If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. And likewise, if you would know the reality of Nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the farther you go beyond the appearance, the nearer you will be to the essence. Meister Eckhart
Very truly , I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit. John 12: 24
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It is difficult and slow to become new
No place looks like itself, loss of outline/ Makes everything look strangely in- between,/ Unsure of what has been, or what might come.
You are in this time of the interim/ Where everything seems withheld.
The path you took to get here has washed out; / The way forward is still concealed from you.
As far as you can, hold your confidence./ Do not allow confusion to squander/ This call which is loosening/ Your roots in false ground,/ That you might come free/ From all you have outgrown.
-’Interim Time’ in To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings. John O’Donohue
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He gave me one loaf and told me to feed 5000. I asked him how to do this and still keep a portion for myself. He said, “whoever speaks of keeping has no concept of creation.” From a void the earth was formed, and from a trickle was drawn a flood. The bread was broke and crowds were fed, with enough to spare. Everything costs us, but that which is given, like all generous gifts expands beyond itself to become more than the sum of its parts. There is no fear of lack when we possess the smallest measure of yeast. Creation asks for our collaboration, in this, the greatest feast. ‘Division’ in Living Tree Poetry. Ana Lisa de Jong
questions
Is there a loosening of my roots, and something I sense I am outgrowing?
In what ways might my becoming new be costly?
And what do I need, if I am to hold my confidence?
Lynn Darke