Feeling very meditative, as I sit three floors up gazing out at the sun setting over the Kilpatrick Hills on a clear night here in Glasgow (unusual event….!). Thought I’d share a favourite quote, which every time I read it walks me gently into Mystery.
Have a peaceful night, as the month’s energy winds down and we approach the New Moon in Gemini on Wednesday evening.
“….in this journey of the spirit, I and others still walk that steep uphill road….And all our religious edifices, which serve first as staffs to help us on our way, in the end become crutches which we must discard….And the doctrines which we espouse and which we hold dear are only smooth shining stones which we pick up on the road and place in our baggage. With each new dogma and doctrine, the baggage grows heavier, until we discard these pebbles, one by one, leaving them on the roadside for others to find and carry a little further. And in the end we have need of neither doctrine nor creed, nor to name that which we worship – for it is beyond all image and words….”
‘Women in Search of the Sacred ‘ by Anne Bancroft (Penguin Arkana 1996) pp 120-121
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Wow, Anne. This one is a keeper of all keepers–so my experience! I’m not surprised it is attributed to the late, great Anne Bancroft. A totally amazing woman. Thank you for this share that I’ll continue sharing forward. Blessings!
So pleased you have seen this wonderful quote, Joyce. Do pass it on, thanks!
A wonderful quote, thank you very much!
You are welcome. It’s one to which I return, just to remind myself….
It is a wonderful quotation, and worth some considered thought. But just now I’m logging of because its all thunder and lightning and rain! Oh, we have needed it. I believe I’ll have a glass of wine and just ponder her words until the storm passes. Thanks so much for sharing this!
A pleasure, Linda! I should like to be sitting there with you, pondering, whilst the storm passes….
Reminds me of my favorite Van Morrison song ” no guru, no method, no teacher. Just you and I in nature…”
….and in Nature is where I (and I’m sure, many of us) most connect to ” …that which we worship – ….beyond all image and words….”
Thanks for visiting, Raiana!
Nice…. because as we near the end of our time, the connection to the divine, if we have been searching for it, becomes almost tangible: no tokens or signs needed. Everything around us just shouts of the obviousness of what we have been searching for all along.
Thanks for this, Emaria. Great to see you back!
Precious and sacred words. Thank you so much for sharing, Annie. xx
You are most welcome, Sara! Thanks for dropping by….x