Daily Signet

From Meditations upon the Prasna Upanishad

Remain a year, a cycle of time, O Satyakama,
In steadiness, purity and faith.
And if you would know the depth of your soul
live for a year on the pond of your OM.
Watch its ripples in summer, spring, fall, winter.
Map your coves and hidden bars of inner and outer and middle.
And when the time comes
with the help of the sacred Word
you may sound the depth of the Spirit immanent
and attain the height of Brahma transcendent.
Stay for a year, a cycle of time, O Satyakama,
as shoreline mountains correspond to caverns beneath
when one season for you moults to the next
you will know both the heights and depths to which you may dive. 

Teri Martin 

On This Day…

Summer Solistice

Midsummer Litha celebration

American Indian Summer Feast in honor of the seasons

Canadian Native People’s celebration of First Nations Day

Taoist festival honoring Shang-Ti heavenly emperor, father of justice, law and manifestation of the Ti (virguous inner power); celebrates the peak of the Yang half of the year

St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591): educated at the court of the Duke of Mantua, became a Jesuit, served in Rome and died of the plague, contracted while caring for plague victims