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We are Seeds
A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.
― Stephan Hoeller
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“…you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life… It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived.”
A calling may be postponed, avoided, intermittently missed. It may also possess you completely. Whatever; eventually it will out. It makes its claim. The daimon does not go away.”
― James Hillman, The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling
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We worshipped Jesus instead of following Him in His same path.
We made Jesus into a mere religion instead of a journey toward union with God and everything else.
This shift made us a religion of ‘belonging and believing ‘ instead of a religion of transformation.
— Richard Rohr
