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What we reflected on in Jan/Feb 2025

It has been tumultuous these days, as swift, unanticipated actions disrupt our old ways of being. We are all feeling a lot of uncertainty about what comes next, coupled with some assurance that there will be suffering – if not for us, then for our friends and neighbours. No wonder that our readings were filledContinue reading “What we reflected on in Jan/Feb 2025”

Meditations we began 2024 with

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand – and melting like a snowflake. Marie Beynon Ray Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaosContinue reading “Meditations we began 2024 with”

Meditations for Grief

As our group mourned the death of our beloved member, Carol, we found ourselves meditating on these offerings It is not our job to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, and be born again, drawing up from the great roots. Robert Bly Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,WeContinue reading “Meditations for Grief”

Surrender prayer (a riff on Ephesians 6:13-18)

Here is what I am playing with as a morning prayer. I’d love to hear comments. As I ready myself for the day I remove the armour of my ego, so that I may surrender to the Presence of God. I undo the belt of what I think I know, so that I amContinue reading “Surrender prayer (a riff on Ephesians 6:13-18)”

Everything is Sacred

Now is the time to know that all you do is sacred.Now, why not consider a lasting truce with yourself and God. Now is the time to understand that all your ideas of right and wrong were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside.When you finally live with veracity and love.Why do youContinue reading “Everything is Sacred”

Knowing and unknowing

A person who can see a little bit will resist guidance; a person who cannot see at all will stretch forth their hands and be led to unknown places where they don’t know how to go. John of the Cross We expend an enormous amount of energy, trying to meditate our way through the problemContinue reading “Knowing and unknowing”

All’s well that ends well

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine. Kathleen Norris – Amazing Grace It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. WilliamContinue reading “All’s well that ends well”

Late February/Early March

#beingwith #presence #trueself We meet ourselves time and again, in a thousand disguises, on the path of life. Carl Jung When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you. A joy. Rumi May the forms of your belonging – in love, creativity, and in friendship – be equalContinue reading “Late February/Early March”

Reflections from early February

Compassion is a spirituality as if creation mattered. It is treating all creation as holy and as divine… which is what it is. Matthew Fox May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children. Rainer Maria Rilke To be in too bigContinue reading “Reflections from early February”

Worthiness

I am no longer waiting to be recognized; I know that I dance in a holy circle. Mary Anne Perrone 12-2-05 Surrender to the sweet bliss that is not part of this world. Breathe deeply. Love extravagantly. Be all the parts of you that make you extraordinary. Lihat Said Penh let me remember to giveContinue reading “Worthiness”