Center for Spiritual Living Huntsville

The mind can lead us to the threshold of Wisdom, but only the heart can enter. The mind weaves meaning like a spider, but only the heart can leap the Stream. We are given a mind to navigate life and we are given a heart to be alive – Zen saying.

“Let yourself look back on life with the questions: What have I truly loved? What has drawn my soul aloft? What has mastered it and at the same time blessed it?” – Nietzsche

Open your eyes and see the friends whose hearts recognize your face as kin, those whose kindness watchful and near encourages you to live everything here.” – John O’Donahue

“May all that is unforgiven in you be released. May your fears yield their deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in you blossom into a future graced with love.” – John O’Donahue.

“Unfurl yourself to the grace of beginning that is one with your life’s desire.” – John O’Donahue.

To see things with a quiet mind and an open heart is the way to liberation and integration. When we see with the eyes of oneness we know that we live in a fully sacred universe where everything is a pointer to an epiphany.

When we understand karma and intention we are given the opportunity to set the compass of our heart and dedicate ourselves to the highest intention. That is what will transform our world.

A peaceful heart gives birth to love. When love meets suffering it becomes compassion. When love meets happiness, it turns to joy. When we touch peace, love, joy, and compassion in ourselves, we are transformed.

When we stop chasing after the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, we begin to experience the aliveness of the journey. The focus then shifts from the imagined future scene in the movie of our life to the present scene, here and now. Every step reminds us how to live. The walk is everything.

William Blake said, "We are put here for a little space that we may learn how to bear the beams of love." What matters is if we can make it to the cliff of "Yes" and shout our secrets to the sky till Heaven is the song we choose to sing on Earth. We are charged by love with the vibrancy of a larger presence.