A Mosaic of Bead Blessings from the Islam Module, Oct. '08
May we walk together in humility with strong and loving hearts, always inclined towards peace. May we live in peace with God, with ourselves, and with our neighbors.
May we know and feel
our blessed belonging
to all humanity and the Divine.
May we mine the gold of our shadow.
May you always remember the Light of Allah that you carry within your deepest heart, and that is with you as you gaze at the stars at night.
May you feel loved for your personal uniqueness, knowing you are part of a great mosaic: a beautiful holy wholeness.
May we find and explore all of what looks separate, knowing that there is something greater than those pieces linking them in oneness.
As with the green signature,
the line of vegetation that
shows where the water flows underground:
may your soul be green with Allah's love.
May you always know the preciousness of the gem within you and all around: the peace of Allah.
May you be blessed with the richness and diversity that excludes any sense of "other".
May you continue to milk your own goats and mend your own clothes, and may you remember your blessedness in the hosts of angels that surround you.
Inshallah, may you find your will to embrace God's will. May one never impose itself on the other. May they become a point of union.
May we all find our way on our own unique path
of opening our hearts to the Divine,
And may our souls reflect the Divine
as the moon reflects the sun.
May we be blessed with angels around us.
May we respect the earth and pebbles beneath us.
And may we hear the zikr that is spoken
by all the pebbles and all of creation, always.
Out of the darkness,
may the light return.
In a time of war,
may peace break out
in our hearts
in our world.
From the many, One.
There is nothing but God.
May we all be portals for divine revelation.
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Source: These blessings were offered by students to one another at the Closing Bead Ceremony of the Chaplaincy Institute's October 2008 Islam module.
