Mark Nepo de Chardin

…unfolding what is within.

April 29, 2018

The physical structure of the universe is love.

—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) 

 

Wrapped within young leaves: the sound of water.

—Soseki

 

”Our gift already unfolded. Embedded in the seed is the blossom. embedded in the womb is the child fully grown. Embedded in the impulse to care is the peace of love realized. Embedded in the edge of risk and fear is the authenticity that makes life worth living.

For as dust owes its path to wind, we, as human beings, are asked to acknowledge that something larger encircles us and prompts us to unfold.

There is a gravity of spirit that pulls the essence of who we are into being. Our job, like all our sister creatures, is to find the abundance of air and water and light, and to unfold what is already within us.”

-Mark Nepo