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Candle Lighting up a Dark Room

The Dark

See how the body’s eyes rest on externals and cannot go beyond.  Watch how they stop at nothingness, unable to go beyond the form to meaning.  Nothing so blinding as perception of form. For sight of form means understanding has been obscured. T-22. III.6 The Holy Spirit is the Christ Mind which is aware of …

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Are You Breathing?

Right now,  can you give a moment,  bringing awareness to your lungs,  your belly,  your body? Are you breathing? Deeply? Free of the grip that clamps the jaw; free of the strain that stiffens the shoulders; free of the worry that sutures  the stomach, pocking the breath  into slivers and pits? Notice, air moving in,  …

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May Day

  I have stolen this pen. I can make it a symbol of guilt or see it as a tool for extension. I forgive myself for the impulse and give thanks for the pen, the desire and innocence that is truer than either pen or my thoughts about it. I give thanks for the Word …

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