Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 May we as a nation be guided by the Divine to rediscover the sacred flame of our national heritage, which so many have given their lives to safeguard. Let the wounds of separation and division be healed by opening our hearts to listen to the truth on all sides, allowing us to find a higher truth that includes us all. May we learn to honor and enjoy our diversity and differences as a people, even as we more deeply touch our fundamental unity. May we as a people undergo a transformation that will draw forth individuals to lead our nation who embody courage, compassion and a higher vision. May our leaders inspire us, and we so inspire each other with our potential that a new spirit of forgiveness, caring, and honesty be born in our nation. May we as a united people more with clear directed purpose to take our place within the community of nations and help build a better future for all humanity. May we as a nation rededicate ourselves to truly living as one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ~~~ Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson The Center for Visionary Leadership, Washington D.C. Page 295, (Reflections on Politics, Economics and Morality), Prayers for a Thousand Years, Roberts and Amidon, Harper San Francisco ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Meditation You sit down on a hill top, or anywhere high enough for you to see nothing, but the sky, in front of your eyes. With your mind you make everything empty. There’s nothing there, you say. And you see it like that --- nothing. Emptiness. Then you say, AH, but there IS something. Look, there’s the sea, and the MOON has risen--- full, round, white. And you see it like that--- Sea, silver in the moon light, with little white, topped waves. And in the Blue Black sky above hangs a great moon Bright, but not dazzling, a soft brightness you might say. You stare at the moon a long, long time, feeling calm, happy. Then the moon gets smaller, but brighter and brighter till you see it as a pearl, or a seed, but so bright. you can only just bear to look at it. The Pearl starts to grow. And before you know what’s happened it’s KUAN YIN herself, standing up against the sky all dressed in gleaming white with her feet resting on a lotus that floats in the waves. You see her once you know how to do it, as clearly as I see you, .Her Robes are shining and there is a halo round her head. She smiles at you such a lovely smile. She’s so glad to see you that tears of happiness sparkle in her eyes. If you keep your mind calm, by just whispering her name and not trying too hard she will stay a long long time When she does go it’s by getting smaller. She doesn’t go back to being a pearl But just gets so small That at last you can’t see her. Then you notice that the sky and the sea have vanished too. Just Space is left. Lovely, Lovely, Space, going on forever. That Space stays long if you can do without you. Not you and space, you see Just Space. No You. ~~~ Cantonese Woman Page 386-388 (Meditations) Earth Prayers From Around the World, 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations For Honoring the Earth. Roberts and Amidon, Harper Collins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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