How much could our souls expand if we abandoned our pursuit of the enemy image? What if we worked on liberating the shadow, the unknown artist who paints the enemy image for us?
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Dear God, my prayer's a simple one
Teach me the meaning of "Shalom"
that perfect peace may come to me
for days that passed, and days to be.
Give love of honest work to do
Then peace when needed tasks are through,
great calm that rests and see repose
when sun has set and shadows close.
Direct our hands
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I have been averting my eyes and ears from the news and television dramas for a few years now. The tragic news always makes its way to me and I sit with it in meditation. I have practiced Tonglen meditation which is a Buddhist practice of deep empathy with self and others. Another strategy for relating to the news that I've tried is honoring the needs of others. A third way is
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