The 60-Second Sabbath

Mysticism

  • Sophia

    Stand not in my waylest be ye bowled over;Sophia's my goal,so best ye take cover. My quest endeth notuntil I discoverthis Mystery calling me–Mistress and Lover. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Light

    Light suffuses him.It squeezes from his poreslike toothpaste from a million, microscopic tubes.It hurts, like reverse injections.He suffers light. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Mountaintop

    When you climb to the top of a mountainand stand breathless from exertion and awe,whose voice do you hear in the wind? In that fleeting momentwhen your spirit suspends itselfjust beyond the final outcropping of rock,just outside the present,are you… Continue reading

  • The Edges of This World

    The edges of this worldare often slippery and unstable;I lose my balanceand fall within…to the voice of God,the sound of the thinnest silence. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Give Birth!

    Enwombing what the world wants(compassion, reconciliation, acceptance, hope),we approach our due date. Give birth! Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading

  • To God…

    To God, breaker of this life's chains,lover who is partial to none,path of coming forth,path of return… Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading

  • We Can See

    We can see,but that doesn't mean we look.We can hear,but that doesn't mean we listen.We can speak,but that doesn't mean we converse.We can know,but that doesn't mean we understand.We can embrace,but that doesn't mean we accept. We can gather to… Continue reading

  • When God Lives within You

    When God lives within youthe parables and prayersof all faithsincreasingly make sense–the poems of the Sufis,the drumming circles of indigenous peoples,the beads of the Catholic rosary,the prayer Jesus taught his disciples,the rasping chant of the evening cicadas… The more deeply… Continue reading

  • Keep Waking Up

    Keep waking up. You woke up this morning;now wake up to this moment:this moment is not here to usher you into the next,but exists for its own sake. This is the kingdom–this moment–now. Now is it hand.Wake up to this… Continue reading

  • Conquered by Love

    I want love to winthe conflict that wages within,the conflicts that rage without. I want to be vanquished by love.  I want to see the love of God everywhere. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading