Ernesto Sirolli talks about how best to help others.
We need to take a different look at what help means to us and others.
Namaste,
Cricket
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Inspiration
UU thoughts, sermons, music
Meditation on Loneliness
Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you. – Carl Jung
Here is an article about the Six Kinds of Loneliness.
Namaste,
Cricket
Meditation on Sacred
According to Merriam Webster the definition of sacred is
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a : dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity b : devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose)
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2a : worthy of religious veneration : b : entitled to reverence and respect
Universal Rhythm Benediction By Israel Buffardi
My friends, when you go from here know that our hearts are always in a holy place, for we are always connected to one another.
Know that deep down, our hearts beat in one universal rhythm.
May we each find the sacred space to hear it.
May focusing on what is sacred remind us all that we are sacred.
Namaste,
Cricket
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Meditation on Understanding
The Peace not Past Understanding by Gary Kowalski
We are all searching for understanding in the world. We are all searching for peace. May this help us get one step closer.
Namaste,
Cricket
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Meditation on Freedom
Meditation on Memory
Meditations on Dance
Breathe. Watch. Sing. Dance.
Namaste,
Cricket
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Meditation on Mistakes
Here is a sermon from Rev. Elizabeth A. Lerner titled “Mistakes I Wish I had Made”. I hope this helps us all think about mistakes in new and different ways.
Namaste,
Cricket
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Meditation on Beauty
May these stories by Christopher Buice, “The Beauty Contest” and “The Beautiful Tiger, help us all to see past reflections and ideals to see real beauty.
Also, The closing hymn, blessing, and musical blessing at Sunday service on April 3, 2011. The hymn is “For The Beauty Of The Earth,” performed by the UU St. Pete Adult Choir and Handbell Ringers. Rev. Alec Craig.
Namaste,
Cricket
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Meditation on Dreams
Harlem
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes, “Harlem” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.
Source: Selected Poems of Langston Hughes (Random House Inc., 1990)
The Dream we haven’t Dared to Dream by Dan Pallotta
May listening to the podcast from TED2016 and meditating on the poem by Langston Hughes help you focus on what it means to dream, what your dreams are, what our dreams are, and what dreams you have left behind.
Namaste,
Cricket
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