So tonight we're going to read through the first part of part one, or the first half, I should say, of part one. And then we will be meeting on Instagram on our Bookhouse page, Joy the V Bookhouse, to have the discussion part of getting together and discussing this book. So if you'd like to join us for that, we'll be meeting this evening. Today is Monday, November the 13th at 06:15 p.m. Pacific time. 09:15 p.m. Eastern Time
Penelope Tiam
@IAmJoydeVie · 5:00
Light is the secret presence of the divine. It keeps life awake. Life is a nurturing presence which calls forth warmth and color in nature. The soul awakens and lives in light. It helps us to glimpse the sacred depths within us. Once human beings began to search for a meaning of life, life became one of the most powerful metaphors to express the eternity and depth of life. In the Western tradition, and indeed in the Celtic tradition, thought has been compared to light in its luminosity
Penelope Tiam
@IAmJoydeVie · 4:50
When this spiritual path opens, you can bring an incredible generosity to the world and to the lives of others. Sometimes it's easy to be generous outward, to give and give and give, and yet remain generous to yourself. You lose the balance of your soul if you do not learn to take care of yourself
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Penelope Tiam
@IAmJoydeVie · 3:04
But behind it all you can be completely lost and miserable. If you have everything that the world has to offer you but you do not have love, then you are the poorest of the poorest of the poor. Every human heart hungers for love. If you do not have the warmth of love in your heart, there is no possibility of real celebration and enjoyment. No matter how hard, competent, self assured, or respected you are
Penelope Tiam
@IAmJoydeVie · 4:15
Because they have broken through the barriers of persona and egoism to the soul level, the unity of their souls is not easily severed. When the soul is awakened, physical space is transfigured even across the distance. Two friends can stay attuned to each other and continue to sense the flow of each other's lives. With your Anamkara, you awaken the eternal. In this soul space, there is no distance
Shannon Ruiz
@ShannonLove · 3:49
Even after years together, your affection and trust can be disappointed. Life is dangerously unpredictable. People change, often quite dramatically and suddenly. Bitterness and resentment quickly replace belonging and affection. Every friendship travels at some time through the black Valley of despair. This tests every aspect of your affection. You lose the attraction and the magic. Your sense of each other darkens and your presence is sore. If you can come through this time, it can purify your love in falsity and need will fall away
Shannon Ruiz
@ShannonLove · 4:54
It is precisely in awakening and exploring this rich and opaque inner landscape that the Anamkara experience illuminates the mystery and kindness of the divine. The Anamkara is God's gift. Friendship is the nature of God. The Christian concept of God as Trinity is the most sublime articulation of otherness and intimacy, an eternal interflow of friendship. The perspective discloses the beautiful fulfillment of our immortal longing. In the words of Jesus, who said, Behold, I call you friends
Shannon Ruiz
@ShannonLove · 5:00
No person can see himself and live. All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light colors and contours. You feel the inspiration of its possibilities and the wonder of its mysteries. In the Celtic tradition, and especially in the Gaelic language, there is a refined sense of the sacredness that the approach to another person should embody. The word hello does not exist in Gaelic. The way you encounter someone is through blessing
Shannon Ruiz
@ShannonLove · 0:33
You regularly throughout conversation. In Gaelic there is explicit recognition that the divine is present in others. This presence is also recognized and embodied in an old saying such as the hand of the stranger is the hand of God. The stranger does not come accidentally. He brings a particular gift and illumination