A Complete Prayer

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"Now Listen to the Prophet of Mankind (Mohammed):

'No prayer is complete without a present mind.' "

~Rumi

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We Cannot Live...

 

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“We cannot live 

in a world interpreted for us by others. 

An interpreted world is not a hope. 

Part of the terror is to take back our listening, 

to use our own voice, 

to see our own light.”

~Hildegard of Bingen

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So Many Ideas...

 

Jaime Lee Kirchner

So many ideas 

were very strange to me 

when I first joined the Academy. 

But I felt they had magic in them nonetheless.

Those which I allowed to be mysterious and magical 

and trusted that they would unfold to me over time, 

have been benchmarks and beacons for me in my journey. 

Kept lightly in hand, 

never doubting both their gravity and their opaqueness, 

they have evolved in me, 

until suddenly they came alive, 

and I understood them in their magnificence. 

Whereas, those ideas I struggled with too heavily, 

seemed instead to recede from me. 

Identification set in, clouding my view. 

Understanding is such a beautifully mysterious process. 

Bringing presence to those moments 

when my inner world has insight, 

but remaining open to the possibility of grace 

in the long-term process,

both are equally important. 

Openness, and patience.

~J

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Unfettering Man

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"Intellect is the fetter of men,

love undoes the fetters.

Intellect says, "don't overdo it,:

Love says " I don't care."

Shams Tabriz

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Remember...

 

“Remember that sometimes 

not getting what you want 

is a wonderful stroke of luck.”

~Dalai Lama XIV

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