Daily Signet

Continued thoughts from a Men’s Group hike to the Bowl of Tears, on Mt of the Holy Cross, Colorado…2013

….So we set out with a vision of reaching The Bowl of Tears -- a sacred point on the mountain that seems to capture the essence of sorrow and sacrifice as it draws the melting snow into its small, rock basin. And in its waters, the healing, transformative powers of a God's sacrifice destined to enter into Man by way of the cross and become Man that Man might know God and the indwelling of God's spirit, the feminine divination of the Shekinah. Rather than rounded in shape, the bowl is outlined more like the state of Oregon with a reflecting pool containing the deep sapphire, clear glacial waters of the melted cross of snow. It is this vision which inspires our journey and sets us in the direction of the 12,300 ft nest of water.

Oh Holy, Hallowed Place occupy our hearts
and wash us in vibratory song of wind and birds,
and refresh us in the cleansing rains,
and renew us in the vital greens of forest and meadow.

Benjamin Martin

On This Day…

William Saroyan, born Aug. 31, 1908, died 1981: novelist, playwright, recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes for drama. Works: The Human Comedy, My Name is Aram, The Time of Your Life.
Quotes: “Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.” “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” “In the time of your life, live – so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or any life your life touches.”