Bodhisattva Guanyin, 16th century. Chinese, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Ivory, 9 ¾ × 10 ¼ × 2 in. (24.8 × 26 × 5.1 cm). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1913 (12.219.1) The Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, Love and Compassion, it is...
Enthroned Virgin Mary and Child ca. 1260–80. French, Paris. Elephant ivory with traces of paint and gilding, 7 ¼ × 3 × 2 ¾ in. (18.4 × 7.6 × 7.3 cm). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Cloisters Collection and Michel David-Weill Gift,...
Surrender your soul to me oh divine, so I may know love in its purest form Lend me your toes, so I can experience the moment when spirit touches earth Walk with me, so I might experience the peace of which angels sing I want to hear the music that makes your heart...
To enable the process of learning, independent thinking and developing a personal prospective about the world around us, rugged individualism became a reliable go to strategy. Another reason individualism flourished was the punitive god religions worshiped and the...
Supple and accommodating, our soul knows no other way to be in the world as it dances every day in the divine’s loving embrace. Surrender is a quality of our soul and is the only way to be one with Source. Accessing our soul is one of the best ways to experience our...