tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76942384280469528382024-02-08T04:07:36.404-08:00Prayers From This PlaceCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-29704256007869299822016-06-09T16:14:00.003-07:002016-06-09T16:14:27.321-07:00CompassionGod if I have compassion for you<br />
If I have compassion for me<br />
In action, I will never be lost.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-33339952689164922422013-05-15T12:31:00.001-07:002013-05-15T12:31:35.331-07:00I Will BeGod, you do not need to hear my prayers -- they travel nowhere,<br />
because you were with me before I even thought I needed to pray.<br />
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I climb you, I live with you, surrounded by you, always in contact with you --<br />
utterly sweetly influenced like a baby is cared for by a Mother.<br />
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And like a child, sometime I imagine I am alone and not loved,<br />
even when I know my Mother is just away in other rooms, loving me.<br />
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I will be like a Mother to this place you have put me into,<br />
and love your other creatures like you love me. <br />
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CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-85804686859409770132013-05-10T10:23:00.001-07:002013-05-10T10:23:16.884-07:00HereGod, if I want you, you are here. <br />
If I don't want you, you are here. <br />
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Water is water. God is God. <br />
You are in the water. You are out of the water.<br />
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Air is air. God is God.<br />
You are in the air. You are out of the air.<br />
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Fire, Wind, Life, Death. <br />
You are in it, and out from it.<br />
CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-50894809319581365112013-05-07T09:20:00.002-07:002013-05-07T16:15:37.504-07:00CourageLord, I will be kind towards others<br />
and I will be present to whatever is revealed<br />
for you are my Courage, all the days of my life.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-79934927816968190052013-04-30T11:52:00.004-07:002013-04-30T11:52:51.886-07:00In Doing AnythingGod, in doing anything -- how can I say I did not succeed?<br />
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Even in the impression of not finding you, God is found.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-34687237502420528102013-04-25T10:35:00.003-07:002013-04-25T10:39:41.594-07:00There Is No Journey Into YouAll futility is in myself,<br />
There is no restaint if I surrender into You.<br />
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There is no journey into You,<br />
there is no path to be taken, or missed.<br />
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You cannot be missed because <br />
You are unavoidable.<br />
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You are the ground I walk on,<br />
the air I breath, supporting the thoughts I think.<br />
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There is no journey into You.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-47856633222368209802013-04-24T09:48:00.000-07:002013-04-24T09:49:23.762-07:00Let Me Do Any Work, Which is Thy Will<br />
Oh God, save me from the concept of aiming to be noticed, in any way.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Let me do any work, which is thy Will, quietly, and anonymously!<br />
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Let me be overlooked by my fellows.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Let me move from the conceit of self, into union, in you.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Quail MedowCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-18234175682203984582013-04-24T09:17:00.003-07:002013-04-24T09:17:27.704-07:00Thank YouOh God, thank you for this perfectly normal day.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-46105689548824272822013-04-23T13:10:00.002-07:002013-04-23T13:10:51.616-07:00The LighthouseOh Lord, a stalwart lighthouse does not have to think, to shine,<br />
All that is required is for it be straight and have light.<br />
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Nor do I have to be intellectual, to comprehend you<br />
and be a beacon in this darkness.<br />
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Awareness, God, is a bright flame. <br />
Inspire me to clean the obsucrations of this lense, the mind.<br />
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CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-20122457232530631292013-04-23T13:01:00.004-07:002013-04-23T13:01:52.752-07:00In Deep ComprehensionOh Lord, I have denied myself Peace and Happiness<br />
by seeking of this in others. <br />
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True Contentment resides in You. <br />
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In deep comprehension of this, the singularity<br />
is Mysterious, Complete, and Sudden.<br />
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Quail Meadow<br />
AprilCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-1172877095205973562012-11-21T10:34:00.001-08:002012-11-21T10:34:32.881-08:00The Day Before Thanksgivingin praying with others<br />
i stay sober<br />
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in being alone<br />
i practice my addictions<br />
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resentments<br />
are nourished by misery<br />
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misery is dispelled<br />
abiding through people<br />
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loving them<br />
forgiving their faults<br />
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loving them<br />
being joyful of accomplishments<br />
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loving them<br />
seeing them as equals<br />
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<br />CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-29960823086438336822011-06-30T09:28:00.000-07:002011-06-30T09:40:56.278-07:00It Cannot Be found - It Cannot Be LostNot an ounce of lasting Serenity from this World,<br />influenced by People, Places and Things.<br /><br />You will go many places, get many things, but you will<br />never be truly at ease.<br /><br />You will have Houses --<br /><br />and boats<br />and lovers<br />and money<br />and titles<br /><br />and fears<br />and insecurity<br />and anger<br />and lust<br />and great sadness --<br /><br />all in the World.<br /><br />You will take long journeys,<br />and arrive back at the start.<br /><br />Serenity comes from within, this Peace<br />is unconditional.<br /><br />Free from the outside World, and<br />inexhaustible, it cannot be lost.<br /><br />Being inseparable from it, and never separated,<br />we naturally try to "Find" this.<br /><br />But it cannot be found, because it cannot<br />be lost.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-56573812132164575032011-06-27T13:51:00.000-07:002011-06-27T13:52:59.627-07:00Thank You for This DayThank you for this day.<br /><br />May I not hurt people's feelings.<br /><br />Let me be sensitive to their needs.<br /><br />Thank you for this day.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-37750128688688129952011-06-03T19:56:00.000-07:002011-06-03T19:59:51.704-07:00OrdinaryOrdinary can be experienced as Unique or Hell,<br />let me remember the clinging, and the letting go of clinging.<br /><br />Let me realize all is Ordinary, my Ego or Self<br />would have it otherwise.<br /><br />----<br /><br />May 2011CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-62019791967789575572011-04-27T16:02:00.000-07:002011-04-27T16:06:47.415-07:00Fundimental FreedomThe fundamental freedom<br />of knowing you were wrong,<br />even when you thought you<br />were acting rightly.<br /><br />Oh, what a great blessing<br />to realize this wrong ideal,<br />or blinding, binding view!<br /><br />What a great gift to see<br />this imperfection -- this overwhelming<br />continuing flaw of character.<br /><br />Again, you face a new whole day<br />that has a horizon unbounded<br />by Earthly limitations,<br />whole & complete upon itself.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-41259661102525321112011-02-27T12:23:00.000-08:002011-02-27T12:26:25.836-08:00Oh Great TruthOh Great Truth<br />I can do only so much with any mind<br /><br />Keep my feet on the path<br />so I may go where I am meant to be<br /><br />I can go far by feeling<br />and remembering then forgetting<br /><br />I will be created<br />and then I will surrender & be unmadeCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-43577341436268874972010-11-16T10:36:00.000-08:002010-11-16T10:39:18.282-08:00No ExcusesMy vanity is immense,<br />and fear infects everything I do.<br /><br />For the first time<br />I can see this and not deny it.<br /><br />Daily I am told of my shortcomings --<br />I listen to those who judge me.<br /><br />The things they identify are true,<br />there is no excuse for them.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-85328547596887983002010-10-27T09:10:00.000-07:002010-10-27T12:19:57.621-07:00The Essence of ImprisonmentDeliver me from the isolation of the Self, for surely this is the essence of imprisonment.<br /><br />Clever and calculating, I fall back into the prison of self.<br /><br />When I am willful and overbearing, I am not loved, at best I am only needed.<br /><br />The fetters of this reasoning binds me, but through the insight of this, I can be free.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-53302783605602401512010-10-18T08:40:00.000-07:002010-10-18T08:47:13.328-07:00The CureMay we all sense the Purpose --<br />be it through God, or through mediation,<br />or by action, or through any way<br />that works, please let us find it.<br /><br />We'll take this realization<br />when it happens.<br /><br />Let it start this day.<br /><br />Please let it be recognized now,<br />a cure of this cycle of wanting,<br />through the ache of it.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-91301399131590541232010-10-16T13:07:00.000-07:002010-10-16T13:11:23.909-07:00DelightI pray delight never left<br />and when it comes back<br />it is accepted<br /><br />I pray innocence are delight's<br />wings and generosity<br />illuminates it<br /><br />May I not wait long in denial<br />before I make this place<br />snug for arrivalCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-29734943281796261062010-10-15T07:59:00.000-07:002010-10-15T08:04:03.320-07:00It Is In Giving That We LiveIt is in giving that we live,<br />in giving we learn,<br />in giving we tell,<br />in giving we love,<br />in giving we receive,<br />in giving we know,<br />in giving we stay.<br /><br />There is nothing else,<br />no lingering unhappiness,<br />no crushing doubt,<br />no harboring resentment,<br />no undying hatred,<br />no undone thing,<br />no broken promise,<br />no unfulfilled vow.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-15688614822016466542010-08-09T07:33:00.001-07:002010-08-09T07:36:44.168-07:00Let Me Never ForsakeLord, give to me<br />the realization of<br />seeing things as they<br />are, and not how<br />I want them to be.<br /><br />When I experience<br />difficulty, let me<br />pause & choose again,<br />because I know how<br />finite this Ego is.<br /><br />Let me never forsake<br />such a great kindness,<br />from you towards all<br />loving & living beings!CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-22643512410485328562010-08-04T06:46:00.000-07:002010-08-04T06:51:32.535-07:00Self AssuredOh Lord, let me recognize my imperfections<br />so I may abide with them, neither rejecting such things<br />nor seeing them as existing.<br /><br />It is through my defects that I gain insight,<br />it is through the confession of my inadequacies that I become<br />humble and receptive.<br /><br />The day is good, and so is the night. Darkness<br />teaches me many things about the light, and a new dawn<br />is self-assured.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-67950023038764471652010-07-19T09:23:00.000-07:002010-07-19T09:26:53.074-07:00The WorldThe World trusts me, and loves me.<br />There is no other thing in the way,<br />how could it ever be not so?<br /><br />And if the World is with me,<br />then I heal my own heart<br />& whole of the World can be healed.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694238428046952838.post-78149147563106712642010-07-15T03:45:00.000-07:002010-07-15T03:51:01.625-07:00A Prayer to the WorldI have found enlightenment, and it is good.<br />I found it through<br />all the imperfections and sins<br />of the World.<br /><br />Through suffering and confusion,<br />horror and bad<br />examples, I see what is love<br />imperishable.<br /><br />For this I thank the World, I love it<br />and all of the things that<br />happen in this place daily,<br />a living wonder.CMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852676461994077684noreply@blogger.com0