"What I know is this: if God revealed himself a hundred thousand times, not one of them would resemble another. In God, everything is always new-minted, fresh-born. You are actually seeing God this moment; every moment you are seeing God's thousand colors displayed in His works and acts. Not one of God's acts resembles any other. Joy is one of His epiphanies, so is grieving, so is fear, so is hope. Just as the acts of God and the epiphany of His acts and works are infinitely varied, so the epiphany of His Essences is also infinitely varied . . . The real work of religion is permanent astonishment . . . I mean: blazing in blind ecstasy, drowned in God and drunk on Love."
Jelaluddin Rumi
Photo: A meadow overflows with Rosy Paintbrush, yellow Senecio, purple Erigeron and yellow Parrot-Beak Lousewort, Silver Creek Basin, Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness, CO, August 13, 2011
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