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This is too wonderful! In publishing the post below, the one called “A Way Forward,” an item on a list in the post involves “a sense of humor.” Well, somehow, (HOW?) the post now appears with a little smiley face next to that item! I didn’t put it there, I don’t know [...]
A Way Forward
“The way forward…” An expression we’ve heard frequently on television this week, spoken tentatively, as pundits, professionals, and politicians, like all the rest of us, grapple with the uncertainty of the present moment in our national history.
A few days ago, I happened across some notes I [...]
An important read
I’ve been reading a book recently that, despite all my previous exploration of this subject, has really given me new insight, information, and cause for hope. It is Dr. David Liepert’s book Muslim, Christian and Jew. In a very personal voice of experience, Dr. Liepert presents a balanced and very readable assessment that [...]
Ceremony for Unity, Indigenous Peoples
The following message from Sheila Collins in Pittsburg invites us all to join in a prayer ceremony for unity among the peoples of the earth, indigenous peoples and those of us who have forgotten our indigenous roots, a ceremony to be held this Sunday, June 12, 2-4 pm EST, at the confluence of three rivers [...]
Prayer for the Warriors
Memorial Day 2011. As we remember the warriors of all ages, we honor prayerfully those who struggle for peace. We acknowledge the fierce demands of the battles that rage in the external world as well as those that sound within the very hearts and minds of each individual. We are aware that [...]
What is the highest path?
In or about the year 1042 in Tibet, the Buddhist sage Atisha was asked the question “What is the highest path?” Here is his response, as translated by Robert A. F. Thurman:
“The highest skill lies in the realization of selflessness. The highest nobility lies in taming your own mind. The highest excellence [...]
Morning prayers
Rising sun and a gentle breeze,
a yellow and bronze dew-kissed iris, Celtic,
the rustle of new green, soft, in sturdy oaks,
scent of honeysuckle from the laden fence,
a night-fallen carpet of rose petals, red, that only
cat’s feet can tread gingerly enough,
scatter of bird sounds, a double handful
of plump strawberries ripe for breakfast,
and all everywhere the rest,
beauty [...]
Balance
Every spiritual tradition I know about emphasizes the concept of balance—the Taoist Yin-Yang, the Native American Medicine Wheel, the Judeo-Christian “to every thing there is a season…” and on and on. Today, prayerfully, as in Japan so much destruction and loss of life has happened, here at home I walked out [...]
Love’s Calm
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the UN in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, kept a journal, published posthumously as Markings. He was faced, personally and professionally, with so many calamities that I looked this morning at his published words for comfort and courage, prayerful as I am after the news of last night’s [...]