Journal of Sacred Work

Caregivers have superpowers! Radical Loving Care illuminates the divine truth that caregiving is not just a job. It is Sacred Work.

About

Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

About

Days 57-58 THE RIDDLE OF HERE | WORDS by Nic Askew

February 26, 2011

Photo by ~liz: Dawn in the town of Flores, the Peten Guatemala, Feb. 2011

We're looking. For something so simple.

So simple, that we can't hold it in
our hands. Or in our heads.

So we look to him. To her.
To them. To there.

We look to everywhere but here.
To when. To then. But not to now.

It's hidden just beyond our cleverness.

So we presume it's out there.

But perhaps it's in here.

-Nic Askew

When I first watched this short film it resonated deeply within. It reminded me of how I experienced the people of Guatemala and their unique way of living. I wanted to share this with you and I received permission from the filmmaker, Nic Askew. (soulbiographies.com)

I am currently reading a book by Alan Watts in which he describes God as playing hide and seek. What a lovely metaphor!

~liz Sorensen Wessel

STARRING CHARANANAND

Posted in Uncategorized

8 responses to “Days 57-58 THE RIDDLE OF HERE | WORDS by Nic Askew”

erie chapman

February 26, 2011

What a terrific photograph, Liz! Your artistic eye clearly extends to photography as well as painting. The men paddling in the foreground lend an ancient feeling to the gorgeous image of dawn. Most of all, you have brought us a suggestion of Love from a part of the world to which you have been – a place of poverty rich in beauty.

LikeLike

Reply
Maria Doglio

February 26, 2011

Intrigued by Alan Watts statement of God playing hide and seek—and it’s up to us to find him–surprise!–God is within us all the time!……and all around –here, there, everywhere–in plain sight–we just need to be awake.
Lovely video – thanks for sharing–I think of my Italian family who lived liked that when they first came to Litchfield Ct and created a “village” network of support for immigrants making a new life here. Now the first generation, which I am a part of, and next generation and next are all rather scattered and not all in touch that much. However, I think community is making a comeback just for the reasons expressed in this film clip. It’s why I love the small towns.

LikeLike

Reply
Marily

February 26, 2011

Truly He’s within reach… living in us. How simply we already have what’s needed… may we keep on appreciating life so precious and sublime. Lovely Liz, Thank you.

LikeLike

Reply
susan

February 27, 2011

What a lovely picture of the new day dawning in Guatemala ! You are an “artist” in every sense of the word Liz !!!

LikeLike

Reply
ann kaiser

February 27, 2011

I speak, God listen’s. I listen, God speaks. I seek and God brings us to see places beyond our vision. Places that with an open heart,and open eyes ,places that God’s hand is at work through us. He calls us to share his Love. Thank you Liz for sharing Nic Askew vision with us today. Seek and ye shall find. Peek a boo, God sees you!

LikeLike

Reply
ann kaiser

February 27, 2011

I remember my first trip to Mexico building houses. I was struck by their simple way of life.No paved roads, no electricity, outside toilets and big families and big gatherings for worship..I found them so happy. I remember my first trip to Kenya. I was struck by their simple way of life, no paved roads, no electricity, no toilets and big families and big gatherings for worship I found them so happy. I went there to help them. They helped me to see what was important. They helped me to be happy. I miss them.

LikeLike

Reply
~liz Wessel

February 27, 2011

Thank you Erie, Maria, Marily, Susan and Ann for your kind affirmations. Special thanks to Nic Askew for his wonderful film, reflecting the beautiful essence of a persons soul.
I thought I would share these two insightful comments from friends that came to me via e-mail.
“Hi Liz….I watched the video and enjoyed it a great deal. I think the looking back for peace and warmth in other cultures is a lesson we all need to learn. I would like to see a video that moves us from that to where we are now. Do any of us have a choice of turning back the clock now that we live in an age of technology? Why do we need to turn it back, can we not go forth and still find peace and warmth? I have no answer but feel it lives within our grasp.”
And another friend wrote…
I came across this just now while I was looking for my Alan Watts books. I had printed it from Ken Wilbers book, “No Boundary.”
“Spiritual practice is not something we do for twenty minutes a day, or six hours a day. It is not something we do once a day in the morning, or once a week on Sunday.
Spiritual practice is not one activity among other activities ; it is the ground of all human activities, their source and their validation. It is a prior commitment to Transcendent Truth lived, breathed, intuited, practiced twenty fours a day.”

LikeLike

Reply
Victoria Facey

February 28, 2011

Liz, this is a beautiful piece and I am grateful to receive a little bit of your travels by way of this reflection. Upon hearing the gentleman in the accompanied film, I wish I were part of his family, his tribe. If all could listen and take his words to heart, we would learn a lesson on being free and happy within our own families. No e-mails, no voice messages, just true interaction and better lives from the love that would be produced by sight, touch and fellowship…

LikeLike

Reply