Spirituality
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The Diet
The ego hungers,gorging itselfon what feeds its insecurity. Why are we starvingin a worldabundantwith beauty and benevolence? Stop bingeing on nothing, and the ego dies; the real you finally lives, nourished by what matters. This is a dietto die for. Text and… Continue reading
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Wisdom
We embrace wisdomwhen we turn our attentionto whatever is. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Incarnation 2
Jesus merged these two:humanity and divinity. We inherit this non-duality:humanityanddivinity. Do not call Jesus Godwithout also calling him man.Do not call me manwithout also calling me God. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Grand Opening
My mind: a spring leaf unfurls to the sun.My heart: a warmed seed opens to moist soil.My body: a dry chrysalis splits to new life. This is the momentof divine encounter:mind, heart and body,naked and willing,cupped and… Continue reading
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Child of God
Jesus stands before the crowd.I wonder what he sees.We are, after all, a diverse lot: Jew, Christian, Muslim, atheist… man, woman, transgendered… gay, straight, questioning… believers, doubters, skeptics, seekers… He reads my mindand begins to pointto… Continue reading
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At the Brink
Visiting the Grand Canyon,I stretched out on a flat rockand inched forwarduntil my head was over the edge.I looked down into miles of emptiness. My brain said,"Ninety-five percent of youis secure on the rock."My spirit–dizzy and unseated–said, "You will fall–are falling,plummeting… Continue reading
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The River of Yearning
You fight the current. Stop rowing.Watch the oars slip from the oarlocksand slide downstream. One you let go,once you relax into the river's pull,then the herons appear,lifting you from your leaky longingand placing you gently amongthe great, green, silent reedsswaying… Continue reading
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WWJS
WWJSWho would Jesus shoot? WAWWJCWhich assult weapon would Jesus carry? He lived in a worldas dangerous as ours,this Prince of Peace, then took a bulletto save it. We'd be doomedif he'd returned fire for fire. "Father, forgive them–they know not… Continue reading
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A Life of Meaning
If you want that life–that life of meaning,that life of union with the divine,that life of satisfaction, devotion, wholeness,that life of true and constant perspective–then pursue it full-heartedly. Don't go about it half-assed.It's all or nothing. Text and image © 2013… Continue reading