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phinnia posted a link to an LJ post that thoroughly resonates with my beliefs about karma and morality. It is well worth the read.I saw this article posted on
phinnia's lj. It made me weep. I cry for each and every person out there who has no time for beauty. As the article suggests at one point, they are indeed ghosts. I feel that it is less important to be cogs in the many money-making machines than it is to really, honestly live.
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The Minister at First Universalist gave out a packet of 40 meditations for Lent. I know
dawnstar expressed interest in them. I figured it might be interesting to share them here. 
( online class tech rant )
I think the only thing that balances this out is knowing I had some kick-ass questions to the physics professor today about mystical connections with physical cosmology. That class is fun, and it goes surprisingly well with the Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance seminar.
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dawnstar and ecwoodburnBy the way... Is it OK to swerve slightly as the sudden urge toward teary laughter swells if one gets a moment of satori while driving an automobile? Just wondering...
"Everyone has a song. God gives us each a song. That's how we know who we are. Our song tells us who we are."
--Charlie Knight, UTE
As we start to walk the Red Road and as we develop ourselves as Warriors, a song will come to us. This song is given to each of us from the Great Spirit. Whenever we sing this song, we will receive courage and strength not only for ourselves but if we sing this song for others, it will also help them. The song will give us power and make us feel really good. The song will make us see life in a sacred way. If you don't have your song yet, ask the Creator in prayer if He will give you your song. With the song comes a responsibility - the responsibility to act and conduct oneself as a Warrior according to your song.
Oh my Creator, let me live my song. Let my song honor Your way of life. Let me sing my song each day. At the end of today, let my song tell people who I am. I am a beautiful child of the Creator.
-This is another from the CoAP list that I wanted to share.
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Here's another one of these from the CoAP list:
"Those who live for one another learn that love is the bond of perfect unity."
--Fools Crow, LAKOTA
To serve each other, to respect each other, to trust each other, to honor each other, to love each other, to cooperate with each other, to care for each other, to forgive one another, to focus on peoples' good, to laugh with one another, to learn from one another; to pray for each other - these are all acts of love. These values and actions will connect us to one another in the Unseen World. Nature is a good example of how we should get along with one another. Watch nature. She is our teacher. Nature lives to give to one another. The insects give to the birds who give to the four legged who give to the two legged. The Creator made all things perfect.
Oh Great Spirit, let me serve the people today. Let me see that it is better to give than it is to receive. Be with me today.
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I receive these from the Circle of All Paths mailing list. I like the message of this one.
"The mind's eye changes the way we judge things."
--Fools Crow, LAKOTA
"What you see is what you get." Our head has inside it a movie projector that projects out from our foreheads and shines on a screen a picture of our true thoughts. This is our reality. We can only see what we project (our beliefs). If we believe someone is a jerk, every time we see them we reflect our beliefs about what we think about that person and that is all we can see. Even if someone tells us this person is a kind, loving, caring, intelligent individual, we wouldn't be able to see it. If we change our belief about them, that person will change and so will our judgment about that person.
My Creator, let me realize the power of choice. Let me see the advantages of changing my beliefs. Today, if I am judging my brother, let me change my beliefs to acceptance. If my thoughts are of anger, let me change them to love. Let my eyes only see you in everything and every person.
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