Lilias Folan expresses much the same sentiment in her yoga classes. I think I even used it as a qdj once. I'll go look... http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2007/07/quote-du-jourlilias-folan.html
On my dvd she says, the past is gone, the future is yet to come. Be here now.
Ram Dass, I think. I remember skimming through his book which is probably not the best way to read books of depth (which would explain a lot about my scattered approach to spirituality).
You find such wonderful quotations,thank you for this one and all the rest.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cait.
ReplyDeleteLilias Folan expresses much the same sentiment in her yoga classes. I think I even used it as a qdj once. I'll go look...
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On my dvd she says, the past is gone, the future is yet to come. Be here now.
Ram Dass, I think. I remember skimming through his book which is probably not the best way to read books of depth (which would explain a lot about my scattered approach to spirituality).
ReplyDeleteIsn't Wendell Berry wonderful? "What we need is here." So simple and obvious, the way he puts it. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI think the best poetry takes what we already know or feel and hands it back to us wrapped in grace.
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