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Short Inspirational Pieces

    

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The Ship by Bishop Brent

 

"A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horizon and someone at my side says, 'She is gone.' Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all…."   more

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In the Service of Life by Rachel Naomi Remen

 

"If helping is an experience of strength, fixing is an experience of mastery and expertise. Service, on the other hand, is an experience of mystery, surrender, and awe...." more

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This gives me lots of reason to hope, and describes what I aspire to in my practice. A wonderful piece by an amazing practitioner, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessing.

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The Sky and the Clouds  by Sogyal Rinpoche from The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 

 

"Our true nature could be compared to the sky, and the confusion of ordinary mind to clouds. Some days the sky is completely obscured by clouds. When we are down on the ground, looking up, it is very difficult to believe there is anything else but clouds. Yet we only have to fly in a plane to discover up above a limitless expanse of clear blue sky…."   more

 

Transformation by Edmund W. Sinnott from The Biology of the Spirit 

 

"Many events in the life histories of animals have excited [our] wonder through the centuries…but none, perhaps, has so stirred our imagination as has the amazing way in which a humble, crawling, earth-bound caterpillar…becomes transformed into a moth…."   more

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