Category Archives: Quotes on consciousness

Entrance – Rainer Maria Rilke (in both English and French)

Posted on January 20, 2015 by new desert

Entrance Whoever you are: in the evening step out of your room, where you know everything; yours is the last house before the far-off: whoever you are. With your eyes, which in their weariness barely free themselves from the worn-out … Continue reading →

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How does Grace come in?

Posted on January 18, 2015 by new desert

“How does Grace come in?” is the title of the third episode of my internet-based radio show, Nurturing the Spiritual Spelunker in All of Us. Please have a look at my page at Voice America: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2415/nurturing-the-spiritual-spelunker-in-all-of-us Ring the bells that … Continue reading →

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Another Brilliant Quote from Karlfried Graf Dürckheim – The Path of Initiation

Posted on December 30, 2014 by new desert

Hello folks, Here is another brilliant passage from Karlfried Durckheim, excerpted from The Path of Initiation, that touches upon the core of our existence, and our reason for Being. I read something of the same vein last night from Brother … Continue reading →

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Go Deeper than Love

Posted on October 4, 2014 by new desert

Go Deeper than Love Go deeper than love, for the soul has greater depths, love is like the grass, but the heart is deep wild rock molten, yet dense and permanent. Go down to your deep old heart, and lose … Continue reading →

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A voyage across Consciousnesses, Languages and Worldviews

Posted on September 29, 2014 by new desert

September 28 As a family, we recently returned from a vacation to France, the land of my origin and a mystical place in many ways. Within that three-week vacation, we took a trip to the region of Auvergne to get … Continue reading →

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Book of Hours, II, 16 — Rainer Maria Rilke

Posted on September 25, 2014 by new desert

Book of Hours, II, 16 — Rainer Maria Rilke II, 16 How surely gravity’s law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of even the strongest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. Each thing – each … Continue reading →

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What is it you plan to do…with your one wild and precious life?

Posted on June 24, 2014 by new desert

The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean– the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out … Continue reading →

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The Seven Essene Mirrors – a workshop by Gregg Braden

Posted on April 5, 2014 by new desert

Bonjour Folks, I am back again with a piece that I watched this week—I watched it twice in its entirety over the course of two days. It is long (two hours and five minutes) but worth every minute of our … Continue reading →

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Getting There—David Wagoner

Posted on March 1, 2014 by new desert

This poem spoke to me very deeply. Are we home yet and, as our son would say, “Where are we going?” Enjoy! Getting There — David Wagoner You take a final step and, look, suddenly You’re there. You’ve arrived At … Continue reading →

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Before He Makes Each One by Rainer Maria Rilke

Posted on February 1, 2014 by new desert

Before He Makes Each One by Rainer Maria Rilke Before He Makes Each One Before he makes each one of us, God speaks. Then, without speaking, he takes each one out of the darkness. And these are the cloudy words … Continue reading →

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