Though it needs a human presence to acknowledge it, one could imagine that the oceans were silent and the winds became still the first time the human face appeared on Earth. It is the most amazing thing in creation. In the human face, the animinity of the universe becomes infinite. The dreams of the winds and the oceans, the silence of the stars and the mountains reached a mother presence in the face. The hidden secret warmth of creation comes to expression here. The face is the icon of creation
Penelope Tiam
@IAmJoydeVie · 3:49
With the burden of a unique inner world, it suits us to pretend that we all belong to one world. But we are more alone than we realize. This aloneness is not simply the result of being different from other people. It derives more from the fact that each of us is housed in a different body. The idea of human life being housed in a body is fascinating. For instance, when people come to visit your home, they come bodily
Charalene Kiser
@Charalene · 4:03
In our pattern lives. A friend of mine who loves lace often says it is the holes in the lace that render it beautiful. Our experience has this lace structure. The human face carries mystery and is the exposure point of the mystery of the individual life. It is where the private inner world of a person protrudes into the anonymous world while the rest of the body is covered. The face is naked. The vulnerability of this nakedness issues a profound invitation for understanding and compassion
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Charalene Kiser
@Charalene · 2:29
Others can decipher much of your mystery from your face. Portrait artists admit that it is exceptionally difficult to render the human face. Traditionally, the eyes are said to be the windows of the soul. The mouth is also difficult to render in the individual portrait. In some strange way, the line of the mouth seems to betray the contour of the life. A tight mouth often suggests a meanness of spirit. There is a strange symmetry in the way the soul writes the story of its life
Shannon Ruiz
@ShannonLove · 4:50
It takes on the soul of the person who lives there and becomes the mirror of the spirit. Yet, in the deepest sense, the body is the most intimate place. Your body is your clay home. Your body is the only home that you have in this universe. It is in and through your body that your soul becomes visible and real for you. Your body is the home of your soul on earth
Shannon Ruiz
@ShannonLove · 5:00
Your body tells you, if you attend to it, how your life is and whether you are living from your soul or from the labyrinths of your negativity. The body also has a wonderful intelligence. All of our movements, indeed everything we do, demands the most refined and detailed cooperation of each of our senses. The human body is the most complex, refined and harmonious totality. The body is your only home in the universe. It is your house of belonging