tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416825.post111367885435891586..comments2023-09-06T02:38:55.328-07:00Comments on Graceful Presence: The Painter's BrushMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432640322896933989noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416825.post-1113859021100120652005-04-18T14:17:00.000-07:002005-04-18T14:17:00.000-07:00Your innocent words reminded me, "When thine eye i...Your innocent words reminded me, "When thine eye is single, then will thy body be full of light."<BR/><BR/>The direct experience of the truth alters us in profound ways. Inevitably it fades but the understanding that went along with the experience stays with us, changing our perspective of life forever more. Those pure experiences soften and ripen us, preparing the ground for even deeper realizations, deeper insights, deeper truths. No need to cling to those past moments of blessedness, they are only thoughts now. Let them go. Without the burden of mind-identified thought, that which your heart needs to remember, it will remember. If you are willing to keep opening in the herenow, there are skies upon skies...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748278232249698736noreply@blogger.com