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Such a good one, it bears repeating … one of the few posts I actually printed out to keep as a reminder for myself … Image Locale Days after writing the Champions post, where I said “never lose your muchness”, I awoke to a day when I declared softly: I have lost my muchness.  I [...]

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Peace

I was going through my homemade well being cards today.  These particular ones are on my dresser.  I pick one for the day or week, whatever speaks to me at the moment.  I came across this one: What can you let yourself have today? What can I let myself have today? I can let myself [...]

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“Non-identification … stop taking the experience as me or mine  We inquire of every state or experience: is this who I really am?  We see the tentativeness of this identity, then we are free to let go and rest in awareness itself.  This is what Buddhist psychologists call the abode of awakening, the end of [...]

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A dash of rain upon The lotus leaves. But the leaves Remain unmarked, no matter How hard the raindrops beat. Mind, be like the lotus leaves, Unstained by the world. ~Chong Ch’ol~ Music of the Sky An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry Yes, mind be like the lotus leaves, untainted by outer events.  As in the [...]

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  “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle.  But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.”  Thich Nhat Hanh Sometimes I forget I live miracles every day but I’m never all that far from remembering.  Fingers [...]

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Image Locale Only this moment now How shall I fill it? with all my history the pain, the triumph or shall I meet this moment open, emptied Only this moment now Who shall I be?  

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Like A Leaf

Image Locale I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling.  The leaf told me, “No.  During the whole spring and summer I was completely alive.  I worked hard to help nourish the tree, and now much of me is in the tree.  I am not [...]

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“This day will not come again.” ~ Thomas Merton First blush of morning erupts Songbirds usher in fresh beginnings * * * This day shall not come again * * * Summer afternoon arrives on the tuft of a breeze Expectant sunflowers bow their ample heads * * * This day shall not come again [...]

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Today I’ve been asking myself this question: What would wholeness say? I love asking the question; it seems to prompt a feeling of slipping my arms into the sleeves and cloak of wholeness.   Wholeness spoke quietly and tenderly just a few things to me – You are a blessed being. You are perfect just as [...]

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Image Locale This side of heaven, where do you suppose this side of heaven is? “It’s not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It’s far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain.” So said the rubyslipper-ed one just before she sung that unforgettable song: Over the Rainbow. Behind [...]

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