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A Light exists in Spring...

by Emily Dickinson

A Light exists in Spring

Not present on the Year

At any other period-

When March is scarcely here

A Color stands abroad

On Solitary Fields

That Science cannot overtake

But Human Nature feels.

It waits upon the Lawn,

It shows the furthest Tree

Upon the furthest Slope you know

It almost speaks to you.

Then as Horizons step

Or Noons report away

Without the Formula of sound

It passes and we stay-

A quality of loss

Affecting our Content

As Trade had suddenly encroached

Upon a Sacrament.

“A Light exists in Spring...” by Emily Dickinson. Public Domain.

I know it's a strong word but, I hate Emily Dickinson, thank you Artie Roach! Stream of consciousness, bah. She even messed up the rhyme scheme:

It waits upon the Lawn,

It shows the furthest Tree

Upon the furthest Slope you know

It almost speaks to THEE!!!

IMHO --t

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New Year 2020 Forgive "O Great Spirit, whose breath gives life to the world and whose voice is heard in the soft breeze, we need your strength and wisdom. May we walk in beauty. May our eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make us wise so that we may understand what you have taught us. Help us learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Make us always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades, as the fading sunset, our spirits may come to you without shame.” There seems to be a great flow in that, a flow I crave to join. —t

From a Native American Prayer

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We are the Solution "People are the solution to the problems that confront us. Technology is not the solution, although it can help. We are the solution—we as generous, open-hearted people who want to use our creativity and caring on behalf of other human beings and all life." — Yes, I love technology but, not as much as I love people. When some creative, caring, generous, open-hearted, and open-minded people choose to do what is best for all new solutions emerge. --t

Margaret Wheatley

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Be Yourself "God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like flame and make big shadows I can move in. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. Don’t let yourself lose me. Nearby is the country they call life. You will know it by its seriousness. Give me your hand." --  That is the difference between living out your true self as opposed to your false self. --t

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)

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An Essential Art "Nonviolence is not a political weapon or a technique for social change so much as it is an essential art—perhaps the essential art—of civilization. Nonviolence is a way of thinking, a way of life, not a tactic, but a way of putting love to work in resolving problems, healing relationships, and generally raising the quality of our lives. Nonviolence is a skill. Love is a skill. The transformation of anger is a skill. All these can be learned. We cannot say we aren’t capable of nonviolence; all we can say is we are not willing to do what is necessary to learn." — I am willing to do what is necessary to learn the essential art of nonviolence. I believe it is a slow process and a continuous journey rather than a destination. --t

Eknath Easwaran

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Tenderness "Tenderness is a movement that starts from our heart and reaches the eyes, the ears, and the hands. Tenderness means to use our eyes to see the other, our ears to hear the other . . . our hands and our hearts to comfort the other." — I love this Pope. --t

Pope Francis

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Throwback to a royal evening in Central Park! Reblog if you joined us for this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York City or if you watched the live broadcast.⁠ ⁠ (📷: Ryan Muir for Global Citizen)

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I watched live this year from home, almost as transformative as being there in person like I was for the last two years.

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Awakening Compassion If you train in awakening compassion only some of the time, it will slow down the process of giving birth to certainty. Wholeheartedly train in keeping your heart and mind open to everyone. —Pema Chodron It is not easy to keep your heart open to people. It takes practice until it doesn't anymore and it has become just another facet of who you are. --t #quotepost #paceebene #nonviolence #contemplation #compassionatelistener #sttit #newstoryfestival #wildgoosefestival

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A Way of Life "It is urgent to understand Gandhi’s message that nonviolence is a way of thinking, a way of life, not a tactic, but a way of putting love to work in resolving problems, healing relationships, and generally raising the quality of our lives." —Eknath Easwaran I do not need a new tactic. I do not need another book on the 7 steps to succeed in life. I need a way of being in my thoughts, my heart, my words, and my actions. --t #quotepost #paceebene #nonviolence #contemplation #compassionatelistener #sttit #newstoryfestival #wildgoosefestival

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The Voices of Wisdom and Love "Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the two my life flows." — Wow, this is true for me. I find my flow between these two extremes. Sometimes I fall at the extremes and that is dangerous for me. I do not want to think too little of myself. I do not want to think too much of myself. --t

Sri Nisargadatta

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The Cost of Standing for Justice "From Moses to Jesus, the Bible tells us that those who fought for justice—those who spoke truth to power, those who refused to accept that injustice and inequality had to exist and that there was no better way—always found themselves hounded, and heaped upon with false accusations simply because they believed in the necessity of speaking and working for the cause of righteousness and building a more just community." — I will gladly absorb any attacks that come my way. I will not rest from speaking out for nonviolent conflict resolution, restorative justice, and working to build a more just community. --t

William J. Barber III, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

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Change Direction "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." - A wise man said that people do not fear change, they fear loss. Most recently for me, I have feared the loss of comfort. I feel at ease where we live now. There may be some good choices out there. But, I fear they will not provide the same comforts as my current situation. What do you fear to lose, that is preventing your change in direction? --t

Lao Tzu

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Time Is Running Out "There is no time left for anything but to make peacework a dimension of our every waking activity." - How do you practice your peace-work? For me, it means listening first and compassionately. --t

Elise Boulding

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To End War "War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited. Love will overflow every sanctuary given it. Truth will grow where the fertilizer that nourished it is also truth. Faith will be its own reward." - I do have faith that so long as there are those who choose what is best for all, inviting peace, spreading love, and nourishing truth, war will stop as we stop praising it. --t

Alice Walker

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Not Separate "We are not separate. Do your best at each and every thing. That is the key to success. Learn one thing well and you will learn how to understand ten thousand things. Ten thousand things are one; this is the secret place of understanding you must find. Then everything is mysterious and wonderful." - If there is one thing I want to learn well it is love. Love tells me that we are not separate, we are many, and we are one. --t

John Stevens, Zen Bow, Zen Arrow

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Interrelated

"We are not separate. We are inextricably interrelated. The rose is the garbage, the soldier is the civilian, the criminal is also the victim. ‘This is like this, because that is like that.’ No one among us has clean hands. None of us can claim that the situation is not our responsibility. The child who is forced to work as a prostitute is that way because of the way we are. The refugees who are forced to live in camps have to live like that because of the way we live. The arms dealers do their business so that our economies can continue to grow and they can benefit. Wealth and poverty, the affluent society and the poor society, inter-are. The wealth of our society is made of the poverty of the other."


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Both / and thinking, non-dual thinking as opposed to either / or thinking, opens doors. --t

Thich Nhat Hanh, The Other Shore