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Wisdom From A Dream
Wow! Hang on, folks, what a year, right? Are you crisis weary? I have been, for some time now. Getting up early each day to water what few trees and plants my water hose will reach, with one eye toward water conservation and the other toward my responsibility to those things I had previously planted…watching […]
Amazing!
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 how to put […]
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 had made years ago in preparation for a […]
Patriotism and Religion
On this Fourth of July weekend, I reread the words of James Madison, written in a letter to Dr. Jacob de la Motta and Mordecai M. Noah in 1820: “…Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect. And […]
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 I highly […]
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 no one else […]
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 lies in […]
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 […]
