Random Spiritualities from a Doctor's Chair

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A ND  an astronomer said, “Master, what of Time?” And he answered: You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would...

A ND  one of the elders of the city said, Speak to us of Good and Evil. And he answered: Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the e...

SOME FILL WITH EACH GOOD RAIN There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that. ...

 Contemplation has a context: it does not occur in a vacuum. Today’s context is that of the multinational corporations, the arms race, the...

Do not, then, stir yourself up to useless interior activities. Avoid everything that will bring unnecessary complications into your life. L...

T HEN  Almitra spoke, saying, “We would ask now of Death.” And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it un...

A ND  an old priest said, “Speak to us of Religion.” And he said: Have I spoken this day of aught else? Is not religion all deeds and al...

A ND  a poet said, Speak to us of Beauty. And he answered: Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be...

T HEN  a priestess said, “Speak to us of Prayer.” And he answered, saying: You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you migh...

T HEN  one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, Speak to us of Crime and Punishment. And he answered, saying: It is when your s...

T HEN  a ploughman said, Speak to us of Work. And he answered, saying: You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the...

A ND  a man said, Speak to us of Self-Knowledge. And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nig...

T HEN  Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage, master? And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shal...

A ND  a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are not your children. They ar...