The Christuman Way

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Remain for a year, a cycle of time, O Kausalya
And then from your great love of Brahman
Will come your quest for life everlasting.
Remain a year, a cycle of time,
And when the time comes
We will sepak of the Breath of life as it lives in the eye and the ear,
The nose and the mouth.
And how Breath sustains and enthuses: en-joys the fiery rose of the heart
With its seven hundred million petals of life.
That where there is joy there is life
And where there is life there is the breath.
And then you will know that spirit infuses what is imagined
That he who breathes deeply knows the rising of life
En-joy and one enjoys life eternal,
Know that what is deserved is what is desired
And you will know life everlasting
With no lack of offspring
They will be as the stars
For in fivefold division lies the world’s chance to be.

Teri H Martin

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St. Edbert: Biblical scholar and monk at Lindisfarne (d. 698 CE)

Randall Jarrell born 1914 in Nashville, Tennessee, died 1965: poet, literary critic, children’s author, essayist, novelist
Works: The Bat Poet, Pictures From an Institution, No Other Book
Quotes: “One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.” “A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.”

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Set aside your hopes, desires, dreams; wishing, wanting, needing, coveting, avoiding, seeking; goals, thinking, scheduling—and dive into joy. Set aside your pain, anger, spite, disillusioned trust, guilt, shame, resentment, despair—and dive into joy. Set aside your disappointment, appointment, sorrow, frustration—and dive into joy. Set aside your pleasure, succeeding, riches, renewal, restoration, friendship, delight, pride—and dive into joy. Set aside your safety, insurance, comfort, ease—and dive into joy. Set aside your truth, honor, right, righteousness, purity, loveliness, good repute, excellence, worthiness—and dive into joy. Set aside your tears, mortifications, purifications, sacrifices, holiness, awe, celebration—and dive into joy. Set aside your belief, faith, hope—and dive into joy. Set aside your fears—and dive into joy.    

Ben Leichtling

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St. Hilary: 5C Bishop of Arles

Tango-no-Sekku: Shinto day of community prayer for the well-being, protection and good health of the boys of the family

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Morning Prayer

I thank you, Lord
for this new day
the only day.

I pray the sun shine
illuminate and make clear my blessings
that I may thank Thee generously;

showing me the path at my feet, 
fueling my heart with courage to step,    

but first simply to stand upon it,
completely, purely in the moment
filled with joy.                                                                                                 

Donna Piper Leichtling

On This Day…

St. Athanasius (920-1000 CE): Greek monk who supervised 58 monasteries

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