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Prayers for Everyone


Prayers For Everyone Forum
Warm Blessings And Welcome



Shakti by Dasha Zubova


A sanctuary to read or share prayers, blessings, spiritual guideposts, and inspiration for everyone in the mutual spirit of faith, divine companionship, love and compassion, or simply, the renewal of a sense of possibility and hope. Prayer requests are welcome in posts, add your favorite spiritual inspiration or prayer, or make a confidential prayer request by email. Follow a grounding, calming mindfulness meditation with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, or life coach Diane Planidin. Receive a randomly guided prayer, light a candle for your intentions at gratefulness.org, or receive a random Angel Messenger pick via the links below.

Below you will also find a library of resources for prayer and spiritual readings from every sacred tradition for personal supplication, healing, blessing, inspiration, world peace, insight, and growth. While you are visiting, share in the prayer intentions of others. Giving of the heart is a wonderful way to open the heart and to connect with the abundant cascade of positive energy in the world and the universe.

This page was originally created in relation to the now defunct Kundalini Survival & Support site. The Kundalini Survival Guide, which deals with prayer, grounding, spiritual practices and other considerations during the trials of intense spiritual growth is provided in a link below. Love, Healing, and Blessings to all who visit here.



Mindfulness Meditations


Calm Meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh (20 min)


Peace is Every Step Calmness Meditation with Diane Planidin (6 min)



Anahata ~ Heart Chakra


Receive a Randomly Guided Prayer


Light A Candle for Your Intentions


Inspiration for Positive Energy


Angelic Sound Blessing and Healing


Receive An Angel Messenger Reading




The Columbine and Rainbow


Sacred Readings and Recitations Library

Twelve Peace Prayers Universal Prayers and Invocations Buddhist Peace Prayers
Dalai Lama on Happiness Internet Sacred Text Archive Divine Companionship
Inspiration from Paramahansa Yogananda Thich Nhat Hanh: The Art of Mindful Living Thich Nhat Hanh: A Cloud Never Dies
Buddhist Clear Light Prayer Loving Kindness Meditation Healing Affirmation with Rev. Ann Davies
The Holy Rosary Prayer of St. Francis D'Assisi St. Michael the Archangel
Islamic Prayers for World Healing Uplifting Islamic Prayers Zoroastrian Prayers for Wisdom and Strength
210 Spiritual Poems by Saints and Masters The Sacred Dance for Life by Hafiz Desiderata
Native American Prayers for Peace Jewish Prayers for Peace Serenity Prayer
Kundalini Survival Guide Circle Sanctuary with Selena Fox Bhagavad-Gita Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom



Om Mani Padme Om



  • Prayer of the Chalice -- Anonymous, 08:07:01 01/24/02 Thu [1]
    Beloved, to Thee I raise my whole being,

    a vessel emptied of self. Accept, O Lord,

    this my emptiness, and so fill me with

    Thy Self --- Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy

    Life --- that these Thy precious Gifts

    may radiate through me and over-

    flow the chalice of my heart into

    the hearts of all with whom I

    come in contact this day,

    revealing unto them

    the beauty of

    Thy joy

    and

    Wholeness

    and

    the

    serenity

    of Thy Peace

    which nothing can destroy.


    Prayer of the Chalice - Francis Nuttall

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  • I have awakened in Thy shelter -- Anonymous, 08:03:10 01/24/02 Thu [1]
    I have awakened in Thy shelter, O my God,
    and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter
    to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy Protection
    and the Stronghold of Thy defense.

    Illumine my inner being, O my Lord,
    with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation,
    even as Thou didst illumine my outer being
    with the morning light of Thy favor.

    Baha'i Prayers - Bahá'u'lláh

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  • Charge of the Star Goddess -- Anonymous, 20:19:18 01/09/02 Wed [1]
    Hear the words of the Star Goddess,
    the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,
    whose body encircles the universe:

    I who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon
    among the stars and the mysteries of the waters,
    I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.
    For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.
    From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.
    Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices,
    for behold-- all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
    Let there be beauty and strength,
    power and compassion,
    honor and humility,
    mirth and reverence within you.
    And you who seek to know Me,
    know that your seeking and yearning will avail you not,
    unless you know the Mystery:
    for if that which you seek,
    you find not within yourself,
    you will never find it without.
    For behold, I have been there with you from the beginning,
    and I am that which is attained at the end of desire.

    Charge of the Goddess - Doreen Valiente - adapted by Starhawk
      

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  • Fire of the Spirit -- Anonymous, 19:59:10 01/09/02 Wed [1]
    Fire of the Spirit,
    life of the lives of creatures,
    Spiral of sanctity,
    Bond of all natures,
    glow of charity,
    lights of clarity,
    taste of sweetness to the parched,
    be with us and hear us.

    hildegarde of bingen - 12 century

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  • Prayer to Quan Yin -- Anonymous, 19:50:33 01/09/02 Wed [1]
    Divine Mother of all Beings
    Great Goddess of Compassion and Mercy
    May my heart be home to you
    like your island in the sea.
    May I feel your presence guiding me in fear.
    May the strength and balance of your grace-filled body be mine when I need them,
    And may I walk in your Bodhisattva Way with trust and gladness,
    Beyond time, beyond the end, beyond the beginning.

    prayer to quan yin - claudia l'amoreaux
     

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  • An Unfolding Journey -- Anonymous, 00:10:09 01/06/02 Sun [1]

    Life:">http://www.life-unfolding.com/fork_in_the_road.html>Life: An Unfolding Journey: Click Here

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  • Unveiled -- Anonymous, 00:06:52 01/06/02 Sun [1]
    "Light erases darkness, but darkness can never veil light."

    -Anon

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  • Look Deeply -- Anonymous, 12:29:16 01/04/02 Fri [1]


    Don't say that I will depart tomorrow--even today I am still arriving.

    Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower, to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

    I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.

    I am a mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of the river. And I am the bird that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.

    I am a frog swimming happily in the clear water of a pond. And I am the grass-snake that silently feeds itself on the frog.

    I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones, my legs as thin as bamboo sticks. And I am the arms merchant, selling deadly weapons to Uganda.

    I am the twelve-year-old girl, refugee on a small boat, who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea pirate. And I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and loving.

    I am a member of the politburo, with plenty of power in my hands. And I am the man who has to pay his "debt of blood" to my people dying slowly in a forced-labor camp.

    My joy is like Spring, so warm it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth. My pain is like a river of tears, so vast it fills the four oceans.

    Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once, so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

    Please call me by my true names, so I can wake up and the door of my heart could be left open, the door of compassion.

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  • The Light That Shines In The Heart -- Anonymous, 20:31:58 01/02/02 Wed [1]
    There is a Light that shines beyond all things on earth,
    Beyond us all,
    Beyond the heavens,
    Beyond the highest, the very highest heavens.
    This is the Light that shines in our heart.

    (From: Chandogya Upanishad)

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  • Please Pray for Sick and Disabled Child -- Anonymous, 08:04:46 09/27/01 Thu [4]
    Please if anyone can help, pray for Donald Earl Kingery III, he has been disabled since a traumatic birth at an army hospital with cerebral palsy, also his health has gone down in the past few years. He will go for surgery October 15-16 in Albuquerque. His family is financially very poor as both parents are in school and unable to work full time. Donald cannot speak and walks with difficulty. He drools uncontrolably and cannot use his right hand. He has weakness in his right eye. I beg of you, to pray for this boy, who is just 8 years old and desires to be normal. He is smart and bright and loves dogs, trains, and computers.

    Send get well cards, gifts, or words of encouragement to: Donald Kingery III, 416 Paseo Real, Chaparral NM 88021.

    Let me know via e-mail if you know of any other prayer or healing resources online. florist@hotmail.com

    Thank you and please help little Donald.

    Mike

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  • Live Like It's Heaven On Earth -- Anonymous, 20:48:31 12/14/01 Fri [2]
    Celebrate how blessed you really are.

    Peace and blessings,
    Deborah

    "If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100
    people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would
    look
    something like the following:

    6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be
    from the United States.

    80 would live in substandard housing

    70 would be unable to read

    50 would suffer from malnutrition

    1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth

    1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education

    1 would own a computer

    When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need
    for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent. The
    following is also something to ponder...

    If you woke up this morning with more health than illness... you are more
    blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

    If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of
    imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ...you are
    ahead of 500 million people in the world.

    If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest,
    torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the
    world.

    If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead
    and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of this world.

    If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish
    someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

    If your parents are still alive and still married, you are very rare.

    If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that
    someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than
    over
    two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

    Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

    Work like you don't need the money.

    Love like you've never been hurt.

    Dance like nobody's watching.

    Sing like nobody's listening.

    Live like it's Heaven on Earth."

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  • Out Of The Depths Of Time -- Anonymous, 18:56:28 12/20/01 Thu [1]
    A Child was born today...
    And yesterday,
    Out of the depth of time.

    Day after day through eons past
    Love's essence comes,
    It's Light is cast.

    A Child is born!

    Who was the Babe of Galilee?
    That Child is you...
    That Child is me...
    That Child is all Humanity,
    Fruit of the Womb of God.

    -by Rev. Ann Davies

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  • The Winter Will Lose Its Cold -- Anonymous, 21:10:16 12/19/01 Wed [1]
    The winter will lose its cold,
    as the snow will be without whiteness,
    The night without darkness,
    the heavens without stars,
    the day without light,
    The flower will lose its beauty,
    all fountains their water,
    the sea its fish,
    the tree its birds,
    the forest its beasts,
    the earth its harvest -
    All these things will pass before
    anyone breaks the bonds of our love,
    And before I cease caring for you in my heart.
    May your days be happy in number as flakes of snow,
    May your nights be peaceful,
    and may you be without troubles.

    -Matthew of Rievaulx - 13th century
      

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  • The Power Of Our Prayers... -- Anonymous, 22:59:46 12/14/01 Fri [1]
    "We will never know all the effects of our prayers in this life. We won't know all the good we do, the hearts we touch, the lives we bless. We will not even know what good we have brought into our own lives through prayer. And we cannot know—until we get there—what joy we give heaven by the power of our prayers."

    Betty Eadie, The Ripple Effect, p. 107

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  • Our Limitations and Joys Begin In Our Hearts -- Anonymous, 22:46:04 12/14/01 Fri [1]
    "There is power in our thoughts. We create our own surroundings by the thoughts we think. Physically, this may take a period of time, but spiritually it is instantaneous. If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts."

    Betty Eadie, Embraced By The Light, p. 58

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  • "Slow Dance", A Poem and Last Request -- Anonymous, 21:48:20 12/14/01 Fri [1]
    This amazing young girl, who is terminally ill with cancer, has, in her last request, transformed her loss and sorrow into a powerful song of hope for others. Her last request is that you pass it on.

    She is an angel on earth to have found this way to touch so many people with her gift of poetry and insight, and I hope you will pass it on, and send her loving and heartfelt prayers, as she, without even realizing it, has sent her heartfelt rays to warm so many lives.


    "(This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.

    It was sent by a medical doctor - make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.)

    Have you ever watched kids
    On a merry-go-round?
    Or listened to the rain
    Slapping on the ground?
    Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
    Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

    You better slow down.
    Don't dance so fast.
    Time is short.
    The music won't last.

    Do you run through each day
    On the fly?
    When you ask How are you?
    Do you hear the reply?

    When the day is done
    Do you lie in your bed
    With the next hundred chores
    Running through your head?

    You'd better slow down
    Don't dance so fast.
    Time is short.
    The music won't last.

    Ever told your child,
    We'll do it tomorrow?
    And in your haste,
    Not see his sorrow?

    Ever lost touch,
    Let a good friendship die
    Cause you never had time
    To call and say hi

    You'd better slow down.
    Don't dance so fast.
    Time is short.
    The music won't last.

    When you run so fast to get somewhere
    You miss half the fun of getting there.
    When you worry and hurry through your day,
    It is like an unopened gift....
    Thrown away.

    Life is not a race.
    Do it slower
    Hear the music
    Before the song is over.

    Dear All:
    PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know. It is the request of a special little girl who will soon leave
    this world as she has cancer. Thank you for your effort, this isn't a chain letter, but a choice for all of us to save a little girl that's dying of a serious and fatal form of cancer.

    Please send this to everyone you know or don't know. This little girl has 6 months left to live, and as her
    dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since she never will. She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school,
    or get married and have a family of her own.

    By you sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her family a little hope. PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST."

    Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
    Department of Developmental and Molecular
    Biology 1300 Morris Park
    Avenue
    Bronx, New York 10461

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  • "Love Is..." -- Anonymous, 20:24:47 12/14/01 Fri [1]
    "Lest we become as little children, we shall not inherit the kingdom of God," or so it is said. Or, as we twenty-fist centurians like to say, "out of the mouths of babes." Here is some ageless wisdom on Love from one of life's most unchanging treasures, children.

    "What Does Love Mean?" Posed to children ages 4 - 8

    "There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But god makes both kinds of them." - Jenny, 4

    "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too." - Rebecca, 8

    "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know eachother so well." - Tommy, 6

    "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." - Terri, 7

    "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." - Billy, 4

    "Love is when mommy sees daddy all smelly and sweaty, and says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." - Chris, 8

    "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening your presents and listen." - Bobby, 5

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  • In All Things -- Anonymous, 20:41:49 12/13/01 Thu [1]

    "I find you, Lord, in all things and in all
    my fellow creatures, pulsing with your life;
    as a tiny seed you sleep in what is small
    and in the vast you vastly yield yourself."

    Rainer Marie Rilke

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  • Earth Echo Galleries -- Anonymous, 18:36:50 12/12/01 Wed [1]
    Mandalas have a gentle way of being able to calm, inspire, and bring thoughts to a focus without distraction.

    This collection has energizing sun mandalas, a soothing, grounding heaven and earth gallery, and an uplifting healing collection, my personal favorite. These are wonderful with the accompanying music, or silence, whichever you prefer.

    Click Here: Art of Light, Peace and Love

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  • Prayers for Protection -- Anonymous, 04:38:31 12/06/01 Thu [2]
    The light of God surrounds me.

    The love of God enfolds me.

    The power of God protects me.

    The presence of God watches over us.

    Wherever I am, God is.

    —James Dillet Freeman

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  • A Beautiful Place To Visit - Stillpoint Family Global Prayer Center -- Anonymous, 18:52:27 11/27/01 Tue [1]
    Stillpoint Family Prayer Center

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  • Angela of Foligno -- Anonymous, 22:30:49 11/24/01 Sat [1]
    "There is greater deception in spiritual advantages than in temporal ones---that is, to know how to speak about God, to do great penances, to understand the Scriptures, and to have one's heart almost constantly preoccupied with spiritual matters. For those who are taken by them fall many times into errors and are more difficult to lead back to the right way than those who have temporal advantages."

    Angela of Foligno

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  • Love Is The Path -- Anonymous, 22:21:16 11/24/01 Sat [2]
    "Love is the essential element in shifting to peace. Love is not intellectual. Love is not tangible, not traded, not consumed. Love is not an emotion. Emotions ring through our bodies with the resonance of past moments not fully received."

    "There is no recipe, no map, no message that you can pass along. All that has been tried. Description of experience can raise curiosity, but never consciousness. The path of Love is found only in the doing."

    "The path of Love is not a passive way. The path requires effort, thought and action. All of one's resources must be used in the listening. The path itself will guide the action, but the listening must be brilliant."

    Love Is The Path by Mason Lyte

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  • In Search Of God -- Anonymous, 22:13:15 11/24/01 Sat [1]
    "The inner truth of desire is that it is a restive motion in the heart in search of God."


    al-Qushayrî

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  • "We have seen the human kind..." -- Anonymous, 16:54:28 11/22/01 Thu [1]
    "On September 11, we have seen two types of humans. We have seen the human kind that would go to any lengths, who would give their lives to hurt others. Yes, we have seen humans who would give their lives in an effort to save lives ....

    "... This is the dawn of a new horizon, a new reality. An evil that is beyond the imagination of any sane, god-fearing individual has descended upon us. But the same grit which has sustained us and withstood wars against this great country for centuries will declare us victors once again."

    -- Pandit Roop Sukram

    ~From the September 23 Prayer Service at Yankee Stadium~
    Quotes and Photographs" The United In Prayer Memorial Photo Album

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  • Blessed -- Anonymous, 16:46:23 11/22/01 Thu [1]
    Blessed are they who give without expecting even thanks in return, for they shall be abundantly rewarded.

    Blessed are they who translate every good thing they know into action, for ever higher truths shall be revealed unto them.

    Blessed are they who do God's will without asking to see results, for great shall be their recompense.

    Blessed are they who love and trust their fellow beings, for they shall reach the good in people and receive a loving response.

    Blessed are they who have seen reality, for they know that not the garment of clay but that which activates the garment of clay is real and indestructible.

    Blessed are they who see the change we call death as a liberation from the limitation of this earth-life, for they shall rejoice with their loved ones who make the glorious transition.

    Blessed are they who after dedicating their lives and thereby receiving a blessing, have the courage and faith to surmount the difficulties of the path ahead, for they shall receive a second blessing.

    Blessed are they who advance toward the spiritual path without the selfish motive of seeking inner peace, for they shall find it.

    Blessed are they who instead of trying to batter down the gates of the kingdom of heaven approach them humbly and lovingly and purified, for they shall pass right through.

    ~Peace Pilgrim's Beatitudes

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  • "To the Edge of the World"; "Inside The Light" -- Anonymous, 18:37:46 11/20/01 Tue [1]
    "Today our bodies became vast,
    they grew to the edge of the world
    and rolled melting
    into a single drop
    of wax or meteor."

    "Inside the light
    your soul makes its circle,
    refining itself to extinction,
    or enlarging its rings like the stroke of a bell."

    ~Pablo Neruda~

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  • Prayer for a nameless young boy -- Anonymous, 18:30:54 11/20/01 Tue [1]
    Please pray for this little boy to erase the sadness from his eyes, and replace the weapon he holds in his tiny arms to a caring embrace of love, warmth and contentment.

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  • Promise Yourself... -- Anonymous, 10:37:45 11/16/01 Fri [1]
    Promise Yourself

    ~C.D. Larson
    Excerpted from "Your Forces and How to Use Them"

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  • Earth -- Anonymous, 10:25:21 11/16/01 Fri [1]
    "Then I cast off my chains and shackles, for I discovered that the lodging of the soul is your universe, that its desires grow within yours, that its peace dwells within your peace, and that its joy lies in that long hair of stars that the night spreads over your body."

    "Earth" by Kahlil Gibran: Enter Here

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  • I reflect upon God's love -- Anonymous, 10:21:28 11/16/01 Fri [1]
    I reflect upon God's love
    By Luther Elvis Albright


    As sleepy days wind down to evening
    And eerie shadows fill the room
    The honeysuckle by the window
    Ushers in its sweet perfume.

    Outside the wind is softly sighing
    Like a baby’s fretful whine
    And the dusk is swiftly creeping
    O’er the land by God’s design.

    ‘Tis then that quiet shrouds my room
    and I am trapped in thought
    As I reflect upon God’s love
    And beauties He has wrought.

    When Love walks in the valley
    And I am laid to rest
    I trust it will be said of me
    He strove to do his best!

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  • I Believe -- Anonymous, 10:14:24 11/16/01 Fri [1]
    I BELIEVE

    I believe that imagination is stronger then knowledge
    That myth is more potent than history
    I believe that dreams are more powerful then facts
    That hope always triumphs over experience
    That laughter is the only cure for grief
    And I believe that love is stronger then death.
    - Robert Fulghum

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  • Eulogy for the martyred children -- Anonymous, 08:12:41 11/16/01 Fri [1]
    Now I say to you in conclusion,
    life is hard, at times as hard as crucible steel.
    It has its bleak and difficult moments.
    Like the ever-flowing waters of the river,
    life has its moments of drought and its moments of flood.
    Like the ever-changing cycle of the seasons,
    life has the soothing warmth of its summers
    and the piercing chill of its winters.
    But if one will hold on,
    he will discover that God walks with him,
    and that God is able to lift you from the fatigue of despair
    to the buoyancy of hope
    and transform dark and desolate valleys
    into sunlit paths of inner peace.

    Eulogy for the martyred children - Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • Immersed -- Anonymous, 07:38:30 11/16/01 Fri [1]
    Immersed in infinite energy and love,
    I'm part of the eternal flow of things.
    No matter when or where or how I move,
    whether on earth with wheels or in air with wings,
    I am a part of everything that is,
    all that has been or will ever be.
    Designed by the dreams of all divinities,
    all beauty and all Truth are mixed in me.
    Knowing this, I shed my shell of doubt,
    till free in the freedom of the Mystic Mind
    and linked to laws of love, I go about
    fulfilling that for which I was designed,
    which is to sing myself and try to share
    the loveliness of which I am aware.

    by John D. Engle, Jr.

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  • Peace of the Heart -- Anonymous, 13:42:04 11/15/01 Thu [1]
    "With wise understanding we allow ourselves to contain all things, both dark and light, and we come to a sense of peace. This is not the peace of denial or running away, but the peace we find in the heart that has rejected nothing, that touches all things with compassion."

    ~Jack Kornfield

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  • Spiritual clarity -- Anonymous, 22:37:36 10/27/01 Sat [2]
    My wish is for spiritual clarity. Never before have I felt so much confusion and indecisiveness in my life. I can't seem to touch the ground. It's been an intense 4 months, painful and ecstatic. All I can say is after 29 years I am beginning to hear the language of my spirit and everyday I pray for the understanding of it. I thank you from the core of my heart for your prayers. Nancy

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  • St. Rita of Cascia, 14th Century Stigmatist -- Anonymous, 11:50:44 06/15/01 Fri [2]
    St. Rita of Cascia was accepted into the convent despite an unusual history one does not usually find it the life of a canonized saint - in her case, a marriage to a notoriously violent spouse and widowhood, which should have precluded her from entering the convent. She upheld extraordinary grace and spiritual devotion throughout this and many tumultous sufferings throughout her life, and became known for possessing a gift of miracles through her dedicated prayers. She received a stigmata which she carried to the time of her death, and her body is purported to have remained intact for three centuries after her passing. She is known as the Patroness and Saint of the Impossible.

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  • The Candles of Peace Light A Candle Memorial -- Anonymous, 11:49:26 10/09/01 Tue [1]
    You can light a candle and add your memorial, tribute or message at The Candles of Peace Memorial. I highly recommend it. :-)

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  • Sharing Stories and Rememberances -- Anonymous, 20:14:20 10/08/01 Mon [1]
    This is a page where the loved ones of the victims of the World Trade center attack have posted stories and rememberances of these citizens as a memorial and tribute to them and for all who have been touched by this devastating tragedy.

    Never Forgotten

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  • Memorial of the Victims of Attacks of September 11, 2001 -- Anonymous, 20:01:06 10/08/01 Mon [1]
    This online Memorial pays tribute to all the victims and the missing in the wake of the tragic attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. President George W. Bush, as I recall, had said the day following the attack, that each and every person will be remembered - I found that very touching, and this is a way that we can do just that.

    Online Memorial Of Victims and the Missing

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  • "We Can't Cry Hard Enough" -- Anonymous, 19:31:36 10/08/01 Mon [1]
    By visiting this page you will find a link to the beautiful and heart rending song and tribute to the victims of the World Trade Center attack of September 11, 2001. It receives heavy traffic and isn't always available, but keep trying, it is well worth it.

    Below is the direct link and address:
    http://www.thewtcmemorial.com/

    It was originally available at this page, but due to overwhelming response of more than a million visitors in a day, the site was forced to shut down. Keep trying the link above. It is a must see. Warning: you will cry when you see this memorial.

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  • VERY URGENT PRAYR REQUEST!!! The pain and agony deep in our hearts..... -- Anonymous, 07:17:46 09/30/01 Sun [2]
    The pain and agony deep in our hearts cries out to GOD DAY AND NIGHT FOR HIS MERCY AND PEACE!!! Please pray for us and with us in the days ahead....Oct....Christmas 2001,02....Long term for Recovery. Spiritual,emotional,physical and financial healing. Please also pray for our Parish for a out pouring of love and healing in light the terrible events Sept.11. Please pray!!! Please pass on to others who can pray for us and with us .....WWW....We can not bear this agonizing cross alone!!! In His Peace,Bill and Carol,husband and wife in great pain and sorrow,oh.usa.

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  • Believe In Your Heart -- Anonymous, 00:24:32 10/07/01 Sun [1]
    Believe in your heart that something wonderful is about to happen. Love your life. Believe in your own power, and in your own potential, and your own innate goodness. Wake every morning with the awe of just being alive. Discover each day the magnificent, awesome beauty in the world. Explore and embrace life in yourself and in everyone you see each day. Reach within to find your own specialness. Amaze yourself and rouse those around you to the potential of each new day. Don't be afraid to admit your less than perfect; this is the essence of our humanity. Let those who love you help you. Trust enough to be able to take. Look with hope to the horizon of today for today is all we truly have. Live this day well. Let a little sun out as well as in. Create your own rainbows. Be open to all your possibilities, all possibilities and miracles. Always believe in miracles. Always Believe In Your Heart!

    -Unknown

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  • VERY URGENT PRAYR REQUEST!!! The pain and agony deep in our hearts..... -- Anonymous, 07:16:44 09/30/01 Sun [1]
    The pain and agony deep in our hearts cries out to GOD DAY AND NIGHT FOR HIS MERCY AND PEACE!!! Please pray for us and with us in the days ahead....Oct....Christmas 2001,02....Long term for Recovery. Spiritual,emotional,physical and financial healing. Please also pray for our Parish for a out pouring of love and healing in light the terrible events Sept.11. Please pray!!! Please pass on to others who can pray for us and with us .....WWW....We can not bear this agonizing cross alone!!! In His Peace,Bill and Carol,husband and wife in great pain and sorrow,oh.usa.

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  • ...may our prayer give peace to all the world. -- Anonymous, 21:38:16 09/24/01 Mon [1]
    "Tie the apron of simple service around our waist; adorn it with signs of humble deeds performed with great love.

    May that sacred vestment awaken us to serve you, our God, by helping the person near us and the stranger on the street.

    Cover our heads with the mantle of fire and light, which shows the presence of your Holy Spirit, that we might pray with great passion and devotion.

    May this mystic mantle be like the stars that grace the prayer shawl of night, covering all the earth in luminous light.

    Robed in the splendor of your Spirit, may our prayer give peace to all the world."

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  • Six Thousand Angels -- Anonymous, 21:30:26 09/24/01 Mon [1]
    "We Muslims, Americans, stand today with a heavy weight on our shoulder that those who would dare do such dastardly acts claim our faith," said Imam Izak-el M. Pasha, a Muslim police chaplain.

    The service also included leaders of local Hindu and Sikh temples, black and white Protestant pastors, Armenian and Greek Orthodox archbishops, and male and female Jewish rabbis.

    The master of ceremonies was television's Oprah Winfrey, saying, "when you lose a loved one you gain an angel whose name you know." On Sept. 11, she said, "6,000 angels were added to the spiritual roster."

    Prayers Shared

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  • September 1, 1939 -- Anonymous, 20:24:28 09/21/01 Fri [1]
    Defenseless under the night
    Our world in stupor lies;
    Yet, dotted everywhere,
    Ironic points of light
    Flash out wherever the Just
    Exchange their messages:
    May I, composed like them
    Of Eros and dust,
    Beleaguered by the same
    Negation and depair
    Show an affiming flame.


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  • Live Online Prayer Memorial -- Anonymous, 18:54:32 09/14/01 Fri [1]
    Read other's memorial prayers and add yours here.

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  • September 14th - A National Day Of Rememberance -- Anonymous, 18:06:26 09/14/01 Fri [1]
    "Sheltered by umbrellas, a crowd of people clustered outside the entrance of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York at the noon hour, spilling onto the sidewalk. Two blocks north, a long line of people streamed into another church on Fifth Avenue.

    President George W. Bush Friday led Americans in prayers for the dead and missing in terror attacks in New York and Washington, and warned that the country is "fierce when stirred to anger."

    "We are here in the middle hour of our grief. So many have suffered so great a loss and today we express our nation's sorrow. We come today before God to pray for the missing and the dead and for those who love them," Bush said

    The mighty gathered in Washington, where Bush and four former presidents assembled at the National Cathedral. Everyday citizens embraced, prayed and cried together in their own houses of worship.

    About 3,000 people gathered before the Florida Capitol at noon. A huge flag hung behind political leaders and Christian, Jewish and Muslim representatives.

    An ecumenical service at a cathedral in downtown Lansing, Mich., also included speakers from the Islamic, Christian and Jewish faiths.

    In Richmond, Va., chapel doors of the First Baptist Church opened for prayers and solace as dawn broke on the national day of mourning Bush called.

    "We will pray for our city, we will pray for our nation and we will pray for all the people whose lives have been lost," the Rev. Peter Jamer Flamming said.

    Bush urged community groups and places of worships nationwide to hold noontime memorial services, ring bells and set aside time for candlelight vigils. He also encouraged employers to let their workers off to attend.

    At a morning service in Connecticut, Gov. John Rowland spoke of a Roman Catholic priest he knew who died on United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles, which crashed into the trade center."



    Sharing Grief and Prayers

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  • Listen -- Anonymous, 20:23:34 09/07/01 Fri [1]
    "Hear me...

    in the song of the bird,

    in the whisper of the wind,

    in the music of a waterfall.

    These are my blessings.

    Sit in peace with me awhile

    for I am the boundless love

    your heart yearns for.

    Listen to me

    for I am with you always."

    ~Author Unknown

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  • Lives of Anchoresses -- Anonymous, 21:45:22 09/05/01 Wed [1]
    "The Anchoress Julian of Norwich was born in late 1342, and may have lived well into the fifteenth century, dying around 1412. We know very few details about her life; in fact, we do not know even know her real name. At some point in her life she became an anchoress -- a vowed solitary who lived a life devoted to prayer and meditation, confined to a cell adjoining a church. In her case, Julian's cell adjoined the church of St. Julian in Norwich, from which we get her pseudonym. Virtually nothing is known about her aside from what she writes -- and she reveals little about herself, preferring instead to talk about her "courteous" God."

    "We do know that when she was 30, in May 1373, she became deathly ill, and while on her supposed deathbed she received a series of vivid, profound visions or "showings" -- sixteen visions in which God's love was revealed to her. Julian is best known for her optimism and also for her repeated insistence of naming both God and Christ as "mother." Her theology of the motherhood of God is an anticipation of, and inspiration for, much creative theological and spiritual thought today."

    Click Here: Julian of Norwich

    An Anchorhold

    "An anchorhold is the residence of an anchoress. An anchoress is a person living a solitary life of prayer and contemplation. The one who maintains this site lives a life of solitude and prayer in the world. This site is the window of my cell to all who seek life, hope, truth, the spiritual and meaning in their lives."

    "Peace is not just the absence of violence. Peace encompasses hope, life, trust, being open, communicating, listening, compassion, risking the comfortable and familiar, venturing into the unknown and into the unknowable. Peace is not saying but if only ... Peace is saying yes. Peace is opening your hand to all you meet on the way.

    Peace is living yes.

    Peace is breathing yes.

    Peace is being peace.

    Peace is compassionate doing."

    The Anchorhold: Website of An Anchoress

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  • 82 Notes, Quotes and Thoughts -- Anonymous, 20:23:15 09/05/01 Wed [1]
    10-In real meditation, the voice of God is trying to speak to us. If our windows are soiled, the sun's rays are hindered; but that fact is no denial of the truth that whatever light does come through our windows comes from the sun.

    11-"Extreme humbleness and utter devotion are necessary to call Krishna to the heart. Then, when earthly knowledge, reasoning and striving are completely burnt to ashes, the soul's eyes can perceive God..." --Bhaktivinode

    15-"Any bona fide name of God is spiritual, and by chanting it, we become spiritualized. When we contact electricity, we become electrified, regardless of the medium carrying the electricity. The understanding should be that God's name is not material but spiritual and nondifferent from Him."

    "It is only in prayer that we can communicate with one another at the deepest level of our being. Behind all words and gestures, behind all thoughts and feelings, there is an inner centre of prayer where we can meet one another in the presence of God." ~Fr. Bede Griffiths

    82 Notes, Quotes and Thoughts, Prayer and Meditation in the World Religions and Science

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  • Whose Feet Shall The Hermit Wash? -- Anonymous, 22:00:39 08/27/01 Mon [1]
    "The real contemplative does not have to withdraw from life to find God. The real contemplative hears the voice of God in the voice of the other, sees the face of God in the face of the other, knows the will of God in the person of the other, serves the heart of God by addressing the wounds, answering the call of the other. "The most valiant monastics," the Rule of Benedict insists, "are those who live in community. . . . Let permission to live alone be seldom given." St. Basil, an early leader of Eastern monasticism, asks pointedly, "Whose feet shall the hermit wash?" The implications are clear. It is human community that tests the spiritual grist of the human being."

    Click Here:
    Joan Chittister
    From Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light

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  • Martin Luther King, Jr. on an attempt on his life -- Anonymous, 21:08:26 08/27/01 Mon [1]
    "If I demonstrated unusual calm during the recent attempt on my life, it was certainly not due to any extraordinary powers that I possess. Rather, it was due to the power of God working through me. Throughout this struggle for racial justice I have constantly asked God to remove all bitterness from my heart and to give me the strength and courage to face any disaster that came my way. This constant prayer life and feeling of dependence on God have given me the feeling that I have divine companionship in the struggle. I know no other way to explain it. It is the fact that in the midst of external tension, God can give an inner peace."

    ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  • Two Teachers -- Anonymous, 19:16:29 08/26/01 Sun [1]
    Two teachers were walking along a river and heard a call for
    help. One started removing his clothing to rescue the drowning man.
    The other said, "Don't do that, you'll interfere with his Karma." The
    first ignored him, saved the man, and then replied, "Apparently it was
    his Karma to be saved." Some people use the idea of Karma as an excuse
    to not help their fellows, but the brotherhood of man can be achieved
    only by people who know I am my brother's keeper.

    ~ Rev. Ann Davies, 1912-1975

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  • Prayer To The Dawn -- Anonymous, 11:41:41 08/22/01 Wed [1]
    Listen to the salutation to the dawn,
    Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life,
    In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of our existence.
    The bliss of growth, the splendor of beauty,
    For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision,
    But today well spent makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
    and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
    Look well therefore to this day.
    Such is the salutation to the dawn.

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  • I Will Serve All -- Anonymous, 11:29:59 08/22/01 Wed [1]

    I want no monuments on the mountains of human fame but I want secretly to remain in the caves of divine love in souls, and silently to serve them with invisible thoughts of helpfulness.

    I would like to dematerialize my body and namelessly and formlessly be the silent divine messenger visiting the dark corners of all souls and kindling candles of peace stolen from the works of silence.

    Today I will forgive all who have ever offended me, and I will give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and those who do not love me.

    I will be the fisher of souls. I will catch the ignorance of others in the net of my wisdom and offer it to the God of all gods.

    I will use my money to make the world family better and happier, according to the measure of my ability.

    Wherever people appreciate my efforts to do good, I know that there is the place where I can be of greatest service.

    -Paramhansa Yogananda

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  • Emergency-need help -- Anonymous, 19:26:10 08/01/01 Wed [2]
    My problem is not to do with Kundalini, I am not even sure of what it is. But I was told to come to Kundalini forum and someone there could help. Here it goes... I am being tormented by a relative who uses magick as a weapon. He has suceeded in causes much misfortune in my life. I was not always down, he has beaten into submission, and wont stop no matter how bad off I am. He has expressed that death will soon occur after he has caused me to go bald. He's mentioned chakras, so I suspect he is causing my hair to fall out by manipulating my chakras. He has even said things like "wait till you die", as if he has other plans for me after I am dead. He even has said "think you have got it bad now, wait till your dead". He has said that my death will look like a heart attack, my heart has been giveing me problems since. The attacker uses astral projection, and remote viewing, so he knows all I do. He is able to respond to my thoughts, ive been attacked in my dreams by something I could not see. I know it sounds crazy but its true. There is lots more, if you can help, let me know and I will explain further.

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  • "May The Light Of Your Soul Guide You" -- Anonymous, 20:15:24 08/14/01 Tue [1]
    May the light of your soul guide you.
    May the light of your soul bless the work that you do
    with the secret love and warmth of your heart.
    May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul.
    May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light
    and renewal to those who work with you
    and to those who see and receive your work.
    May your work never weary you.
    May it release within you wellsprings of
    refreshment, inspiration and excitement.
    May you be present in what you do.
    May you never become lost in bland absences.
    May the day never burden.
    May dawn find you awake and alert,
    approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises.
    May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
    May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.
    May your soul calm, console and renew you.

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  • Going Beyond Emotional Intelligence Through Prayer -- Anonymous, 15:39:04 08/14/01 Tue [1]
    "The first step consists of connecting with that universal energy within us and then raising and maintaining it. That means finding ways of remaining in contact with the awe and the beauty of that star-lit night. It means continuing to vibrate with the beauty of a piece of music long after it has ceased to ring in our ears. It means entering into contact with the beauty of all that surrounds us. Effectively, the perception of that enhanced beauty is a sure indicator that we are connected. Emotions like anger, hatred, fear and jealousy all contribute to decrease the level of energy and lower our awareness of the direction to follow.

    The second step addresses our becoming aware of our intent (the way we see the world and how we expect things to turn out) and the impact of that intent on the course of things. Effectively, our intent has an impact on the world around us. It does so, not only as suggestions that colour our expectations and sway our acts, but also, more importantly, in that those hard-held thoughts and images directly impact the world. Mystics have long been aware of this fact, but now scientists are beginning to discover the phenomenon as well. We are talking about what Larry Dossey in his book "Healing Words" called the "non-local": the apparently miraculous direct impact of thought, word and action elsewhere at other times, past and future.

    The third step concerns how that intent can be channelled, using the energy of our being connected, to create the best possible conditions for the divine course of things to unfurl. There is a catch, however, for all those of us for whom intent implies will power. Our impact is enormous, yet at the same time we cannot force the divine. That is the paradox which has been and continues to be the source of many a tragedy in our attempts to get our own way, as an "advanced society", at the expense of others and the world around us. Our intent needs to be of the highest order yet effortless and without expectation or reward. And what is the "best course"? That more and more people move to a higher level of energy and awareness of the divine in them and the world around them and that their acts be in accordance with that divine energy."

    Article: Going Beyond Emotional Intelligence Through Prayer

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  • "The Prayer" -- Anonymous, 15:30:34 08/14/01 Tue [1]
    "May the meaning of our life be real
    May fear not force us to conceal
    May the hope we search for and the wealth
    Be found complete within ourself.
    And may we only look outside with love, not desperation
    Like the sun, may we shine bright without any expectation.


    May the world not disappoint us
    May rejection's pain be turned
    From sadness and frustration
    To the place where truth is learned.
    And may we learn that all is well and perfect as our breath
    May we dedicate our work to love and neither seek nor fear our death.


    May we grow to be the one we are
    And challenge even fate,
    Never bothered by defeat
    Or that the hour's late.
    May we love the ones we love with all the strength we can employ.
    May we live our life with wonder, with merriment and joy."

    ~Marc Spiegel

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  • Transforming Union -- Anonymous, 15:28:05 08/14/01 Tue [1]
    Transforming Union (the abiding experience of being rooted in the divine within us).

    "Death of the false self.

    Empathy - concern for others without emotional involvement;

    Freedom to be present to people at the deepest level.

    Energy to serve God and the needs of others.

    The Holy Spirit suggests all actions.

    Restructuring of consciousness reveals new dimensions of reality:

    Transcending the world without leaving it.

    Non-possessive attitude uses the good things of life as stepping-stones to God.

    God's presence is perceived in every experience.

    Service without expectation of reward.

    Life in the present moment: the eternal now."

    Read more reflections on the empowering concept of "Transforming Union" in excerpts from St. Teresa's "Interior Castle" and John Welsh's "Spiritual Pilgrims" here.

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  • Prayer of St Columba -- Anonymous, 11:11:02 08/14/01 Tue [1]
    Kindle, O Lord, in our hearts,
    we pray,
    the flame of love
    which never ceases,
    that it may burn in us
    and give light to others.
    May we shine forever
    in your temple,
    set on fire
    with that eternal light of yours
    which puts flight to
    the darkness of this world.

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  • IN NEED OF HELP -- Anonymous, 02:25:05 07/31/01 Tue [2]
    I HAVE ENDURED THE TRIALS OF THE KUNDALINI AND HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED BY BOB BOYD AND JAQUIE AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME ...I HAVE AN URGENT NEED...MY GRANDSON WHO IS ELEVEN IS PRESENTLY IN TRANSITION AS HE IS OVERWHELMED WITH CANCER AND HAS TOLD HIS MOTHER HE CAN NO LONGER GO ON...LAST WEEK HE RAN AWAY AND THEN WENT INTO A RAGE AND NOW IS SAYING HE WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF...HE IS A BRAVE SPIRIT..I NEED TO FIND A CONTACT IN OREGON...AROUND THE PORTLAND AREA AS HE URGENTLY NEEDS TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE OF SPIRIT..HE IS ONE OF US..I SUSPECTED THIS BUT IT WAS CONFIRMED BY HIM AS WE SPOKE ONE TO ONE LAST WEEKEND...HE HAS NOT ONLY ENDURED THE CANCER BUT HE TOLD ME HE HAS BURNED AND FELT THE ELECTRICY...AND HE HAS HIS SPIRIT GUIDES AND DOES KNOW OF THE OTHER SIDE...HIS MOTHER HAS COLLAPSED HE STATED HE FEELS SO ALONE AS FAR AS RELATING TO OTHERS...HE HAS THE ENERGY AND CREATES PAINTINGS..PHOTOGRAPY...AND SO MUCH MORE..ALL OF THIS OCCURING IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF...HE ALSO SAID HE HAS SPOKE TO THE BEARDED MAN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS...THAT IS ALL ...PLEASE HELP ME FIND A CONTACT FOR HIM..KATHY

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  • In Mine Eternity -- Anonymous, 11:16:46 08/08/01 Wed [1]
    God to enfold me,
    God to surround me,
    God in my speaking,
    God in my thinking.

    God in my sleeping,
    God in my waking,
    God in my watching,
    God in my hoping.

    God in my life,
    God in my lips,
    God in my soul,
    God in my heart.

    God in my sufficing,
    God in my slumber,
    God in mine ever-living soul,
    God in mine eternity.

    Celtic Oral Tradition - Scotland 19th Century

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  • Shine -- Anonymous, 11:14:39 08/08/01 Wed [1]
    Live purely. Be quiet.
    Do your work with mastery.
    Like the moon, come out
    from behind the clouds!
    Shine

    Buddha

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  • To Truth and Light -- Anonymous, 11:08:07 08/08/01 Wed [1]
    Asatho Maa Sad Gamaya.
    Thamaso Maa Jyothir Gamaya.
    Mrithyur Maa Amritham Gamaya.
    Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.

    From untruth lead us to Truth.
    From darkness lead us to Light.
    From death lead us to Immortality.
    Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

    Ancient Vedic Prayer

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  • Wonders -- Anonymous, 11:02:37 08/08/01 Wed [1]
    "People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering."

    ~St. Augustine, 354 430

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  • "...To Every Strand Of The Universe..." -- Anonymous, 09:00:33 07/30/01 Mon [1]
    "Love is a force that connects us to every strand of the universe, an unconditional state that characterizes human nature, a form of knowledge that is always there for us if only we can open ourselves to it."

    ~ Emily H. Sell ~

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  • "Adorations of the Dove" -- Anonymous, 08:55:30 07/30/01 Mon [1]
    Dove of white fire, burning bright,
    Cleave the sun from amber light.

    Become the veil of the moon,
    Mists arising from Earth's womb.

    He comes, He comes the dawn,
    He comes the brown and silver fawn.

    He comes, He comes the eventide,
    He comes for all who walk the path that he abides.

    Dove of Grace, he keeps us in his feathered fold,
    His Spirit in the smallest bird who braves the winter cold.

    He comes the rose, He comes the rain,
    He comes the hands that touch and heal the pain.

    He comes the night, He comes the day,
    He comes the Morning Star above to light the way.

    Whiteness of the Flame, soft against our cheek,
    Still the tears, stay the fears

    His presence is proclaimed
    The Morning Star is risen once again.


    "Adorations of the Dove"
    by Rev. Mtr. Maia Nartoomid

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  • A prayer given to me by Swami C -- Anonymous, 23:54:41 07/19/01 Thu [2]
    Oh Lord let me breathe with thy breath!

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  • The Light Of The Heart -- Anonymous, 21:29:44 07/09/01 Mon [1]
    There is a Light that shines beyond all things on earth,
    Beyond us all,
    Beyond the heavens,
    Beyond the highest, the very highest heavens.
    This is the Light that shines in our heart.

    ~From The Chandogya Upanishad

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  • Dance As Though No One Is Watching... -- Anonymous, 20:57:41 07/08/01 Sun [1]
    "Dance as though no one is watching you,
    Love as though you have never been hurt before,
    Sing as though no one can hear you,
    Live as though heaven is on earth. "

    ~Author Unknown

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  • May All Things Be A Source Of Peace... -- Anonymous, 20:56:20 07/08/01 Sun [1]
    I desire neither earthly kingdom, nor even freedom from birth and death.
    I desire only the deliverance from grief of all those afflicted by misery.
    Oh Lord, lead us from the unreal to the real from darkness to light from death to immortality.
    May there be peace in celestial regions.
    May there be peace on earth.
    May the waters be appeasing
    May herbs be wholesome and may trees and plants bring peace to all.
    May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
    May thy wisdom spread peace all through the world.
    May all things be a source of peace to all and to me.
    Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

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  • In The Hollow Of His Hands And The Curve Of Her Arms... -- Anonymous, 20:50:35 07/08/01 Sun [1]
    Let us pray to the One who holds us in the hollow of
    His hands,
    To the One who holds us in the curve of Her arms,
    To the One whose flesh is the flesh of hills and
    hummingbirds and angleworms,
    Whose hair is like the aurora borealis, rainbows,
    nebulae, waterfalls, and a spider's web,
    Whose eyes sometime shine like the Evening Star,
    and then like fireflies, and then again like an
    open wound,
    Whose touch is both the touch of life and the touch
    of death,
    And whose name is everyone's, and mine...
    And what shall we pray?
    Let us say, "thank you."

    ~Max Coots

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  • Prayer For Peace -- Anonymous, 20:23:04 07/08/01 Sun [1]
    Lead me from death to life,
    from lies to truth
    Lead me from despair to hope
    from fear to trust
    Lead me from hatred to love
    from war to peace
    Let peace fill our heart, our world
    our universe... peace, peace, peace.

    ~Mother Teresa

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  • May We Love Evermore -- Anonymous, 20:21:06 07/08/01 Sun [1]

    May we love ever more.
    May we motivate ourselves to committed love in Action.
    May we motivate ourselves to live the life we wish to see in the world.
    May we be the transformation we wish to see in the world.
    From the inside out . . .
    From the roots branching upwards . . .
    From the heart
    to thought
    to word
    to action.
    Through life's trials and hardships
    we can arise beautiful and free.

    ~Julia Butterfly Hill

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  • A Prayer of the Gayatri -- Anonymous, 20:14:07 07/08/01 Sun [1]
    Lord God of the East and of the West, of the worlds above and below, and of the seen and unseen beings.
    Pour upon us Thy Love and Thy Light, give sustenance to our bodies, hearts and souls, use us for the purpose that Thy Wisdom chooseth, and guide us on the path of Thine Own Goodness.

    Draw us closer to Thee every moment of our life, until in us be reflected Thy Grace, Thy Glory, Thy Wisdom, Thy Joy and Thy Peace. Amen

    ~Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan -- A Prayer of the Gayatri~

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  • When All The Stars Are Dead -- Anonymous, 19:58:37 07/08/01 Sun [1]

    Center of all centers, core of cores,
    almond self-enclosed and growing sweet-
    all this universe, to the furthest stars
    and beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.

    Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
    your vast shell reaches into endless space,
    and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow,
    Illuminated in your infinite peace.

    A billion stars go spinning through the night,
    blazing high above your head.
    But in you is the presence that
    will be, when all the stars are dead.

    ~Rainer Maria Rilke

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  • "Like A Bird Who Rivers The Air..." -- Anonymous, 14:13:02 07/05/01 Thu [1]
    Mechthild of Magdeburg

    "Effortlessly,
    Love flows from God into man,
    Like a bird
    Who rivers the air
    Without moving her wings.
    Thus we move in His world
    One in body and soul,
    Though outwardly separate in form.
    As the Source strikes the note,
    Humanity sings-
    The Holy Spirit is our harpist,
    And all the strings
    Which are touched in Love
    Must sound."
    - trans. by Jane Hirshfield

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  • The Source Of Happiness -- Anonymous, 14:58:41 06/30/01 Sat [1]
    "A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discover that the source is within him."

    ~ Soren Kierkegaard ~

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  • "Peace..." -- Anonymous, 14:56:22 06/30/01 Sat [1]
    "Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away."

    ~ Robert Fulghum ~

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  • "Teach us and show us the Way" -- Anonymous, 14:48:27 06/30/01 Sat [1]
    "We call upon the earth, our planet home, with its beautiful depths and soaring
    heights, its vitality and abundance of life, and together we ask that it

    Teach us, and show us the Way.

    We call upon the mountains, the Cascades and the Olympics, the high green
    valleys and meadows filled with wild flowers, the snows that never melt,
    the summits of intense silence, and we ask that they

    Teach us, and show us the Way.

    We call upon the waters that rim the earth, horizon to horizon,
    that flow in our rivers and streams, that fall upon our gardens and fields
    and we ask that they

    Teach us, and show us the Way.

    We call upon the land which grows our food, the nurturing soil, the fertile fields
    the abundant gardens and orchards, and we ask that they

    Teach us, and show us the Way.

    We call upon the forests, the great trees reaching strongly
    to the sky with the earth in their roots and the heavens in their branches,
    the fir and the pine and the cedar, and we ask them to

    Teach us, and show us the Way.

    We call upon the creatures of the fields and forests and the seas,
    our brothers and sisters the wolves and deer, the eagle and dove,
    the great whales and dolphin,
    the beautiful Orca and salmon who share our Northwest home,
    and we ask them to

    Teach us, and show us the Way.

    We call upon all those who have lived on this earth,
    our ancestors and our friends,
    who dreamed the best for future generations, and upon whose lives our lives are built,
    and with thanksgiving, we call upon them to

    Teach us, and show us the Way.

    And lastly, we call upon all that we hold most sacred,
    the presence and power of the Great Spirit of love and truth
    which flows through all the Universe, to be with us to

    Teach us, and show us the Way."

    ~Chinook blessing~

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  • In All of Time -- Anonymous, 14:44:22 06/30/01 Sat [1]
    "There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost."

    ~ Martha Graham ~

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  • The Cloud Of Unknowing -- Anonymous, 14:39:55 06/30/01 Sat [1]
    "O God unto whom all hearts lie open
    unto whom desire is eloquent
    and from whom no secret thing is hidden;
    purify the thoughts of my heart
    by the outpouring of your Spirit
    that I may love you with a perfect love
    and praise you as you deserve."

    ~Author Unknown~

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  • "Unremembered Acts Of Kindness" -- Anonymous, 10:11:09 06/28/01 Thu [1]
    "That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

    ~William Wordsworth~

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  • "Morning Walk" -- Anonymous, 10:03:48 06/28/01 Thu [1]
    "My morning walk amidst nature is my
    Prayer in the Tanglewood Cathedral of Glory.
    I join the reverent congregation of
    Forest folk gathering beneath columns of
    Towering trees arching high overhead.
    Cherubic choirs of songbirds singing love-offerings.
    Hovering dragonfly-archangels presiding.
    Squirrel and chipmunk deacons assisting.
    Cicadas chanting ineffable liturgies from verdant palisades.
    Acolyte bees performing sacred rites upon wildflower alters.
    Irridescent beetles reflecting heavenly hues into my soul.
    Fellow-pilgrim ants leading the way to the promised land."

    ~Krael~

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  • "Listen Closely" -- Anonymous, 09:57:10 06/28/01 Thu [1]
    "Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely."

    ~From The Land Before Time

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  • "All Is Beautiful" -- Anonymous, 09:47:39 06/28/01 Thu [1]
    "This covers it all,
    The Earth and the Most High Power Whose Ways Are Beautiful.
    All is beautiful before me,
    All is beautiful behind me,
    All is beautiful below me,
    All is beautiful around me.

    This covers it all,
    The Skies and the Most High Power Whose Ways are Beautiful.
    All is beautiful."

    ~ Navajo prayer and chant ~

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  • "We Can Find Sermons In Stone" -- Anonymous, 09:38:38 06/28/01 Thu [1]
    This is God's World...
    His Name of Wonder is etched on every snowflake...
    And is silhoutted by the triumph of each sunrise...
    Every flower is a beautiful sign to us...
    That our world is God's World...
    By the fullness of Heaven and Earth...
    We know God...
    Who else but God---in His Infinite Wisdom---
    Would stretch rivers like silver ribbons...
    Across the continents...
    Or gently lay green blankets across the rolling hills...
    Only God could conceive the enormous sundown...
    That vaults the horizon in awsome Majesty...
    Only God could pierce the sky with stars...
    That we might look into His Heaven...
    And the world God has made is a Holy place...
    It is His own Cathedral...
    Filled with birds singing anthems of praise...
    Graced with the ritual of the changing seasons...
    God's World is full of knowledge and inspiration...
    We can find sermons in stone...
    There are pathways to follow that lead away from self...
    And close to the heart of God...
    Yes, this is God's World...
    A world that He has fashioned for us...
    And just as the moon reflects...
    The brilliance and splendor of the sun...
    So can our lives reflect the power and glory...
    The joy and beauty of God...
    In whose image we are created.

    ~Author Unknown~

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  • Three Blessings From The Spirit -- Anonymous, 22:15:11 06/27/01 Wed [1]
    May you who read
    these words receive
    three blessings from the Spirit.

    Receive faith, in mind and body,
    to nurture a sense of infinite love.

    Receive silence, to make your soul
    vast and spacious home for the Most high.

    Receive strength, to cultivate relationships
    filled with justice, mercy and peacemaking.

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  • Be The Living Expression Of God's Kindness -- Anonymous, 22:12:05 06/27/01 Wed [1]
    "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."

    ~ Mother Teresa ~

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  • Seek... -- Anonymous, 22:08:03 06/27/01 Wed [1]

    Do not seek to follow the footsteps of the men of old. Seek what they sought.

    ~ Basho ~

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  • Prayer to Mother Nuit -- Anonymous, 20:51:13 06/25/01 Mon [1]
    O my mother Nuit, stretch your wings over me.
    Let me become like the imperishable stars,
    like the indefatigable stars.
    May Nut extend her arms over me and her name of
    "She who extends her arms",
    chases away the shadows,
    and makes the light shine everywhere.
    O Great Being who is in the world of the Dead,
    At whose feet is Eternity,
    In whose hand is the always,
    Come to me,
    O great divine beloved Soul,
    who is in the mysterious abyss,
    Come to me.

    ~Ancient Egyptian prayer

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  • O Breathing Life -- Anonymous, 20:37:09 06/25/01 Mon [1]
    O Breathing Life, your Name shines everywhere!
    Release a space to plant your Presence here.
    Envision your "I can" now.
    Embody your desire in every light and form.
    Grow through us this moment's bread and wisdom.
    Untie the knots of failure binding us,
    as we release the strands we hold of others' faults.
    Help us not forget our Source,
    yet free us from not being in the Present,
    From you arises every Vision, Power and Song
    from gathering to gathering.
    Amen-
    May your future actions grow from here!

    ~Aramaic version of the Lord's Prayer found in the Peshitta version of the Gospels

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  • First Day Of Summer -- Anonymous, 12:35:09 06/22/01 Fri [1]

    Dawn Of Summer

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  • Deep Peace -- Anonymous, 12:27:43 06/22/01 Fri [1]
    Deep Peace


    Deep Peace of the running wave to you.

    Deep Peace of the flowing air to you.

    Deep Peace of the quiet earth to you.

    Deep Peace of the shining stars to you.

    Deep Peace of the gentle night to you.

    Moon and Stars pour their healing light on you.

    Deep Peace to you.

    ~Gaelic Blessing

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  • The Stream -- Anonymous, 10:50:38 06/19/01 Tue [1]
    "There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word. Certainly there is a right for you that needs no choice on your part. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows through your life. Then, without effort, you are impelled to truth and perfect contentment."

    ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  • A Blessing To Serve -- Anonymous, 11:54:22 06/15/01 Fri [1]
    "May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, superficial relationships, so that you will live deep within your heart.

    May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people so that you will work for justice, equality and peace.

    May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you will reach out your hand to comfort them and change their pain into joy.

    And may God bless you with the foolishness to think that you can make a difference in the world, so that you will do the things which others tell you cannot be done."

    ~Author Unknown

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  • "As The Ocean" -- Anonymous, 11:48:25 06/15/01 Fri [1]

    "As the ocean giveth rise to springs, whose water return again into its bosom through the rivers, so runneth thy life force from the heart outwards, and so returneth into its place again."

    ~Akhenaton
    (c. B.C. 1375)

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  • Rising Moon (Tirra Lirra) -- Anonymous, 07:31:50 06/04/01 Mon [1]


    Rising Moon

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  • Be Praised -- Anonymous, 07:26:04 06/04/01 Mon [1]
    Be praised, my Lord, with all Your creatures,
    Especially Brother Sun,
    By whom You bring us the day and who brings us the light;
    Fair is he and shines with a very great splendor...
    Be praised, my Lord, for Sister Moon and the stars, which you have set clear and lovely in heaven.
    Be praised, my Lord, for Brother Wind, and for air and cloud, calms and all weather...
    Be praised, my Lord, for Sister Water, who is very useful and humble and precious and clean.
    Be praised my Lord for Brother Fire, through whom You give us light in darkness, and he is bright and pleasant and very mighty and strong.
    Be praised, my Lord, for our Sister Mother Earth, who sustains us and keep us, and brings forth fruits and flowers of many colors and leaves...
    Praise and bless my Lord, and thank Him,
    And serve Him with great humility.

    ~St. Francis of Assisi

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  • Choosing Courage -- Anonymous, 07:08:50 06/04/01 Mon [1]
    Choosing Courage

    Turn me toward the light.
    Uncover the choices that flourish
    When I relinquish my yesterdays.

    Turn me toward the light.
    Unveil the hopes that grow
    When I face my realities.

    Turn me toward today.
    Turn me to a vision of possibilities,
    That denies apprehensions.

    Turn me toward today.
    Turn me to this moment of extension,
    That opens old constrictions.

    Before me You place iridescence
    To soften brittle sorrows.
    Let me rest on the cushion of Your care,
    Comforted by Your regard.

    Beside me You heap soft pillows
    To ease ancient grief.
    Bolster my courage with Your kindness
    As You support my head.

    Stretch the stiff limbs of my confusion,
    And let me rise, renewed,
    To turn into Your light.

    ~Debbie Perlman
    A Psalmist For Our Times

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  • Peace -- Anonymous, 06:57:46 06/04/01 Mon [1]
    Peace

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  • Never Walk Alone -- Anonymous, 23:45:39 06/03/01 Sun [1]


    Never Walk Alone

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  • love -- Anonymous, 14:50:34 05/31/01 Thu [1]
    vibrate love and light

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