I think I found a new mystic to enter into the circle of "my favorites". Teilard de Chardin was wonderful to read, I kept finding quotes I loved that spoke to my spirit. I have found it very inspiring to think about the deeper reality that underlies everything we see and hear. This reality, the Divine, connects us and everything we see. Knowing that, opening my heart to hear it, feel it around me, sustains my spirit and helps me feel close to the Divine. Teilard senses this too when he says, "The world is filled, and filled with the Absolute. To see this is to be made free." I love his thoughts that God is in everything, that he is still creating, and that we can be a part of it. I love how he said we need to grow and know ourselves, to love, live, and experience life. I also loved this quote, "...unless he understands the full depth of the truth that Jesus must be loved as a world." We must love the world around us, the world God made. If we don't love the creation, how can we love the Creator? I loved the thought we can love God, love Jesus, through loving people, the earth, even ourselves. It's a beautiful thing.
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