Tag Archives: Meaning

What gives meaning to our lives?

Posted on February 3, 2021 by new desert

A simple question this week, dear Ones, yet one that is sure to bring a diversity of answers! As a sub question, we might want to consider, How—and why—do we search for meaning? Knowing the search may be more unconscious … Continue reading →

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Shining My Light Bright and Clear

Posted on September 19, 2016 by new desert

I recently returned from a 2.5 week-trip to Southern France; a trip that seems to resemble a yearly pilgrimage—both within and without—to a sacred region of France that bore for a long time (and still does, obviously) so many mystical … Continue reading →

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I love the dark hours — Rainer Maria Rilke

Posted on April 21, 2016 by new desert

I love the dark hours of my being. My mind deepens into them. There I can find, as in old letters, the days of my life, already lived, and held like a legend, and understood. Then the knowing comes: I … Continue reading →

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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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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 Dark Night of My Soul

Posted on October 11, 2013 by new desert

The Dark Night of My Soul La Nuit où Mon Âme a Touché le Fond October 10   This will be my first post in both English and French, so as to reach a broader audience. The French version follows … Continue reading →

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