Nothing and everything

In the fertile desert
In the presence of absence
In the stillness of chatter
In the sounds of silence
In infinite simplicity
In the simplicity of the infinite
Life laid down in order to live
Leaving in order to arrive
Kenosis in incarnation
Embodiment in abandonment
Life in death
The possession of nothing
Coincidence of opposites
The first last and last first
All become One
Coinherence
Deification
One with the Son
Being fulfilled in the Word
Speech completed in silence
Unity which is nothing
and everything
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Arcade Fire - Black Mirror.

The space between events

Real life
is lived
in the spaces
between
events.
These gaps
are moments
to catch
breath
to rest
recuperate
reflect
like Mary
who
treasured up
all things
and pondered
them
in her heart.

Real life
is lived
in the spaces
between
events.
Times
to see
ourselves
acting on stage
and to
escape
the script
revealing
to the audience
the significance
of what
is happening
off stage.

Real life
is lived
in the spaces
between
events.
By watching
yourself
act
your part
you are
off-stage
while on-stage
revealing
unspoken
coincidences
round the corner
patterns
of liveliness.

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Mark Olson & Gary Louris with Victoria Williams - Lights.