The 60-Second Sabbath

Spirituality

  • Two Types of People

    I've come to believethere are two types of people,the divisiveand the unifying. Pay attention to those around you–    what they say,    how they act:do you conclude your interactionswith a greater sense    of common struggle,    of essential… Continue reading

  • Salvation

    What saves us(maybe in the religious sense,but maybe not)? A lifetime of course corrections,relinquished illusions,providential impressionsmesh and blend,collide and separate,coalesce and fade. Salvation arrivesfeeling more like surrender,submission,acceptance,than confession or understanding. All my sorting, analyzing, categorizing…just wasted time?  Life is what… Continue reading

  • Snowfall

    Join us for tea? We will sit in silence,sipping and sustainingthe sacredness of the snowflakes,falling just outside the bay window. It's hard to knowwhat is the truer temple–the table we share,or the snowfall inches beyond the glass. Text and image… Continue reading

  • 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

  • Small and Cool

    The sanctuary,baked by the low, western sun,swelters. But meditation stills the body,and a stilled body cools–cools as the need to do evaporates,cools as only being is required. Cools.Stillness cools me.Coolness spreads to/from those around me,those who, like me,release into less.… Continue reading

  • Orthodoxy

    While creeds and dogma have their place,I'd rather trace a human facewith silent, slow and soft embrace. Orthodoxy's not my goal:I'd rather touch a human soul. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.     Continue reading

  • The Spirits

    The spirits assemble–the spirits of wholeness, joy and beauty,the spirits of unity, wonder and courage–and, in a circle of unbroken power and healing,their common prayersflow like streams–cool, clear, inexorablethrough the heart of humanity. We can not but be cleansed. Text… Continue reading

  • Toward the Sacred

    How clear to youis your path to the sacred? For some it comeson a Sunday morningin a sunlit pew. For many of usit's an ocean voyage more obscure,with a sense of the sadnessof the long sea that pilgrims sail,not clear… Continue reading

  • Fear

    Emerson advises us:"Always dowhat you are afraid to do." Make a list–perhaps just five items long–of those thingsyou fear the most to do    because the risk is to great,    the potential  ridicule too painful,    the possible loss deadly. This week,do one of them: … Continue reading

  • It’s Easier

    It's easier to say, "I'm superior,"than to say, "I'm afraid." Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading