THE INVISIBLE THREAD Quotes

“This is a pale reflection of a deeper truth: that the One who created us holds us with a constancy that does not require our acknowledgment. The thread is not diminished by our forgetting. It is simply waiting for us to turn and recognize it again.
To understand this, a person must first recognize the difference between connection and awareness of connection. Awareness rises and falls. It expands in moments of clarity and contracts in moments of confusion. It is shaped by fatigue, fear, distraction, longing, and countless other conditions that have nothing to do with spiritual truth. When awareness fades, the thread seems distant. When awareness returns, the thread seems near. But these impressions describe the state of the perceiver, not the state of the connection itself.”
― Ayisha Bhatti, THE INVISIBLE THREAD: Recognizing What Has Been Holding You All Along

“This deeper gratitude — gratitude for what was constant when it was not felt — is one of the most spiritually mature forms of gratitude available in the inner life.”
― Ayisha Bhatti, THE INVISIBLE THREAD: Recognizing What Has Been Holding You All Along

“If I may leave you with one request, let it be this:
Take care of your soul with tenderness.
It carries more than you realize, and it deserves your gentleness.
Return to it often, and return to it kindly.”
― Ayisha Bhatti, THE INVISIBLE THREAD: Recognizing What Has Been Holding You All Along