"We transition from the clean page to the dizzying rush of word upon word to the saying said and the calm point that comes after the spirit has manifested itself in language. The paper holds the words; they are secure and steady there. We become steady as well. For the time being, mystery has unveiled itself."

"To write spiritually is to engage in a search for authentic language. You’ll find your truth by writing your way to it."

Patrice Vecchione

I can always count on mr Rumi to come up with the most esoteric, pithy little statements that take one to another level altogether.

"Let the waters settle
you will see stars and moon
mirrored in your Being."
Rumi

Here's another favorite of mine...Lao Tzu

Emptiness here is the same as Emptiness there.

The space behind your mind is the same as the space behind mine.

What sees out my eyes, sees out yours.

Walk outside, breath the air

Walk outside and remember.

The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled.

Lao Tzu

What if this day brought with it colors

wrought in tear-stained stone. Would it

then be a remembrance to dally on? What if

the sun were blotted out and the light became

awash in shadow? Would the day then be

a waving, rolling wheat field for you to

drown in? "But" you say, "that is not my doing.

I am only, after all, one who tumbles

with the wind and I thought I could respond

with grace and thus brighten the day by

stroking it with ochre and azure as if the sun

came out of my belly, and fields of poppies

came from my heart, like the love that is hidden

in skies of vermilion and French sidewalk cafe's"

Oil on canvas 81.0 x 65.5 cm Arles 1888

Ron Russo