Thank you.
Generosity rocks!
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Sunday’s rave will unpack the actionable details of what I’m learning is the primary remedy for all that ails us personally and globally: reconnecting with the animating spirit of life and sustaining a deep personal experience of “it,” so that nothing in this human world can seduce us away.
I’ll leave you with this stirring poem that friend Mira sent me: For All Beings (Influenced by the Metta Sutra, from The Shamanic Bones of Zen by Reverend Zenju Earthlyn Manual. What a world it would be if we embraced this attitude about each other!
May all beings be cared for and loved,
Be listened to, understood, and acknowledged, despite different views,
Be accepted for who they are in this moment,
Be afforded patience,
Be allowed to live without fear of having their lives taken away or their bodies violated.
May all beings,
Be well in the broadest sense,
Be fed,
Be clothed,
Be treated as if their life is precious,
Be held in the eyes of each other as family.
May all beings,
Be appreciated,
Feel welcomed anywhere on the planet,
Be freed from acts of hatred and desperation including war, poverty, slavery, and street crimes,
Live on the planet, housed and protected from harm,
Be given what is needed to live fully, without scarcity,
Enjoy life, living without fear of one another,
Be able to speak freely in a voice and mind of undeniable love.
May all beings,
Receive and share the gifts of life,
Be given time to rest, be still and experience silence.
May all being,
Be awake.