“We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others.
An interpreted world is not home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.”
(Source: Elaine Bellezza on Hildegard of Bingen’s message. See more information below.)
How to “take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light”?
Read on for this inspiration on coming home to the truth of our being (St. Hildegard makes an appearance in this musing, & you’ll find links to more inspiration, too) …
** This wise and stirring quote is often attributed to Hildegard von Bingen, Benedictine Abbess, Writer, Musician, Mystic, Doctor of the Church … & so much more (1098 – 1179). The actual source from which this quote is inspired is Elaine Bellezza’s article, “Hildegard of Bingen, Warrior of Light,” in Gnosis Magazine, vol. 21, pp 50-62, 1991.
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… and here a musing … from my partially “own world” …
Also … what is at the root of … “our own listening” … “to see our own light” …
… is it not … awareness
… and when awareness … shines “our own light” … on it~”self” … then we can become more “self”~aware
so it may be not the literal light what is meant here, as also in the pitch dark, we can be aware of sounds and smell, or touch or taste and feelings and thoughts … etc.
… it may be more a pointer, like a finger pointing to the moon … is not the moon it~”self”
March 4, 2017 at 12:17 am
Reblogged this on Love Earth Visionary.
March 4, 2017 at 11:46 am
Now that’s just weird. I read an article about Hildegard in a magazine yesterday. Love the quote and the image. Cheers!
March 4, 2017 at 2:57 pm
Reblogged this on Empowerment By and For All and commented:
Great, empowering piece, Thanks, Jamie
March 7, 2017 at 2:44 pm
… and here a musing … from my partially “own world” …
Also … what is at the root of … “our own listening” … “to see our own light” …
… is it not … awareness
… and when awareness … shines “our own light” … on it~”self” … then we can become more “self”~aware
so it may be not the literal light what is meant here, as also in the pitch dark, we can be aware of sounds and smell, or touch or taste and feelings and thoughts … etc.
… it may be more a pointer, like a finger pointing to the moon … is not the moon it~”self”