Sweet Surrender
May 25th, 2010JanInterfaith"As-salamu ‘alaykum." Peace be upon you.
"Wa ‘alaykum as –salam." And upon you peace.
The Evolution of Sacrifice
April 19th, 2010JanInterfaithOn a recent trip to Africa, we were driving through a beautiful rolling landscape of farms and goat pastures when our tire blew out.
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Reflections on the Afterlife
April 19th, 2010JanInterfaith"Hell and heaven are near to people, in fact, within people.
Hell exists within people who are in a state of evil.
Heaven exists within people who are in a state of goodness.
Even more than this, to the extent that people are receptive
of the goodness of heaven, they are in heaven right now."
(Emanuel Swedenborg)
Unmasking the Divine Within
April 26th, 2010JanInterfaithEach child is born a unique face of the divine. Watch a toddler move and you’ll see an easiness and grace that speak of unity between body and spirit. There is no past or future, just total presence in the wiggling of toes in wet sand and absorption in the sound of acorns crunching under foot.
Gems from 'Advice' by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
April 19th, 2010JanInterfaith1
"How good it is to pray to God and meditate in the meadows amidst the grass and the trees.