The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something

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Bird of Paradise

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You and your shadow are forever present in this world.

You are that glorious Bird of Paradise.

~ Rumi

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The Symbol of the Cross ~ excerpt

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The cross is the symbol of manifestation.

THE CROSS which is usually taken as the symbol of the cross on which Christ died has many mystical meanings. It shows a vertical line and a horizontal line: everything that exists extends vertically and horizontally. This may be seen in the leaf: it has length and breadth. All that exists has come from these two lines, the vertical and the horizontal. The cross therefore, in its first meaning, is the symbol of manifestation.

Then, whenever someone begins to speak, to act for the truth, his way is barred, there is a cross against it. Speak the truth before the nation and there comes the cross, the bar from the nation. Speak the truth in the face of the world and the cross comes from the world against you.

More: http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/XIV/XIV_2_22.htm

This world is a mountain

photo by Catherine Todd, Antigua, Guatemala 2006

photo by Catherine Todd, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2010

This world is a mountain,

in which your works

are echoed back to you.

Jalaluddin Rumi