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Align

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        You are not here to blame, to judge, or to be "right." You are not here to save the world. Many have tried to save the world. They are gone yet the world is still here. You have come for a greater purpose: to align with the golden sun of Beauty shining from the core of your chest. That is the Christ. Resting as inner alignment allows this outer form to manifest the gift of personhood. You are not a collective. You are not a group identity. You are here like a raindrop to make the world more beautiful by giving the Sun an exquisitely particular place to dance. You are here to embody the ocean in a tiny bead. Nature longs to hear your single local note in her cosmic symphony. Without you, her harmony would not sound quite the same. O Friend, align the body, breath, and mind with the Sun in your heart. Relax into radiance. Then your gift will arise without effort, gentle as the next inhalation. Given. Given. Many resist this gra...
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Good Dust

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Dust is good, but merely dust. The body is good, but merely dust.  And dust  is our food. Feeding the hungry is good, but the bread  is dust  and cannot breathe.  How then shall we serve?  What shall  we eat?  There is food   in this breath,  the name of the Friend.   Savor it. Then offer  the prayer of the heart  to the poor in spirit,   and share the Bread of Life. Image: Orthodox Coptic Icon
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Don't Worry

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  What is there to worry about in the present moment? Five times in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us not to worry. Don’t worry about your life, about what you eat or drink, about the clothes you wear, or about the future. Take no thought for tomorrow!”   Can you worry in the miracle of Presence? Worry is the past and future. The mind of worry is the mind of time. And time is made of your thoughts. When thoughts of the past and future dissolve, there is no time, no worry.   On this Sabbath morning, for a few minutes, or at least for a breath, can you relinquish the past and future, let go of stories, and simply feel this inhalation, this exhalation? Not in your mind, for that is only the concept of “breathing,” but in your chest, as pure sensation. Put your hand on your solar plexus, with tender love, in the valley just below your beating heart, just above your belly. This is the valley of prayer. Feel the rise and swell, then the fall and kenosis, “...
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