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                                                                 But where is her world? ~aw

Thich Nhat Hahn quote

To be fully with ourselves now is more important than ever. We are being separated from ourselves without our consent by forces we could not, in earlier times, have even imagined. Though it is true that humans do horrific harm to each other and to our world, there are overwhelming numbers of humans who are utterly precious. Learning to meditate, to reclaim ourselves, is to bow to the gift they are to our lives.~aw

Thich Nhat Hahn

To be fully with ourselves now is more important than ever. We are being separated from ourselves without our consent by forces we could not, in earlier times, have even imagined. Though it is true that humans do horrific harm to each other and to our world, there are overwhelming numbers of humans who are utterly precious. Learning to meditate, to reclaim ourselves, is to bow to the gift they are to our lives.~aw

Sharing Videos: Chris Hedges“The Genocide in Gaza” & Douglas McGregor “45k US tanks 2k bombs:

This is awareness and honesty; seeing who is in the mirror. ~aw Will even intelligence, experience, and truth save us? Who listens anymore? And yet: how grateful we are to hear from a mature, thoughtful, well educated, and sick to death of meaningless conflict, grownup. Bowing. And wishing this teacher as Merry a Christmas as is possible under the circumstances.~aw

Children of the World, Unite!

    Continue to believe in yourselves.  That you have a right not to be bombed, for instance, anywhere on earth.  Or starved. Money wasted on weapons while children starve and mothers are forced to deliver more children to a world that abuses them is insane. Keep raising your voices. You are seen, honored, and loved.~aw Facts About Child Hunger in America There is no possible excuse for children to go hungry in this country. Yet it happens – every day, in every community. According to the latest...

Children of the World, Unite

Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker, born December 2, 1912

Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker, born December 2, 1912, in her garden where some of her flowers  (especially dahlias) grew taller than she was.  Beside her is a framed painting by John Asante Harris, age 4, who painted it as a gift to me, during a visit.   My mother loved children and would have loved John Asante’s painting.  The ceremony above – indicating my transition to a new stage in Life: that of Infinite Retreat – represents over sixty years of work  inspired hugely by the spirit of this wom...

Only Love Can Take Us Home

The House Where My Soul Lives, a Biography of Margaret Walker by Maryemma Graham

This biography of the extraordinary writer, poet, humanist and scholar Margaret Walker (Alexander) is one for the ages.  It is unlikely there will ever be an offering about her life to match what Maryemma Graham has accomplished in this complex and seemingly complete study of Walker’s exceptionally creative and varied life. Among other gifts, we are invited to understand more fully the richness and variety of Southern life, specifically academic, scholarly, and poetic life in the worlds of Alaba...

Audiograms: Introductions to books by Alice Walker – Meridian & Temple of My Familiar