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The miracle of grace and true prayer is that they invade the unconscious mind and heart and thus really change us!

simplimation — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:23:39 -0800

Let Us Walk in Beauty

I Weave a Silence

simplimation — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:19:29 -0800

I weave a silence on to my lips,
I weave a silence into my mind,
I weave a silence within my heart.
I close my ears to distractions,
I close my eyes to attractions,
I close my heart to temptations.
Calm me, O Lord, as you stilled the storm.
Still me, O Lord, keep me from harm.
Let all the tumult within me cease.
Enfold me Lord in your peace.
-Anon.

If You Want to Draw Near to God

simplimation — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:14:54 -0800

If you wish to draw near to God,
seek him in the hearts of those around you.
Speak well of all, present or absent.
If you would be a light for others,
be like the sun: show the same face to all.
To bring joy to a single heart is better
than setting a thousand free.
This is the true lover of God,
who lives with others,
rises and eats and sleeps like others,
gives and takes in the bazaar,
yet never forgets God even for a moment.

This could be the answer!

lois — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:46:01 -0800

It is dwelling on ourselves that churns the mind with excitement, craving, anxiety competition, and disappointment. If you want a full life of vitality, the mystics say, don't waste your energy in thinking about yourself. Think about others, you will find it not only conserves personal energy, it actually brings you to life.

Eknath Easwaran

Our Common DNA

lois — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:16:54 -0800

Let us make humans in Our image.
~ Genesis 1:26
Our DNA is divine. The divine indwelling is never earned by any behavior whatsoever or any ritual, but only recognized and realized (Romans 11:6, Ephesians 2:8-10), and fallen in love with. When you are ready, you will be both underwhelmed and overwhelmed at the boundless mystery of your own humanity. You will know you are standing under the same waterfall of mercy as everybody else and receiving an undeserved radical grace, which waters the "roots" of everything.

What Empowers Us to Change?

lois — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:02:22 -0800

God always entices us through love.

Silence is Golden

lois — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:08:07 -0700

As a people, we are afraid of silence. That’s our major barrier to prayer. read more

Our greatest fear..

lois — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:56:20 -0700

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light,not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God, your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

Calm Egoless Seeing

lois — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:49:49 -0700

The ability to stand back and calmly observe our inner dramas, without rushing to judgment, is foundational for spiritual seeing. It is the primary form of "dying to the self" that Jesus lived personally and the Buddha taught experientially. The growing consensus is that, whatever you call it, such calm, egoless seeing is invariably characteristic of people at the highest levels of doing and loving in all cultures and religions. They are the ones we call sages or wise women or holy men. They see like the mystics see.

Dreams Foster Hope

lois — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:46:36 -0700

You cannot live without dreams. Dreams foster hope, and hope is one of the forces by which men and women live.