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Every Faith

Every faith

has a different view

of the same Divine Reality;

Every heart

has a different way

of feeling

the One Love;

Every mind

has a different way

of understanding

the One Truth;

And every face

is a different form

of the

One

Divine Face.

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One Face

 

I had a dream. 

The symbols of many faiths

were spinning in a bright blue sky. 

One by one

they attached themselves to each other. 

When they all connected

to one another

they turned transparent. 

They formed a large multifaceted crystalline structure. 

A white light filled the sky

and its rays penetrated the crystal. 

Suddenly a brilliant rainbow

rippled through the crystal

and I saw the image of a face. 

I cannot say if the face was male or female,

young or old,

black or white;

It was a faceless face,

one of pure light.

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Song of Songs

(An adaptation of “The Song of Songs” by Abraham Isaac Kook)

  

There is one who sings 

the song of his soul

discovering in his soul everything.

There is one who sings 

the song of his people

probing the inwardness of their spirit

with the wisdom of love.

There is one who sings 

the song of humanity

drawing deep reflection and vision

from the spring of the human spirit.

There is one who expands even further

until he unites with all existence,

with all creatures, with all worlds,

singing a song with them all.

And there is one who ascends 

with all these songs in unison,

the song of the soul,

the song of the nation,

the song of humanity,

and the song of the cosmos,

resounding together, 

blending in harmony,

circulating the sap of life 

and the holy sound of joy.

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Be One in Me

 Oh face of Death, 

be one in me

Oh eyes of Life, 

be one in me

Oh voice of the Father, 

be one in me

Oh heart of the Mother, 

be one in me

Oh arms of Abraham, 

be one in me

Oh hands of Christ, 

be one in me

Oh fingers of Mohammed, 

be one in me

Oh breath of Krishna, 

be one in me

Oh belly of the Buddha, 

be one in me

Yin Yang of the Tao, 

be one in me

Roots of the Earth, 

be one in me

Waves of the Sea, 

be one in me

Oh Rays of the Sun, 

be one in me

Names of the Eternal,

be One in me.

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Original Gravity

 When I integrate 

the different levels

of my inner and outer life,

I find myself entrained

in a glorious and miraculous

cosmic dance,

in harmony with all that is within

and all that is without,

from the tiniest atom

to the great expanses of the universe,

I am held by a field of original gravity,

a force that feels at once

of ancient origin

and of a continually unfolding newness,

unique and original,

and together all of me

and all of creation is

balanced,

integrated,

complete

and in orbit

around

the planet of being-ness.

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Nothing to Forgive

 

It is easy to forgive

When you know

there is nothing to forgive;

It is easy to love

when you know

Love

is all there is.

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I Dream of a Jerusalem of Peace

 I dream of a Jerusalem of Peace . . .

A city of the world,

Not belonging to any one nation;

A city of God,

Equally governed by the servants of the one God,

Adonai, 

Heavenly Father, 

Allah;

A city of Heaven,

Where the sacredness of life

Is valued above the possession of land.

I dream of a Jerusalem of Peace . . .

I dream of a forgiven city

Where brothers and sisters of the three paths

Put down their swords

And remember their kinship.

I dream of a city of light

Where ancient fear and hatred

Is transformed into love.

I dream of a Holy city

For all humanity

Where the temples of all faiths

Are rebuilt in the name of the

One God of many names.

I dream of a Jerusalem

Of heart,

Of spirit,

Of freedom.

I dream of a Jerusalem of Peace.

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Prayer Against Terror

 Oh Force of Life, 

Seat of Consciousness,

Great Spirit, 

Earth Mother,

Brahman, 

Tao, 

Buddha-Mind,

Adonai, 

Christ-Light, 

Allah,

Light Within All Hearts,

Nameless Source of Being,

We pray to you

In our moment of grief 

and confusion 

and anger

That you may bring

strength to the rescuers,

peace to those souls lost to life,

healing to the wounded,

solace to the grief-stricken,

remorse to the perpetrators,

resolve to the investigators,

wisdom to our leaders,

and justice to the world;

 Take this fear from our hearts

and from the hearts of our children,

Take this hatred and anger and prejudice

out of the soul of all humanity.

Let the light of forgiveness shine

into all the dark corners of our minds and

Let the awareness of our unity fill our being.

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Tree of Life

 O Tree of Life,

It is said that you stood at the center 

of the Garden of Delight,

radiating your beauty and life force to the world.

The Celts listened to the ancient memories 

hidden in your depths.

The Buddha found truth 

beneath your towering reach.

You give us the air with which we breathe

and breathe in the carbon of our sighs;

Your deep roots hold the earth together;

You are a canopy of shade in the heat of summer,

a multicolored canvas of whispering beauty in the fall,

a sculpture of naked truth in the stark winter,

and a blossoming symbol in the reborn spring.

O Tree of Life,

When I was a child I felt your power,

but slowly I lost touch with your truth.

I have taken your air to breathe and eaten your fruit;

I have used your body to build my shelters, 

to write my songs and spread my news.

I have cut you down and ravaged 

your grand forest cathedrals,

and only now have I begun to realize 

that it is myself that I have forgotten

and my own life that I am destroying.

O Tree of Life,

I have been given the gift

of remembering your presence 

and our unbreakable bond.

Though I am filled with the tears of remorse

for the years I have spent reaping 

your blessings without awareness

and abusing the gifts of your great spirit,

I am grateful for the chance to harvest your gifts 

with honor and balance

and save the life that we share.

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The Divine Sky

 Your horizon gives us our dreams,

Your canopy of light 

guides us through our days,

Your blanket of stars 

gently brings us rest,

When we are cold, 

your sun gives us warmth,

When we are dry, 

your clouds give us rain,

You are a home for eagles to fly,

You reflect the vastness of infinity

and you are a constant reminder of change,

yet there is always

LIGHT

In the daylight sun,

In the reflecting moon 

hanging in the dark,

In the flashes of lightning 

amidst the storm,

And in the inspiration that lives

in the endless divine sky

within every heart.

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Divine Friend

 O Divine Friend

You are always with me

When I awaken in the morning

As I walk down the crowded street

Or when I lay my head to sleep.

I see you in this moment

And all the moments past

And those yet to come.

 O Divine Friend

Though we seem to be miles apart

We travel together

As two spirits upon the ark of peace

Sailing stormy seas and calm tranquil oceans

Together

In friend-ship Divine

And when we reach the shore

We will join the Oneness

And forever be

Together

One.

 O Divine Friend

I send you a blessing of light

With each sunrise

I send you peace and serenity

With each night fall

And to you and all our loved ones

I send my love and my friendship Divine.

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A Time of Thanksgiving

 This is a time of Thanksgiving

A time of gratitude for the harvest

of body,

of heart,

of mind

and of spirit.

We give thanks for the sustenance

our bodies receive from

the food of the earth,

We give thanks for the joy

we receive from

the beauty of the earth,

We give thanks for the inspiration

we receive from

the wonders of the earth

And most of all

We give thanks for

the Great Spirit

whose presence

permeates all of the earth.

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On This Day of Thanksgiving

 We are grateful for all of life’s blessings,

those that we are aware of 

and those that we are not.

We are grateful 

for the blessing of life,

that pulses through all of creation,

from the greatest to the smallest,

from the farthest to the nearest.

On this day of Thanksgiving,

we express our gratitude

for all that we have received.

On this day of Thanksgiving,

we remember the kindness 

of our fellow beings

and hold them with honor.

On this day of Thanksgiving,

we pray for healing and forgiveness

for those moments of gratitude

that have been missed along the way.

On this day of Thanksgiving,

we ask for forgiveness 

from the great peoples

of the Native American Nations

that first welcomed us to this land