We cannot live securely in a world which is not our own,
in a world which is interpreted for us by others.
An interpreted world is not a home.
Part of the terror is to take back our own listening,
to put our ears to our own inner voices, to see our own light,
which is our birthright, and comes to us in silence.
Hildegard of Bingen, Warrior of Light,
by Elaine Bellezza, Gnosis magazine, 1991
