dark night of the soul – Page 8

I am being loved

I like that wording more than, “I am loved,” or, “I am loved by God,” or even, “God loves me.” Feels more intimate, breathing with aliveness. “Am being.”

Tug at my heart

Do you think we mistake a broken ego for a broken heart?

Dark Night of the Soul (6) – Dad & His Family. Ours

Whom shall I love? “Whichever one needs it most in the moment.” For she or he is the Christface set before me.

Ear kiss in gray morn

Coffee before the sun comes up. But there was no sunrise today. The gray dawn grew merely more brightly gray

Dark Night of the Soul (5) – One Simplification

Forget “One day at a time,” or, “Live in the moment,” if you aren’t up to them… What IS naturally human is relationship. Relate to one Christface at a time. As each comes.

Dark Night of the Soul (4) – Introductory Musings: Exemplary Lessons?

[6 minute read] [see also resource index] [A shorter 1-minute version of below, extricated from any Dark Night contexts, is here.] Most narrowly, the phrase originates from a Spanish poem (Dark Night) centuries ago. Its author wrote explications of the poem which speak of two metaphorical nights that purge the soul to approach divine unionContinue reading “Dark Night of the Soul (4) – Introductory Musings: Exemplary Lessons?”