Spirit

Explorations of our spiritual lives, from religious practices to consciousness to reverence and awe. The inner journey of our souls.

Cease Fire

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The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on September 21. Peace Day was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982. Since its inception, Peace Day has marked our personal and … [Read more...]

Shalom. Paix. Salaam. Paz. Mir. Salam. Maluhia. Paco. Booto.

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Peace. I saw it everywhere and couldn’t find it anywhere. Peace and Justice. Peace Corps. Peace Frogs. Peace Lily. Peace and Love. Peace Dove. Peace Out. I used to think that finding Peace was like pulling a big warm and cozy blanket up and over and snuggling in underneath. In my made-up world, the Peace blanket that covered me made everything underneath safe and perfect, keeping in the … [Read more...]

WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN WAKING

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In that first hardly noticed moment to which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day which closes the moment you begin your plans. What you can plan is too small for you to live. What you can live wholeheartedly will make … [Read more...]

Behind the Veil

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi, 13th century Persian poet. After today’s interview I found myself thinking about veils and as will happen at such times, I surfed the web. I know that for me, as well as for many western women, the veil has become a symbol of the repression of women’s rights and of sexual segregation. But this was clearly not always the … [Read more...]