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Playing for, Praying for Peace

12/26/2021 by Aruni

Playing for, Praying for Peace


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Peace, no matter what is happening.
Peace, no matter the moment.
Not fancy-schmancy peace.
Not peace, separate from life.
Peace in life.

Peace
In
The
Moment.

Resting.
Relaxing.
Stopping.

Praying for stopping.

Stopping the chatter.
Stopping the busy mind.
Stopping the internal
Kingdom
Of
Doom.

Turning that channel off.

Turning on 
The channel
Of hope.

Wise hope.

Not hope, to check out with.
Hope, to check in with.

Wise hope.

Wise hope.

Wise hope.
~~~
Roshi Joan Halifax says,

“Wise hope is not seeing things unrealistically
but rather seeing things as they are, 
including the truth of suffering—
both its existence and our capacity to transform it.”

~~~
Give us the courage 
And the willingness 
To touch into the truth 
Of suffering on our planet.

Give us the courage 
and the willingness 
To imagine
Our capacity 
To transform it.
~~~

For this holiday blog, I share with you some favorites from the past years.  

Songs, videos, a potpourri of hope, of insight, of possible giggles.  
~~~

  • Wise Hope in the Time of the Pandemic by Roshi Joan Halifax.  Roshi is my hero, my teacher, my mentor, my guiding light.  Written in 2020, she, as always, offers us such a good realignment, as 2022 beckons us forward:

Read Here

~~~

  • I find this touching and engaging, hopeful and inspiring.  Here is—Playing for Change, Playing for Peace

~~~
I’m speechless.  Please do listen to this version of Ode to Joy

~~~

  • An oldie but goodie—essential for your listening pleasure:

~~~
And no holiday blog can be complete without—you guessed it—dogs.  Here’s my fav: Every Dog Should have a Child:

 

~~~

Dear Friends,

Let’s celebrate 
the return of light
To
Our
World.

Let’s celebrate
The manifestation
Of 
Grace
On 
Our
Glorious
Planet.

Wishing us all
The practice
Of
Wise hope.

Blessings–All
From Aruni

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