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Light and shadows of the cloister (1) - Utrecht 2020 In unconditional love you will be in the light in exclusive desire you will be in the shadows in acting with courage you will be in the light in shy hesitating you will be in the shadows in opening yourself to the unknown you will be in the light in clinging to false ideas of security you will be in the shadows in expressing yourself with your heart you will be in the light in abandoning yourself to the lie you will be in the shadows and in reaching out to God you will be in the light but if you look for it in ephemeral things you will certainly fall into the shadows. From: The Shadow of Light

Pathway of lights and shadows - Harmelen (2020) In the ultra-competitive society we live in, we have been taught that opportunism can be an added value. From the purely competitive one, attributable to sports disciplines, to the philosophical one of "carpe-diem", the concept of "opportunity" permeates the life of each of us, so that our attention is often taken to recognize these alleged turning points, so that you can grab them right away. In reality an opportunistic behaviour can, when pursued without the right awareness, become the cause of great evils as well as an obstacle to our spiritual realization. It is not wrong to recognize the opportunities that life offers us, especially if these can make us grow internally, but it is good to stay away from those occasions which, enriching the materialistic aspect or the reputation of our earthly existence, seriously endanger our own. divine integrity. Unscrupulously pursuing every opportunity is taking unconscious ste