Jetzt und jenseits
In der Stille, in der Helle,
wo die Kerze steht und blüht
oder Welle über Welle,
Wolke über Wolke zieht,
in der Stille, in der Hülle
des Gewölbes oder Walds
quillt der Friede, quillt die Fülle
jetzt und jenseits unsres Alls.
Christina Egan © 2015
Now and Beyond
In the stillness, in the light,
where the candle blossoms bright
or where wave flows after wave,
cloud on cloud and breeze on breeze,
in the stillness, in the cave
of the vault or wooded pond
flows the fullness, flows the peace
of the now and the beyond.
Christina Egan © 2015
In the Hebrew bible, ‘peace’ (‘shalom’) is defined ex positivo, as it should be, not ex negativo: it means abundance and fulfilment, not absence of war or conflict.
Similarly, in the Christian tradition, ‘quiet’, ‘silence’, ‘solitude’ often imply awareness, peace of mind, presence of God, rather than absence of sound or lack of company.
Photograph: Beach of Wyk on Föhr, Germany. Christina Egan © 2014.
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