In
my soul
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church
where I kneel.

Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist.

Is there not a region of love where the sovereignty is
illumined nothing,

where ecstasy gets poured into itself
and becomes
lost,

where the wing is fully alive
but has no mind or body?

In
my soul
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque,
a church

that dissolve, that
dissolve in
God.

—Rabia

What a wonderful time, to be humbled in the prescense of ur heart which stands before god healing in your coccoon of life, which is life, which is the perfect recipe to be living, it's not scurring around that an audience is desired, it's here in the silence when we realize out body are..."look at the bird of the air.... amen

The candle flickers and I breathe deep. I breathe into the knowing of who I am today which is only how much of chrust I am open to in my heart- everything else lessens that, thought, can't be a higher gift for its the mear humble knowings of words I can collect and arrange or the thoughts of self which are protected and therefore jailed but the heart of christ is free, it's love and it connects with all love, and the birds that are chirping and the wind that passes by cheek....

I learned that discipline is not negotiable, grace is a consequence of humility, devotion to something greater than oneself is salvation, and impossible beauty exists.*


Toni Bentley

A special weekend to be in community with CAL- thru son, football,friends and imprint of a joy which has been a start and is now a beginning.

I pray blessings to my hard working son.

Amen

We must work with our fears, frustrations, disappointments, and irritations, the painful aspects of life. People complain that Buddhism is an extremely gloomy religion because it emphasizes suffering and misery. Usually religions speak of beauty, song, ecstasy, bliss. But according to Buddha, we must begin by seeing the experience of life as it is. We must see the truth of suffering, the reality of dissatisfaction. We cannot ignore it and attempt to examine only the glorious, pleasurable aspects of life. If one searches for a promised land, a Treasure Island, then the search only leads to more pain. So all sects and schools of Buddhism agree that we must begin by facing the reality of our living situations. We cannot begin by daydreaming.


Trungpa Rinpoche

In rolette bible this morning I come again upon a passage from mark- "he who not be like little children can not enter the kingdom of heaven " because the children come to the kingdom with only love- with only trust and not the story of tommorow, let's ponder this when we think of our worries, our darkness, our depressions, our self centered weaknesses and let's remember every morning to give them to crist and ask, beg, humble to the empty heart opened just to receive more of christ within, more of the light free clear and ougiving--- amen

And I cut short by adding words

By attaching the words, few that I know

And lesser I know how to pronounce, I cut short the emotion that will take me to tears

That will emerge not a wave but a tsumani of

Love eminating from my gut 

Into a fireball of gratefulness I drop to a humble knowing

For all of it

 this moment to feel so deeply

To love so fully, as I receive the gift of my fullness

love for my son 

First day of college where he himself is on the path of greatness

Oh I pray dear lord to have ur angels continue to guide him in a light so bright that the sufferings we all face and  obstacles of life's darknesses can be trampled by the strength of the goodness today

As the sun rises this morning on dartmouth green, I see the west houses, rows of traditional new hamshite clapboard white with green shutters, and the princes of the future ‎are kept safe to sleep and athlete and competencomplete  and grow. Grow to love life, and the joy of living...

Grateful

Kmg 2018