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This Week’s Quotation:  Form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form. Form is exactly emptiness; emptiness is exactly form. Sensation, conception, discrimination, and consciousness are also like this.     ~ An excerpt from an English translation of the Buddhist Heart Sutra Emptiness Buddhists

This Week’s Quotation: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are

This Week’s Quotation: O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever… The Lord is on my side; I will not fear… The Lord is my strength and song… This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will

This Week’s Quotation: We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others.  An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our

This Week’s Quotation: Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ~ Luke 12:32 Divine Order It is a time of enormous uncertainty in the world. It’s natural to feel agitated, anxious, angry or helpless

This Week’s Quotation: Consider the flowers of a garden. Though differing in kind, color, form, and shape, yet, inasmuch as they are refreshed by the waters of one spring, revived by the breath of one wind, invigorated by the rays of one sun, this diversity

This Week’s Quotation: Five hundred years before the birth of Christ, Confucius was asked for a rule of practice for one’s life. He answered, “One word which sums up the basis of all good conduct…loving-kindness. Do not do to others what you do not want

This Week’s Quotation: Hineh mah tov umah na’im shevet achim gam yachad! Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for people to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1 How Good and Pleasant It Is   In the Jewish tradition, these words attributed to King