Let us rejoice, Beloved,
Let us go forth
To behold ourselves
In Your Beauty.
~ from THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS by St. John of the Cross
Memory is the repository of the past, which is where most of our living takes place. We have divided life into past, present, and future, and this division, like all of our divisions, removes us from the fullness of living, from the mysterious unknown and unknowable movement of life that is the source of all beauty. The past exists only in memory, and the future is merely a projection of past memories. Now, this moment, is all there is.