The body is the doorway to the timeless, because the body is always where we are and always in the present moment.
Roger HousdenWhen you die, God and the Angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.
Roger HousdenThe everyday, familiar sense of self who lives in time, and that dimension which we've called presence, that is always here, that is still and quiet.
Roger HousdenThe love of someone else is more accessible or more possible if one lives with a sense of loving embrace towards oneself because that extends out into the world.
Roger HousdenThe American culture especially, and Western culture in general, urges us to not only become the best that we can be, but also win against the competition.
Roger HousdenWhen we fall utterly, something gathers us up. But our falling must be without reservation, without expectation, without hope, though not hopeless. You cant plan that kind of falling. When you abandon yourself utterly to life, the river will flow, and the log jam will free. Impossible is another word for grace. Who wouldve thought it, life takes another turn, and you are gathered up into a whole different way of seeing and being.
Roger Housden