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Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will…

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In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has…
Our bodies know they belong; it is our minds that make our lives so homeless.
It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the…
The blessings for which we hunger are not to be found in other places or people. These gifts can only be given…
If you live the life you love, you will receive shelter and blessings. Sometimes the great famine of blessings in and around…
To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you.
When you've gone as far as you can go, quietly await your next beginning.
The idea [of therapy] isn't to give people answers, or lead their bark of longing into a safe, dull, protected harbor, but…
The essence of who you are is ultimately mysterious, ungraspable and numinous-completely different from every other structure of matter.
When people get into therapy, or when they need healing, their real hope is that they'll come to the secret frontier in…
We [humans] are the only creatures who are in-between. We're of the earth, but don't belong to it, because we strain after…
In order to keep our balance, we need to hold the interior and exterior, visible and invisible, known and unknown, temporal and…

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Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special… — John O'Donohue

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