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I just started browsing a little book called “What is Spirit?”,edited by Lexie Brockway Potamkin. It’s a collection of answers to that question by numerous artists,philosophers,shamans,religious leaders,political leaders and common people. Around the world I’m sure there are as many definitions as grains of sand on the beach. I [...]  Spirit is a powerful realization that despite our fragile and finite lives it is possible to live deeply through each moment,always carving a path toward loving forgiveness and hope. The path of spirit is never easy,and takes courage and patience. Once tapped,its power can reveal strength,purpose,creativity and love. What does it mean to be fully present? Many religions and spiritual practices refer to the idea. But it is not necessary to follow any particular practice to acquire the awareness and skill to be present. Yet that skill is useful in becoming more fully human. However,the task is not so easy as it [...] High up on the eighth floor the view spreads a smorgasbord of warm golds,tangerines and greens,lit by bronze back-light across the dream. He could almost smell that odd burnt Fall bouquet through the plate glass picture wall. His world held a long,slow major chord. The spacious room flooded with natural light. (this [...] I see an incomprehensibly vast universe,perhaps “breathing”by expansion and contraction to a single point over trillions of years;a universe in which I barely exist,but which I am unbelievably lucky and blessed to be able to experience and be aware of. Outside that universe,I cannot even imagine what could be. I [...] |  | |||||
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