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Sunday Thought: It's All Sacred

Recently, I read an interesting interview with
Paulo Coelho, the author of the wonderful book,
The Alchemist. I like the point Coelho made about
everything having a soul, which is something that
I also believe.

Question: The Alchemist character says that '
everything has a soul'--including inanimate objects like
rocks and water. Do you believe that?

Answer: I do believe that everything we see,
everything that is in front of us is just the visible part of
reality. We have the invisible part of reality, like emotions
for example, like feelings. This is our perception of the
world, but God is--as William Blake said--in a grain of
sand and in a flower. This energy is everywhere.

Coelho reminds us that it's all sacred, every last drop of
water, every grain of sand, every face in the crowd,
every insect in our garden, everything. If anything is
sacred, then everything is sacred.

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