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At the completion of reading The Odyssey in a Christuman book group, a concluding remark was made: "Live the vision the gods have for you." 

When you set off on the right path, the gods will walk with you and help you. If your vision is pure, you will see the gods helping you. 

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Athena says, at the end of the journey, when Odysseus is about to go berserk, "Odysseus, command yourself." 

Remember your vision; keep faith with your vision. Command yourself to do the right thing, the thing that is on the sacred path you have been given. The right thing, your Soul's Errand is primary, everything else that might be an impediment or a distraction must be cast away.                          

Ben Leichtling

On This Day…

Hindu Dasara: celebration of the victory of good over evil. Prayers are said and food offerings to the gods are made in homes and temples, and outdoor fairs and parades held which prominently feature effigies of the demon, Ravana. These effigies are burned each evening on great bonfires.

Leigh Hunt born in 1784 in London, died 1859: critic, essayist, poet remembered for: Abou Ben Adhem, Jenny Kissed Me and A Night Rain in Summer
Quotes: “Colors are the smiles of nature.” “The groundwork of all happiness is health.” 

John Le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell) born in 1931 in Poole, England:  famous for his novels of espionage and for his character George Smiley, such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Quotes: “A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.” “Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.”