Reflections on the oneness of God — and our interconnedtedness through love — as reflected in the Jewish prayer called the Shema
Oneness is not sameness. ― Lois Farfel Stark … Be my Oneness. — Maren Tirabassi … You the one in all, say who I am. Say I am You. — Rumi I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn’t exist except as a part of everything. — Alice Walker[…]
9/11 Reflections
Offered by one of our colleagues, local rabbi: WAGE PEACE by Judyth HillWage peace with your breath.Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds.Breathe in terroristsand breathe out sleeping children and freshly mown fields.Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees.Breathe in the fallen and breathe out lifelong[…]
Reflections on the name of God, written as YHWH, but replaced by ‘Adonai’ in spoken version of the Jewish prayer called the Shema, and other names for the Divine.
How I long to seeamong dawn flowers,the face of God.― Basho God’s name is not known; it is wondered at. — Gregory of Nyssa He is who He was, and He is also who He will be because the great I Am never steps out of the present tense. ― Tony Evans I am a[…]