1. Twilight before sunrise, dim and diffuse light 2. The first glow of light before the sun appears above the horizon 3. We are walking in the dawn of Humanity, in the dawn of Life
This happened about thirty years ago on the banks of the Ganges in Benares. A woman whose age could just as easily have been thirty or fifty, because of the way TB had taken its toll on her, was holding her young son in her arms and beside her was her daughter, who was about […]
What can I do, oh Muslims, as I don’t recognise myself? I am not a Christian, a Jew, a Magian, or a Muslim. I am not from the East, nor from the West, nor from the land, nor from the sea. I am not from the nature, nor from the rotating skies. I am not […]
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The princes Pandavas, dethroned by their opponents, were found in exile. The youngest of the brothers went to find water. He got to a crystalline lake, but when he approached and bent to drink, he listened to a voice that said to him: -Stop! You will only be able to drink water from this lake […]
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A friend from the Balearic Islands writes to me: “Another great witness of light has left us: Mgr. Arturo Lona, the bishop of the poor. I still remember him wearing his jeans, his white T-shirt and his wooden crucifix hanging from his neck with a little rope tied to it. I met him in a […]
In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them. In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them. In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them. In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, […]
You will live life,slowly and with open eyes.You will live the life God gave youjust beside the worm, the owl, the moon… You will live life,just as it is, with realism,but immersed in the magic of dreams,with that melody that wishes to sing to youthe mystique of God’s smile. You will live life,with the illusion […]
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The fact that an 18-year-old man slit the throat of Samuel Paty, history teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in the outskirts of Paris, for showing his teenage students some caricatures of Mohammed is a failure for the human species, Homo sapiens. It is a failure for Europe and the entire so-called Western society and its civilization. More […]
I believe in God-Silence, mysterious Presence…in you, in me, in us, in the immensity.It is only omnipotent in Love.It is the Love, it is the Life, and it is the Breath…I know Jesus of Nazareth,our light waiting for the day…He was born in Galilee from a very young woman.He rose to purge his religion from […]
“I invite you to abide and dwell in ‘That’, which precedes your judgement and words as it beats in the thudding of your deepest artery: in that breath behind all words and language; I invite you to bend down and open yourself up to listening where the song of light can be heard, to peer […]
October 4, Saint Francis of Assisi: founder of the Franciscan family, Patron Saint of ecology, inspiration to thousands, claimed by people of all faiths as well as by those with no particular faith. Though born in the 12th century, he belongs to all ages He wrote these “Praises to God” or to Life, to the […]
An abused woman
/in Dawns, Witnesses to Light /by José ArregiThis happened about thirty years ago on the banks of the Ganges in Benares. A woman whose age could just as easily have been thirty or fifty, because of the way TB had taken its toll on her, was holding her young son in her arms and beside her was her daughter, who was about […]
Love, the only religion
/in Dawns /by José ArregiWhat can I do, oh Muslims, as I don’t recognise myself? I am not a Christian, a Jew, a Magian, or a Muslim. I am not from the East, nor from the West, nor from the land, nor from the sea. I am not from the nature, nor from the rotating skies. I am not […]
The way to Life
/in Dawns /by José ArregiThe princes Pandavas, dethroned by their opponents, were found in exile. The youngest of the brothers went to find water. He got to a crystalline lake, but when he approached and bent to drink, he listened to a voice that said to him: -Stop! You will only be able to drink water from this lake […]
A man simply
/in Dawns, Witnesses to Light /by José ArregiA friend from the Balearic Islands writes to me: “Another great witness of light has left us: Mgr. Arturo Lona, the bishop of the poor. I still remember him wearing his jeans, his white T-shirt and his wooden crucifix hanging from his neck with a little rope tied to it. I met him in a […]
A Litany of Remembrance
/in Dawns /by José ArregiIn the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them. In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them. In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them. In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, […]
We will live life
/in Dawns /by José ArregiYou will live life,slowly and with open eyes.You will live the life God gave youjust beside the worm, the owl, the moon… You will live life,just as it is, with realism,but immersed in the magic of dreams,with that melody that wishes to sing to youthe mystique of God’s smile. You will live life,with the illusion […]
Samuel Paty, martyr
/in Dawns /by José ArregiThe fact that an 18-year-old man slit the throat of Samuel Paty, history teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in the outskirts of Paris, for showing his teenage students some caricatures of Mohammed is a failure for the human species, Homo sapiens. It is a failure for Europe and the entire so-called Western society and its civilization. More […]
What I believe in…
/in Dawns /by José ArregiI believe in God-Silence, mysterious Presence…in you, in me, in us, in the immensity.It is only omnipotent in Love.It is the Love, it is the Life, and it is the Breath…I know Jesus of Nazareth,our light waiting for the day…He was born in Galilee from a very young woman.He rose to purge his religion from […]
Remaining in “That”
/in Dawns /by José Arregi“I invite you to abide and dwell in ‘That’, which precedes your judgement and words as it beats in the thudding of your deepest artery: in that breath behind all words and language; I invite you to bend down and open yourself up to listening where the song of light can be heard, to peer […]
October 4, Saint Francis of Assisi: founder of the Franciscan family, Patron Saint of ecology, inspiration to thousands, claimed by people of all faiths as well as by those with no particular faith. Though born in the 12th century, he belongs to all ages He wrote these “Praises to God” or to Life, to the […]