Today I am waiting on word that I will see a surgeon for my right hand to correct the nerve issues there. So, since I am using only my left hand for the mouse and typing is necessarily of short duration, I will continue to use those items that have already been written. I hope that this offering will still be something of what I am about at each sitting. Thank you for understanding.
(All photos are mine unless otherwise noted.)
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"We
have to educate ourselves to know who we are. That's what I mean when I say,
'Teach the children.'"
--
Eddie Benton-Banai, OJIBWAY
It
is only by knowing ourselves that we can get in touch with our power. It is
said, "Tell me what you know about yourself and I'll tell you what you
know about God. Tell me what you know about God and I'll tell you what you know
about yourself." As we increase knowledge of ourselves, as we choose to
grow spiritually, as we clean up our act, then we can teach the children.
My
Creator, You have said "Know thyself." Today let me see the wisdom of
this Truth. Give me Your insight of myself. I am always walking the talk and
most people can see it.
(To receive daily meditations from White Bison where the above quote came from click here: http://www.whitebison.org/meditation/
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Wisdom and The Student
Listen to this short teaching by Pema Chodron on teaching, teacher and student - worthwhile to spend a few minutes with.
Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7qFi52FX1Q
As long as we are together we can learn together
no matter the weather
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Bill Lagerstrom 2009
A lesson received a few years ago about the Present Moment - staying in the here and now
- Monday –
The skies blackened, the heavens went dark,
The body on that Cross took its last breath.
The expiration date on that vehicle was met –
Returning to the Creator, dust very
soon.
The event, in perspective, was a non-event,
Everything that lives eventually loses its ride.
Why do you think otherwise of Jesus?
God was a temporary resident then, passing
through, so to speak.
The permanence we seek, human as we are,
Is an illusion not worthy of a carnival side show-
Yet we grasp it solidly, denying its True Nature,
Leaving Jesus forever on that Cross –
Two thousand years now, with no relief in sight.
Through our eternal projected suffering onto the
Wood,
We justify our pain – hoping for its end.
The point is missed, Jesus lives. That's it.
Period.
We are alive. That's it. End the discussion.
Look for the living within, not the dead without.
Paint the crucifixes black – a dim memory of Jesus
dying.
Let us look for life where the Cross points the
way;
The backside of that treasured tree,
Our only goal, our only next beginning.
Growth in life can be accomplished being alone.
but best done together in community.
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Campobello Sky
(From the lighthouse opposite Lubec)
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Some Humor - Beware of some teachers!
