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Leaving The Garden of Eden: Passage to Freedom

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"One of the most radical demand for you and me is the discovery of our lives as a series of movements or passages---it seems as though we are always passing from one phase to next, GAINING and LOSING SOMEONE, SOME PLACE, SOMETHING...and everytime there are losses there are choices to be made... Nouwen, Finding My Way Home , 135-37. -reflections March 19, 2009 at 4:30pm- I was typing my resume a few weeks ago and my little sister told me to include a full description of the jobs I've had the past years.As I did, I began to be grateful to the lost years  I had. They weren't bad after all. It was like looking at my life tapestry again and all those converging or arbitrary occasions were confirmations to some greater events in my life... clinical depression - existential hunger for God inner child problems - call to greater trust departure - birth of my niece 30 day retreat - Resurrection left foot fracture - physical, emotional, spiritual healing my b

The Sacred Place

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L ike Moses before the burning bush, we took off our shoes as we entered the Hindu temple... It was the first time I ever saw one... In Chinatown, S ingapore is built the oldest hindu temple... We saw the different faces of the hindu gods displayed on the roof and ceilings of the sacred place...      There was a ce remony at that time...  As we moved along, observing... listening... I became present to the great variety of forms we could actually communicate with the Sacred within... When I sail the oceanic Mystery of Silence, Inspiration comes as a breeze Which divides the sea Down to her depths...                     THE SACRED PLACE Call it a desert, A cave, A Hermitage, Call it a Temple, A Sanctuary, An inner castle of a mystic Or a Carmel of a Saint. It's the space where wholeness dwells Where eternity embraces time, Where the Mighty One is weak. The Master simply called it thy

In Te, Signore Il Mio Oggi

"Quello che mi accadra oggi, mio Dio, non lo so. Tutto quello che so e che nulla mi accadra che tu non abbia provveduto e disposto per il mio maggior bene. QUESTO SOLO MI BASTA." - Beato G. Alberione Translation: That which happens to me, my God, I don't know. All that I know is that nothing happens to me that You have not envisioned and disposed for my betterment. ONLY THIS IS ENOUGH. - reflections feb. 2011- I made several reflections on this passage... One day, I ask about freedom... the next, my itinerary... I see it growing day by day with the arrival of new experiences... thoughts... insights... even mistakes made...  Answers come at the right moment... when I see myself calm and ready to listen...like my most recent experience... An earlier discussion with someone very dear to me led me to delete all my male friends in my list and to rest from social networking for a while ... it broke my heart at first... I have grown into the habit of opening my

Pouring Out Thoughts

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February 12, 2013 Update As I wrote a new journal entry,  I realized that I've started writing for Blogger this very day, 12th of February, two years ago.  An Italian missionary once told me that everything that I've learned will be put into practice in the years to come. I have been writing my journals since I was twelve and  coming online , thriving on new experiences and meeting very talented and ingenious people have helped shaped me into the creative person I am right now... I haven't formally celebrated any blogversaries, but I'll keep in my mind all the people who've helped me start out this blog and who, for several years, have been constantly reflecting with me... THANK YOU for all your love, support and inspiration! ---- For several days now, I've been asked by friends to write... one encouraged me to open up a blogger account to allow more readers to enjoy my journals... and for the entire week, I've been writing certain theme