The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps out of the centre of being.
Eugine Herrigel
Archive for the tag 'Slovenia'
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2020
I believe there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright!
Henry David Thoreau
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2020
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
May the narrow rivers of our lives be widened by torrential rains of Thy blessings, and pass through vast lowlands of humbleness, self-sacrifice, and consideration for others, to enter in purity Thy Blissful Sea.
Paramahansa Yogananda
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2017
Over all the mountaintops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2016
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Doorways to the Cathedral of St. Nicholas
In 1996, two enhancements were installed on the cathedral in the form of two large bronze doors, one on the west facade and the second on the south facade adjacent to Ciril-Metodov Trg. These were added to commemorate the visit of Pope John Paul II. The stunning west door is decorated with a raised relief [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Inside the Cathedral of St. Nicholas
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2016
Ljubljana Cathedral stands above the square Pogačarjev trg and by Ciril-Metodov trg in the centre of the medieval town. By orders of the Academia Operosorum, it was built anew, on the foundations of the destroyed Romanesque-Gothic three-nave church with a long choir loft, which had already been the Bishops’ Seat since 1461. All that remains [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2016
