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Love your enemy – Part Trois
Yes, I know that the Boston Marathon bomber caused terrible death, injury, mayhem, and a huge cost for all that was done to find him… But I find in myself a concern for his well-being. I hope he recovers and … Continue reading
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Heart Work
As the Rabbis put it (Berakot 29b): Prayer which has become so set that it no longer permits of creative newness, has ceased to be devotional. Isaiah 43.19 records these words of Yahweh: I am about to do a new … Continue reading
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Taking Everything to Heart
Who burns with the bliss And suffers the sorrow Of every creature Within his own heart, Making his own Each bliss and each sorrow: Him I hold highest Of all the saints. Bagavad Gita
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Why do the protesters keep saying “Allahu Akbar”?
A beautiful discussion at the website, LIBYA 17th February 2011, starts with the question above and an answer by CanadianLibyan who wrote: The words “Allahu akbar” have, unfortunately, acquired a sinister connotation. All they mean is “God is great” or … Continue reading
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Veneration of the Name
Think of the importance of “naming”. Of what a name means. How we rely on that as way of referring to someone or something. As a means of “calling” or “being called”. Veneration of “Ha-Shem” (The Name) is already a … Continue reading
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A heart crushed and broken
The psalmist meditates on prayer: 16 For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt-offering, you would not be pleased. 17 The sacrifice acceptable to God* is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, … Continue reading
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Akathist of Thanksgiving
Image of a heart open to God: Prayer opens us up to the Divine Heart within. A place from which prayer wells up from deep within us – even unbidden. This is a Mystery. The Presence of Holy Mystery – … Continue reading
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Were not our hearts burning within us
The numinous speaks to our hearts through story, events, sacred writing, sacred icons, though holy people and holy places, but also through what seem to be ordinary events, events which suddenly, mysteriously, disclose the transcendent in our midst. And having … Continue reading
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The Voice of the Lord Strips the Forests Bare
Lift up your hearts: We lift them up to the Lord:
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Coming attractions
The poem whose title inspired this blog. This blog is about seeking the inner heart. In Orthodoxy it’s called Hesychasm. The practice is thought to predate even Christianity since many Eastern Traditions speak of the Heart as the Abode of … Continue reading
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Heart Streams in Dry Land 