As I mentioned yesterday, the old Celtic feast of Samhain, celebrated tomorrow, was seen as a liminal time, when the boundary between this world and the spiritual world was felt to be quite thin and it was easier to get glimpses of deeper meaning.
Anybody who goes through life with open mind and open heart will encounter moments of revelation, moments that are saturated with meaning, but whose meaning cannot be put into words.
Roger Scruton, English philosopher
If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the quickest of us walk about well wadded with stupidity
George Eliot, Middlemarch
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Loved these quotes, though some people think you’ve gone round the bend when you feel that way. I believe it…
Thanks for your vistis and your support on your blog. I know what you mean, although we can point out that there was nothing too mad about George Eliot as a writer, just more tuned in than most, Karl
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Thought it was interesting to find these quote this morning in light of what I’d posted yesterday. I believe they are true… I’m so enjoying this site. Please do give Mindfulbalance a visit.
Thank you for he nod to Samhain, as it is a most special day celebrated by some.
I will be doing a new years reading tomorrow. Happy New Year!
Thank You for dropping by, and, yes, tomorrow evening marks the start of the new year in that ancient calendar. Hope you celebrate it well! Karl