Day 17
Spirals
Spend time with the photo
Nature's own
Photo credit: Frauke Riether Pixabay
Double helix staircase in the Vatican museum, designed in 1930 before double helix DNA became synonymous with life.
Photo by krishna81 (flickr.com/photos/24786512@N04) is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
A human being is part of the whole, called by us "Universe"; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely but the striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.
Paul Dirac (1902 –1984) British theoretical physicist
and a founder of quantum physics​
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“God’s love is the water we drink,
the air we breathe, and the light we see.
All natural phenomena are different material forms of the love of God. . . .
God’s love surrounds us,
but we do not feel it, anymore than we feel the pressure of the atmosphere.
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and poet in Abide in Love
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Quantum physics shows that matter is secondary,
with spirit and consciousness as the fundamental reality.
Max Planck, theoretical physicist
and founder of quantum theory
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Respond
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Find spirals today
and
see where they take you.
Chanting the Psalms
Chanting is an ancient tradition
of prayer, meditation, and reverence,
found in most religions and traditions.
The Psalms are the Bible's Song Book,
their messages resonant and restorative.
Christian monks chant the Psalms every day;
in fact, a monk's day is a seamless weaving
of chanting, working, praying, and silence.
I thought a very simple but harmonious setting
could make this way of praying
accessible to more people.
So I created this easy-to-sing setting,
just three notes per singer.
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You can click below to hear Psalm 27.
And click on the sheet music
for Psalms 27, 46, 130, and 139.)
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