Tag Archives: Beauty

Awed Again By The Beauty Around

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Spirit Moments

The earth was formed about 4.57 billion years ago. Humans did not come upon the scene until much later. It was only after the Cretaceous–tertiary extinction event, some 65 million years ago. It took millions of years and at least five … Continue reading →

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Wondering About Life

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Life, for all its beauty and wonder, is essentially a mystery, a conundrum. Existence, like life, is replete with contradictions, contrasts and paradoxes. Everything we sense is made up of matter and energy. At the deepest level, matter and energy … Continue reading →

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What Are The Odds?

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Recently, all of Manila was agog over a first-time ever one billion pesos Lotto jackpot. Many who haven’t played Lotto before did so for the first time. There ws an air of pregnant expectancy in the air for several days … Continue reading →

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Dryness

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Someone has just turned off the tap in my life. I had always assumed and taken for granted that the water will simply just keep on flowing. Water to slake my thirst for the novel and the adventurous Water to … Continue reading →

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Love Colors Everything

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Spirit Moments

St. Augustine once wrote: “Love and then, what you will, do.” Seconding that emotion, Fr. Arrupe the former Jesuit General wrote: “What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.” Who and what I love make … Continue reading →

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Creation Proclaims The Glory Of God

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Spirit Moments

I have often realized that there is no compelling reason why I should be here. There is no irreducible mathematical formula the answer to which is my particular existence. In the face of such simple fact, science tells me I … Continue reading →

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The Olber’s Paradox

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Today is Earth Day. I feel a deep spirituality whenever I look at Nature. This quotation from Gerald Manley Hopkins always tend to remind me of this feeling that God is in Nature:  “The world is charged with the grandeur of … Continue reading →

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The Universe in a Flower, II

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Spirit Moments

I wake up every morning always thrilled by the sunrise streaming through my window grateful for the breaking of another day. I imagine the sun’s light traveling millions of miles and suffusing the entire earth with life giving energy. the … Continue reading →

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The Universe in a Flower

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Spirit Moments

I recently read the book Einstein and the Rabbi by Naomi Levy, a woman Rabbi. She begins her book by telling the story of Rabbi Robert Marcus. This Rabbi was struggling with his grief over the untimely demise of his … Continue reading →

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Innocence And Beauty

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Children are color blind for all they see are Bundles of joy and laughter with whom They can spend the whole day at play. Children do not care what color your skin is They simply pass away the hours Painting … Continue reading →

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