“Iola Pond” - A place I once lived
Weekly Tao Te Ching
Chapter 66
The power of water comes from its downward flow; its constant unstoppable return to its ocean home. The power of a nation comes from the leader who remains below.
True leadership stays behind and lets the true nature of the people lead the way.
The ones whose minds and actions are humble and unassuming will be the ones who heal our pain.
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Weekly - Mirabai Starr
A Reminder of What Matters Most
"People of all faiths call her Mother. In moments of deeply personal sorrow, we turn to her for consolation. In our bewilderment, we turn to her for insight. When the world seems to be losing its balance and spiraling into a vortex of violence and greed, we turn to Mary for a reminder of what matters most, what endures when all else seems to be lost, what grace may yet be available when we meet fear with love."
— Mother of God Similar to Fire
Anthony de Mello
“Certainty is the culprit. The spiritual person knows uncertainty—a state of mind unknown to the religious fanatic.”
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Weekly - Alan Watts
“Where there is to be creative action, it is quite beside the point to discuss what we should or should not do in order to be right or good. A mind that is single and sincere is not interested in being good, in conducting relations with other people so as to live up to a rule. Nor, on the other hand, is it interested in being free, in acting perversely just to prove its independence. Its interest is not in itself, but in the people and problems of which it is aware; these are “itself.” It acts, not according to the rules, but according to the circumstances of the moment, and the “well” it wishes to others is not security but liberty.”
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Weekly - William Paul Young
“Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.”
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Doodle of the Week (1)
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Weekly - Deng Ming Dao
“What facets of your personality are encumbrances? What personal aspects prevent you from being independent? These are the areas that will define your self-cultivation, for you must strive to stand alone.”
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Weekly - Peter Rollins
However there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. I affirm it when I stand up for those who are forced to live on their knees, when I speak for those who have had their tongues torn out, when I cry for those who have no more tears left to shed.”
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Weekly - Maya Angelou
Forgiveness. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that.
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Weekly - Thich Nhat Hanh
What you are looking for is already in you…You already are everything you are seeking.”
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Doodle of the Week (2)
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Weekly - Richard Rohr
“Once you experience being loved when you are unworthy, being forgiven when you did something wrong, that moves you into non-dual thinking. You move from what I call meritocracy, quid pro quo thinking, to the huge ocean of grace, where you stop counting or calculating.”
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Weekly - Brian D. McLaren
“If your goal is to produce firefighters and rescue workers, you have to produce people willing to enter burning buildings.”
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Keith’s Weekly Pick
America is not a spiritual Israel. It's more like a religious Babylon.
~Keith Basar
"Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo" by Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716)
