For a few minutes during filming the Global Sadhana "The Illuminated Path" videos, Ashana played the crystal singing bowls for us so we could relax. Under the powerful gaze of Mt. Shasta, Ramdesh Kaur began to meditate quietly to hold space. It was all captured on film...

Our Good is born in purity As we awaken, each short day This Good survives through struggles, Tackles fears Faces tests Within the loud affray

Something really bothers me Lord You said that we have to be like little children But I’ve just come from my sister’s house And my little nephew was there And he was having a right tantrum

God is a verb Living within you and me Fleshing our flesh Rejoicing our joy Crying our sorrow And empowering us to swim upstream.

There once was an extraordinary young man born in Nazareth centuries before airplanes, cars, or computers but a man in many ways similar to you and I.

Nothing lasts forever in the same form.

Worship is a 'receipt' given to God in return for the divine gifts of life which we receive.... It is an artful response to our awe and wonderment at the miracle of creation which surrounds us.....

We live in a society were many older people feel put out to grass – no longer useful All: Help us to live life in all its fullness

The professor and mountaineer Ernest Gellner told of how he once became lost. No matter how he tried to follow his map, he could not find his way down the mountain. Then he realized that his map was of the wrong mountain.

Remembering our ancestors gives life to ourselves and also to them, for we are our ancestors and they are us.

What would happen if I took my heavy insecurities and slashed them into pieces sewing them back together into a lightweight, carefree cardigan?

What went wrong? Oh, what went wrong? I sought to be humble But boasted

To look into the eyes of your beloved is to experience a mystery which the eye cannot discern. There is no second hand mystery. Descriptions of it are a poor substitute for the experience.

THEME Two Faces of the One God –the One Life Force THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION 1. Darkness is the womb of the light, nothingness the womb of all things.

THEME The path to destruction and the path to new life.

1. Imagination is the midwife of compassion. 2. Compassion belongs more to the gut than to the heart or the head. 3. Compassion is sharing the passion of the other as well as walking in their shoes.

Our senses and our use of them are part of God's creation. To attempt to deny our senses is as much an insult to God as is the misuse of them.

THEME Healthy and Unhealthy Use of Power The superior/inferior relationship which produces the victim mentality does violence to both parties.

Peace of mind does not come through struggling to stop thinking, but through focusing the mind on some particular thought or object, and especially on the rhythm of our breathing.

Faith in goodness leads to serenity, where peace with quiet flows. With faith I can cease being a hostage in the jail of fear and grief, and escape the prison of what went wrong.

THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION 1. Evolution is a law of life not just of biology. 2. Only the mystery is permanent. All other apparent permanence is illusion.

Part 2 of Sacred Energy (Mass of the Universe) contains the complete text of the mass

The idea of a second coming of Christ is a mystery, if not explicitly controversial. Jesus’ followers apparently believed he would return during their lifetime after he was crucified. When that didn’t happen, later followers gradually changed the belief into an indefinite “someday.” After two thousand years of waiting, most Christians no longer look for it to happen in their lifetimes and acknowledge that Jesus may have been speaking metaphorically about his return. It is just as likely that those words were put into Jesus’ mouth by the gospel writers themselves. Wishful thinking?

The terms faith and beliefs are sometimes used interchangeably, but I think it is useful to make a distinction between them. Beliefs are things you think are true, like “I believe in God.” “I believe that there is life after death.” These are improvable opinions (or they would be accepted by all as “facts”). A list can be made of beliefs.

CLEAR is what I want to feel and be when it comes to something that means as much to me as FAITH. I want to be at peace with what I believe and choose to say and do, with regard to my way of living in faith. I want to own it whole-heartedly. I don’t want to apologize or make excuses for beliefs that don’t make sense, saying things like, “You just have to take that in faith. Someday it will make sense to me, even if it doesn’t now. God’s ways are not our ways.” With Clear Faith, I am at peace.

Sing a new love song; for in every moment, compassion does marvelous things: its power dissipates hate and revenge. Compassion creates contagious miracles

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.

A candle is burning yellow near the rail of an altar In the church setting its flame will likely not falter

Look at me! Check it out! I am grinning like a kid again! I am one with the world in a flow of wonder! Land, sea and sky join in my delight

Lord Jesus, whom we call Christ, hear our prayer: We have finished the book. Were you here, reading over our shoulders? Listening to our comments? What do you think?