The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness.
Only when there is stillness in movement can
the spiritual rhythm appear which pervades
heaven and earth.
-Ts'ai-ken T'an

-p168 quoted by Margot Anand, The Art of Everyday Ecstasy

. Sophia 2 .

Love fell on me
like snow from high sky
(gently)

I stood there
waiting for
Communion

I looked into the eyes
of the man
who held Love
my Love
in his hand

Abyss called to Abyss
depth touched
the deepest core
of my sorrow

my Bread and Body

eyes closed -
"Noli me tangere"
said Jesus to Magdalene

I know -
this Love will shield me

I count my blessings

bless his Holy Name


. Sophia 4 .

and now bless
and now
the whole, the all,
cosmos, chaos,
gleaming, living waters,
exploding spheres,
black skies filled with fire

and now bless -
blessed be the Holy,
the One beyond being,
above, below, after, breathing

now bless -
mine, ours, yours, love,
pearl strings of peace,
joy, heartbeat of stillness,
jewels of transfigured touch,
petals unfurling
into wings of glory

now blessed


. by Maja Trochimczyk .
from Miriam's Iris or Angels in the Garden

“Life is a perpetual adjustment and readjustment -
it is an ever-changing movement on the surface -
but in its depths it is perfect calmness, peace and stillness.
Since universal motion is a wave from the infinite silence and repose,
it has the nature of the source from which it has sprung.
So, bliss is the beginning, the middle and the end of all things - be it static or dynamic.”

~Swami Ramdas

This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway. Step around the poisonous vipers that slither at your feet, attempting to throw you of your course. Be bold. Be humble. Put away the incense and forget the incantations they taught you. Ask no permission from the authorities. Slip away. Close your eyes and follow your breath to the still place that leads to the invisible path that leads you home. — Saint Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle

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