Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Flower of the Day: 10/08/14
"Divine
justice makes use of human injustice to bring about the ultimate
justice. The human mind, although it is a great power, has its
limitations. One of the aspects of the mind is memory, but human memory
is flawed. We send out an invitation and forget we sent it, so that when
the guests arrive we don’t think we invited them. This limitation
prevents us from noticing the relationship between cause and effect. But
there is no effect without a cause."
Sri Prem Baba
The Presence of Beauty | October 8, 2014
Thomas Aquinas said that beauty arrests
motion. He meant, I think, that in the presence of something gorgeous
or sublime, we stop our nervous natterings, our foot twitchings and
restless tongues. Whatever that fretful hunger is, it seems momentarily
filled in the presence of beauty.
- Barbara Hurd, "On Silence"
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