The Daily Bread of Love
When the obstacles in the world become greater and more complex there are two great tendencies in the psyche. One is to simplify and quickly adopt some form of fundamentalism. The other is to accept the multiplicity and the great tension that comes from the world as it presents itself.
— Michael Meade
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Mystics seem to have no shame about contradicting themselves left and right. They blithely proclaim that the cure for pain is in the pain itself and that the cry of longing is the sigh of merging.
That’s because the path of the mystic reconciles contradictory propositions (such as harrowing sorrow and radical amazement) and blesses us with an extended capacity to sit with ambiguity, to treasure vulnerability, to celebrate paradox as the highest truth.
~ Mirabai Starr
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Sometimes when you are with someone who is truly Loving, it can awaken that same Love within your own being. It’s a direct transmission of grace. As I often say, the true teaching is not contained within the words, but in the living presence from which they come.
~ Adyashanti
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Words of love and affirmation are like bread. We need them each day, over and over. They keep us alive inside.
