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Hugh of St. Victor's abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Simple words for today, echoing across a millennium, from medieval France, and still an excellent guide for daily practice:<\/p>\n

I will speak in secret to my soul, and in friendly conversation I will ask what I should like to know. No stranger shall be present; we will talk alone and openly to each other. This I need npt be afraid to ask even the most secret things and she will not be ashamed to reply honestly.<\/em><\/p>\n

The speaker is Hugh of Saint Victor (c 1093-1141), a mystic and theologian who taught at the Augustinian abbey of St. Victor in Paris, from which he derived his name. He reminds us of our need to make room in our lives for a dialogue with soul, or the Greater Self. I cannot recommend highly enough this part of the practice, which invites us to go beyond our ego agendas and those laid on us by others in our often cluttered and hurried lives:<\/p>\n

Tell me, I ask you, my soul: what is it you love above everything?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simple words for today, echoing across a millennium, from medieval France, and still an excellent guide for daily practice: I will speak in secret to my soul, and in friendly conversation I will ask what I should like to know. No stranger shall be present; we will talk alone and openly to each other. 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