Meditation The Art Of Inner Listening

All of the great world religions contain a mystical or meditative tradition. This tradition emphasizes the importance of daily reflection as a direct method for realizing an unmediated experience of the true nature of existence.

In Buddhism meditation is viewed as the central spiritual practice,   Please meditate on this video by one of my favorite teachers, Jack Kornfield.

Today, I take the time to listen to my inner voice. - Namaste.

And So It Is! 

Is Life An Existential Bummer?

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas

Lighting The Flames of Faith / A Call To Service

We perform this ceremony at the start of Sunday service to promote the universal consciousness of Life which acknowledges that all peoples and all faiths, all sentient beings, come from the One Great Universal Presence, which we call Spirit. Fundamental to this truth is the unifying nature of all Religious thought and experience, which we honor here today.

• We light the candle for the Tao,  honoring the universal path of harmony and equilibrium, The Natural Way.
• We light the candle for the Shamanic Traditions, honoring the beliefs and practices of all indigenous peoples, The way of Primal Spirituality.
• We light the candle for Hinduism, honoring the path of knowledge, action, and devotion.
• We light the candle for Judaism, honoring the ethical path of living by sacred law.
• We light the candle for all forms of Buddhism, honoring the Four Noble Truths and the path of compassion.
• We light the candle for all forms of Christianity, honoring the Christ Consciousness as the path of love. 
• We light the candle for all forms of Islam, honoring the path of compliance with the will of God as the highest calling.
• We light the candle for the universalistic religion of Baha'i, honoring the path of unity and peace.
• As we light the last candle, let it represent the path that brought you here today.