reading

Only the One     exists in this world.We are expressions    of that One. Every act of kindness,    every offer of hopeevery comfort, joy, embrace,    flows from the One– the Godhead, the Source,    Eternal Love–the One.… Continue reading

For the one who searches    the face of the Divine there are a hundred ways    to be humbled, a hundred ways    to pray, a hundred ways    to be transfigured, a hundred entrances    to the holy of holies,… Continue reading