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Programs:
Prayers
& Meditation
May
all beings of all kinds,
in all directions
be happy and at peace.
Above and below,
Near and far,
High and low.
All types of beings.
Humans and non-humans.
Seen and unseen.
All the animals, birds, and fishes.
All beings and creatures,
With no exceptions.
May they be happy.
May they be free. |
I
open my heart
And accept the loving kindness
Of every being and creature
In return.
I let that love into my heart.
And I share the benefits of this
meditation with every one. |
From
Seeding the Heart: Loving kindness Practice with Children
by Gregory Kramer
In
the Dine'/Navajo tradition, this prayer is said at the
beginning and end of ceremonies. Hozhozhi is called the
Beauty Way Ceremony and is defined as returning to balance
and harmony (as things were in the beginning of human
beings' existence on Mother Earth) and healing. It is
conducted over a patient, or patients, all night long
by a medicine person. Anyone can request that this ceremony
be conducted for the restoration of harmony. In this case,
the "patient" is our planet. We offer this prayer
for the healing of our Mother Earth (pause).
In
the beginning all was created beautiful.
Beauty above us,
Beauty below us,
Beauty to our left,
Beauty to our right,
Beauty before us,
Beauty behind us.
In Beauty it will be finished.
From
Pamela Meidell, www.atomicmirror.org
Our
deepest fear
is
not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear
is
that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light,
not
our darkness,
that
most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
who
am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous,
talented, fabulous?
Actually,
who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your
playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
so
that other people
won't
feel insecure around you.
We
were born to make manifest
The
glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us;
it's
in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we
unconsciously give other people
permission
to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our
presence automatically liberates others.
--Marianne Williamson (Quoted by Mandela in his Inaugural
speech)
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