“A brother came and stayed with a certain solitary and when he was leaving he said: Forgive me, Father, for I have broken in upon your Rule. But the hermit replied, saying: My Rule is to receive you with hospitality and to let you go in peace.”
—Wisdom of the Desert
The hermit’s hospitality is a sacrament for the entire contemplative life. Can we welcome all people, all experiences, all thoughts—our very lives—without judgment and commentary but with hospitality, and let them go in peace? All life is a gift which we are to receive with open arms and offer back to the universe from whence it came.
"The Master allows things to happen.
She shapes events as they come.
She steps out of the way
and lets the Tao speak for itself."
--Tao Te Ching, Ch. 45
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