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I Have Learned So Much ~ by Hafiz
“I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.” ~ Gandhi “Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion My place is the placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul.” ~ Rumi “There is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church…
Read MoreA Golden Compass ~ by Hafiz
“It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket – as all things are – to return to God.” ~ Hafiz A Golden Compass ~ by Hafiz Forget every idea of right and wrong…
Read MoreYou Are The Sun In Drag, by Hafiz
Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.” ~ Hafiz “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.” ~ Hafiz “Love said…
Read MoreA Root in Each Act and Creature ~ by Hafiz
“Inner infinity spawns outer reality.” ~ Ron Rattner, Sutra Sayings A Root in Each Act and Creature ~ by Hafiz The sun’s eyes are painting fields again. Its lashes with expert strokes Are sweeping across the land. A great palette of light has embraced This earth. Hafiz, if just a little clay and water Mixed…
Read More“Silence” by Hafiz
“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” ~ Rumi “Silence is the communing of a conscious soul with itself. If the soul attend for a moment to its own infinity, then and there is silence. She is audible to all men, at all times, in all places, and if we will…
Read MoreLaughter: Quotes and Hafiz poem
“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” ~ Buddha “What is soap to the body, laughter is to the soul.” ~ Yiddish Proverb “I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with…
Read MoreVernal Equinox Blessings
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1 “The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.” ~ Sri Ramakrishna Ron’s introduction to Vernal Equinox Blessings Dear Friends, I first learned of Chapter 3:1-8 of the Book of Ecclesiastes…
Read MoreEveryday Thoughts For Thanksgiving
“To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred.” ~ Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB from The Psalms: Meditations for Every Day of the Year “Thankfulness is the soul of beneficence … For thankfulness…
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Honoring God’s “Holy Fools”
~ Ron’s Memoirs
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” ~ 1 Corinthians 3:19 “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” ~ Deuteronomy 6:4-5 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is…
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Solstice Salutations and Quotations
~ For a Happy World
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence” ~ Aristotle “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” ~ Dalai Lama “A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.” ~ Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness “Thousands of candles can…
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