A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and … - Deena Metzger

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It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

Deena Metzger

A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way, and aligns us with a life path that is, ultimately, of benefit to ourselves and those around us.

Encouraging, Inspirational, Knowledge, Life, Sacred, Ultimately

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Beauty appears when something is completely and absolutely and openly itself.

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There are mythic patterns under all of our lives. Each one of us, often unbeknownst to ourselves, is engaged in a drama of soul that is not reserved only for gods, heroes, and saints. Story is one bridge between the human realm and the divine.

Divine, Drama, God, Hero, Soul, Story

Write against patterns. Go against the devils. Write what you never write. Lie. Validate what you don’t validate. Indulge what you don’t like. Wallow in it. Write the opposite of what you always write, think, speak. Do everything against the grain!

Lying, Patterns, Speak, Think, Thinking, Writing

Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts of ourselves that have been scattered, hidden, suppressed, denied, distorted, forbidden, and we come to understand that stories heal.

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Creating art and creating ourselves are the same act; art, world, ourselves - these are continuous with one another.

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