At night outside it all moves or
almost moves - trees, grass,
touches of wind. The room you have
in the world is ready to change.
Clouds parade by, and stars in their
configurations. Birds from far
touch the fabric around them - you can
feel their wings move. Somewhere under
the earth it waits, that emanation
of all things. It breathes. It pulls you
slowly out through doors or windows
and you spread in the thin halo of night mist.
.......William Stafford

Sangha

Teach me what I cannot learn alone.
Let us share what we know, and what
we cannot fathom.  Speak to me of
mysteries, and let us never lie
to one another.

May our fierce and tender longing
fuel the fire in our souls.  When we
stand side by side, let us dare to focus
our desire on the truth.  May we be
reminders, each for the other, that
the path of transformation passes
through the flames.

To take one step is courageous;
to stay on the path day after day,
choosing the unknown, and facing
yet another fear, that is nothing
short of Grace.

Danna Faulds

The best of all true things is a true heart.
Without truth there is no happiness,
though you may try a million tricks.
Kabir

I need to recover a rhythm in my heart that moves my body first and my mind second; that allows my soul to catch up with me.
I need to take a sacred pause, as if I were a sun-warmed rock in the centre of a rushing river.

Dawna Markova

Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts,
the depths where neither sin nor desire can reach,
the person that each one is in God’s eyes.
If only they could see themselves as they really are.
If only we could see each other that way,
there would be no reason for war, for hatred, for cruelty,
I suppose the big problem would be that
we could fall down and worship each other
Thomas Merton