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Wholeness is a process rather than a static state: it is not an end to the journey but the journey itself.

Remembering our ancestors gives life to ourselves and also to them, for we are our ancestors and they are us.

(My office hosted a group of Tibetan monks, who made a mandala in our Fishbowl Room at the USC Office of Religious Life. I watched them create it over the course of a week, and then watched as they ritually destroyed it in an elaborate ceremony. As I watched them sweep their creation away, I wept for mother, who had died the week before. After 88 years of creating her life, it was swept away like the sand of the mandala.)

To look into the eyes of your beloved is to experience a mystery which the eye cannot discern.
There is no second hand mystery. Descriptions of it are a poor substitute for the experience.

Leader: Holy God of surprises,
we hear you call us to a new way of being.

O Dear One, we strain forward to meet you now in the silence of prayer; we press ahead, reaching for you, and as we do we notice those things that create the tension we feel between us and you.

This behavior-over-belief curriculum connects children with their own inner wisdom.  It teaches interdependence, self awareness, respect for nature, stillness, forgiveness, prayer, meditation, and integrity.  Using the Bible and other wisdom stories, A Joyful Path helps children learn how to follow the path of Jesus, other teachers, and real life heroes in today’s world.

Behind the words the actions, behind the actions the mystery. The Eucharist is a prism through which we can view the painful and joyful realities of life.

Beyond the encounter with the historic Jesus is the meeting with the Inner Christ.

1. It is a wise person who knows their ignorance.
2. You can never grasp all of the mystery.
You can only allow yourself to be grasped by it.

My agitation cannot rest, my busy mind is not attentive; hope evades me. Gloom fills darkness and dawn does not dispel my plight.

New images arise out of the death of old images so do not be afraid of the wilderness or of the dying.

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” ~Meister Eckhart

1. Every apparently static order is but a temporary illusion.
2. The illusion of the order and the reality of the chaos.

Practice noticing what is humorous and on reflection you will be able to fill your life with laughter.

O God, our lives are like a journey, and this Small Group experience has been like a wayside inn where we have paused to be refreshed and reinvigorated for the next stage.

May awareness be my companion, love my friend and amazement my expectation.

Whatever our beliefs may be or holiday meals that we celebrate, I hope that these “transfaith” blessings may help to nurture focus and gratitude.