Poetry: Oceans

Oceans by Juan Ramon Jimenez
(translated by Robert Bly)
I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
And nothing
happens! Nothing…Silence…Waves…
–Nothing happens? Or has everything happened,
and [...]

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Unlived potentials

“There is a story from India, the Ramayana, that relates one individual’s journey through life and his gradual enlightenment. In a notable episode Rama the King is holding court during the morning hours. In those good old days when the king sat on his throne to hold court, anyone in the kingdom could come and [...]

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Reframing

“There’s a wonderful story set in medieval times in which a man sees a laborer walking by with a wheelbarrow and asks what he is doing. “Can’t you see, I’m pushing a wheelbarrow,” the laborer replies. Another man comes by doing the same thing and he, too, is asked, “What are you doing?” He replies, [...]

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The God of something more

Fri, 18 July 2008. I attended St. Andrew’s Junior College’s 31st Commendation of Student Councillors at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. There Pastor Eugene Seow was asked to deliver the sermon for the event and I applaud Pastor Eugene for his fine delivery. By God’s grace, I shedded tears in the knowledge and affirmation that the God [...]

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The train ride

for your viewing pleasure http://pixiesplace.com/trainride/
click The Train Ride

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The “beam” in one’s eye, the “speck” in another’s

“Those inferior personality traits submerged in unconsciousness Jung called the shadow, “the thing a person has no wish to be”, “the sum of all those unpleasant qualities” from which one attempts to hide. The shadow, that which we reject in ourselves, may contain elements of evil and also highly positive elements. However, when the negative [...]

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Pray as you go

I found a fabulous site where you can download daily prayer meditations based on Scripture onto your MP3. Alternatively, you can download the meditations onto your PC or laptop. What’s nice about the download is that you get music, Scripture of the day, and help with meditation. Why not make it a point to start [...]

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Video-Mary Did You Know (The Passion of Christ)

view the touching video and listen to the beautiful song. Pax.

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