Pathways of Spirit: Let Beauty Become Your Mantra ...

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Monday, April 29, 2019

Let Beauty Become Your Mantra ...

A member of the congregation I serve just came into the office and shared with me this passage from In Love With The Mystery by Ann Mortifee:

Let everything we do be done
for Beauty: how we keep our rooms,
tend our garden, or prepare our food.
They say the Spirits love Beauty.
Let Beauty become your mantra
and your devotion. Your inner life
will bloom. Synchronicity will
frequent your door. Wild creatures
will come to call. And your own
heart will grow bright and full
with the same Beauty that you adore.

"Let Beauty become your mantra ..."

I find that a tremendously lovely thought.

What do you think? Does this idea of beauty as a "mantra" and a "devotion" speak to you? If it does, what do you think it calls you to?

Remaining (or becoming) aware of the beauty around you?
Becoming (or remaining) aware of the beauty within you?
Seeking beauty even in what appears anything but?
Striving to create beauty as you move through the world?

Even more fundamentally,

What do you think of when you hear the word "beauty?"
What makes something "beautiful?"
Where do you find beauty most often?
Conversely, where have you never, or rarely, found it?

If you journal, these could be excellent prompts for your exploration. If you meet regularly with a Spiritual Director, they could provide a partner to play with these questions. (And if you don't dance with a Spiritual Director, why not?!?!?)

Pax tecum,

RevWik

"Buddha with Flowers"

by Walker