We are like the crescent moon, half here and half somewhere else. ― Meeta Ahluwalia, (adapted)
(Note: Tonight’s Moon Phase is the Waxing Crescent Moon)

We're not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We're spiritual beings having a human experience.
------Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

In mysterious vessels, my spirit flies, half here, half somewhere else. ----G. Hill

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. ------Nouwen Henri J. M.

Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord,
Shall make Myself known in a vision.
I shall speak in a dream.
------Numbers 12:6
See Also:
Hunter’s Moon
Picture a Prayer

He appointed the moon for seasons.
The sun knows it's going down.
-----Psalm 104: 19
I love this connection between the spiritual and the world!- and then the sun and the moon
I think we can relate to the crescent moon–half here and half somewhere else.
The last picture (?)of a galaxy is just fascinating. The thoughts of your sources are well planned,too.