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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

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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

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