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Greetings and Namaste!
We had our first real snow storm of the season here in Cincinnati Sunday night. The landscape turned frigidly white, yet the generous care of new neighbors helping us dig out, since my injured back has me lying flat, made us feel warmer than ever. I hope you are blessed with opportunities to give that kind of personal care to some folks your barely know or who are total strangers. You can make all the difference to them. We can bring relief from suffering and peace of mind into every moment, for others as well as ourselves.
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to support the Anam Cara Foundation we greatly appreciate any amount that you would like to give. Please mail checks to The Anam Cara Foundation, Lawrence Edwards, Director, P.O. Box 541166, Cincinnati, OH 45254. If you are outside the US and would like to donate then please click HERE to make a donation through Paypal that will automatically be converted to US dollar. US residents can use that link to donate through Paypal as well and have the ease of use of your credit card.
May the blessings of all the holy ones and the Source from which all blessings flow be upon you and your loved ones!
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Rilke, Eliot, Buddha, Kalidas
You are the future,
the red sky before sunrise
over the fields of time.
You are the cock's crow when the night is done,
you are the dew and the bells of matins,
maiden, stranger, mother, death.
You create yourself in ever-changing shapes
that rise from the stuff of our days -
unsung, unmourned, undescribed,
like a forest we never knew.
You are the deep innerness of all things,
the last word that cannot be spoken.
To each of us you reveal yourself differently:
to the ship as costline, to the shore as ship.
Rilke's Book of Hours
Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy, trans., p. 119
I said to my soul be still and let the dark come upon you.
Which shall be the darkness of God.
T.S. Eliot, Wisdom of the English Mystics
Robert Way, ed., p. 38
All beings tremble before violence.
All fear death.
All love life.
See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt?
What harm can you do?
For your brother is like you.
He wants to be happy.
Never harm him.
And when you leave this life
You too will find happiness.
Believe, meditate, see.
Be harmless, be blameless.
Awake to the law.
And from all sorrow free yourself.
The farmer channels water to his land.
The fletcher whittles his arrows.
The carpenter turns his wood.
And the wise man masters himself.
Buddha, Dhammapada: Sayings of the Buddha
Circa. 500 BCE
Rendered by Thomas Byrom, pp. 55-59
Out of shear delight
Love became
Lover and Beloved!
Feeling the burst of joy
to be two at play,
She ecstatically became
the many,
the infinite,
All
within
Herself.
Kalidas
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Thank you all
for your notes of appreciation for our
newsletter.
Everyone has
the heart to be a true friend of the soul, an
Anam
Cara. By embodying that ideal ourselves we
may serve to help
another to find love and compassion within
themselves.
Our highest nature is always
manifest in
relationship - to all other beings, to the
environment, in relation to our own body and
mind. Becoming mindful of the quality of our
relationships
allows us to learn where the light shines and
where it
needs to shine more. The ideal of Anam
Cara is to
continuously endeavor to expand the depth
and the
inclusiveness of the loving kindness we bring
into
every relationship, every moment, every breath.
If
you have any
suggestions, comments or sharings, for our
newsletter please don't
hesitate to e-mail me and I'll do my best to
respond.
The Anam Cara
Foundation is a 501
(C) 3,
non-profit
educational organization dedicated to
teaching
meditative practices. Our non-
denominational
programs are open to all. There are free
meditation instructions and downloadable
audio files of guided meditations on the
meditation page of our website.
Thank you for the many ways you have shown
support for The Anam Cara
Foundation. Because
of your gifts we can offer free programs and
instruction to thousands of people. If you
would like to
make a tax deductible donation please send it to
address listed below or go to our website
where you
can make a secure online donation. Click HERE.
That link will also bring you to our links
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The Anam
Cara Foundation.
I look forward to welcoming you
in person to our programs once the back injury I've sustained allows me to travel and offer programs once again.
With
all my
appreciation and love,
I thank you all.
May all beings realize complete freedom from suffering and may all our actions reflect only wisdom, compassion, patience and love.
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