~QUANYIN~ 

                     The Universal Body of All Awakening as One.
                What is not the Awakening ?
                Nothing is not the Awakening for All is of the Awakening.
              If, the essence of these Teachings, that is, the Awakening,
                is realized through contemplation of all,
                then the Awakening is of all !
               The Universal Body of all Awakening as One is within YOU too !
              The undiscovered territory, the infinite reaches
                 of our Awakening is only awaiting us to Unfold.
             

              So often we try to compartmentalize our spirituality
           and therefore (hopefully) keep it under control.
           Our spirituality is much more all-encompassing
           than many of us care to admit.
          Everything we do flows from ourselves as spiritual beings.
           When we make decisions, our spirituality is there.
             When we interact at work, our spirituality is there.
           When we wash our dishes our spirituality is there.
             So often we have tried to remove our spiritual selves
                from our daily selves because we equated spirituality with saintliness,
                 and we did not always want saintliness interfering with our daily lives.
            It is only when we recognise that all that we do is spiritual,
              that we can let our spirituality inform our humanity.
          --author unknown--
                      

              THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH


                  1. RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
         2. RIGHT ASPIRATION
3. RIGHT SPEECH
     4. RIGHT CONDUCT
       5. RIGHT VOCATION
6. RIGHT EFFORT
       7. RIGHT ALERTNESS
                   8. RIGHT CONCENTRATION

                       I Love You my brother, whoever you are,
               Whether You worship in your Church,
                             kneel in your Temple, or pray in your Mosque,

                    You and I are all children of one faith,
                      for the diverse paths of religion are fingers
                   of the loving hand of one Supreme Being,
                          A hand extended to all, offering completeness
                of Spirit to all, eager to recieve all.
             Kahlil Gibran

             The following words were written on the tomb of an Anglican
          bishop in the crypts of Westminister Abbey:
            

                    When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,
                 I dreamed of changing the world.
                As I grew older and wiser, I  discovered the world would not change,
                        so I shortened my sights  somewhat 
                                       and decided to change only my country.                
                  But it too seemed immovable.
                    As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt,
                      I settled for changing only family, those closest to me,
                    but alas, they would have none of it.
                          And now as I lay on my deathbed, I suddenly realize:
                        If I had only changed myself first,
                           then by example I would have changed my family.
                  From their inspiration and encouragement,
                 I would then have been able to better my country and, who knows,
                     I may have even changed the world.
                    Anonymous
                 

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