without why

The Rose is without why

She blooms because she blooms

She does not care for herself

Asks not if she is seen.

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The rose which here on earth is now perceived by me,
Has blossomed thus in God from all eternity.

~ Angelus Silesius

photo by albert koetsier

it depends on you

If in your heart you make

a manger for his birth,

then God will once again

become a child on earth.

~ Angelus Silesius

pure no-thing

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God is pure no-thing,

concealed in now and here:

the less you reach for him,

the more he will appear.

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~ Angelus Silesius

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