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ramblings of a freelance panentheist {"all things are in God, and God is in all things"} . . . musings on Emergent spirituality, powerlifting, LGBTQueer issues, contemplative prayer, mysticism, cats, music, healing, and more. I like my coffee and my existentialism dark-roasted.

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I'm an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), in private practice in Marietta, Georgia. I'm an Episcopagan who is involved in the Emergent Christian conversation. My writings on queer spirituality have been published in Whosoever and several other magazines. I live in a house-in-the-woods (Bear's Hermitage) in Marietta with Leonidas (Lenny) and Guy, Mighty Warrior Cats, and way too many books.


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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

The Lamp of the Divine Light

The
lamp
of the
Divine Light
is in the hearts of those
who believe in the
Oneness of God...
By means of the
Divine Light
the heart
becomes
polished
so that it shines like a polished mirror.
When it becomes a mirror one can
see in it the reflection of existing
things and the reflection of the
Kingdom of God
as they really are.

-- at-Tirmidhi, Muslim scholar (died c. 892)

posted by Darrell Grizzle | 8:21 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger Jon said...

Darrell,

I completely missed your blog URL when you posted to me. Congratulations, and welcome to the blogosphere. Your posts are great--so intelligent and insightful. It sounds like the Sufis have a lot written about theosis/fana. I look forward to learning more from you.

Also, I like the way you kept it simple, with links between your blog and WildFaith. I'm STILL working on integrating my site and blog. Ugh!

Blessings!

10:09 PM, November 30, 2004  
Blogger Trev Diesel said...

What an incredible poem! Thank you ... I had never seen this before! Incredible! Oneness, Oneness, Oneness!

1:47 PM, December 08, 2004  

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