We Human Forgetters
View from Kripalu, 3/21
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It is so easy to forget.
It is so easy to get lost
In all of the stuff that is here,
Calling us,
Seducing us,
Magnetizing us
Into more.
More.
More work.
More fun.
More food.
More stuff.
More—money.
Of course.
It is so easy to forget.
What is truly true.
What is really real.
That we are spirit
Wrapped in bodies.
That our minds
Began as perfect allies
To our hearts.
And can return
To that balance.
That we are all truly one.
One breath.
One spirit.
Divided out
Into
Zillions
Of shapes and sizes and colors and
Expressions.
It is so easy to forget.
What is really important.
Kindness
And
Connection.
Maybe that’s it?
Maybe that’s all?
Maybe that’s
Everything…
Kindness
And
Connection.
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What kindness can you offer yourself today?
And from yourself,
What kindness
Can you extend
To
Another?
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To remember:
To have or be able to bring to one’s mind an awareness—
A keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled—
A bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered
What a cosmic joke, folks!
We already know.
We are already home.
We just forget,
Alas,
That pesky human dilemma.
There is nothing new here.
This journey of wholeness
Is
A
Returning
Back,
A remembering
Of
What
Is
Right
There—
All along.
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Here’s a fantastic song for remembering.
From Beautiful Chorus.
Oh. My. Goodness.
Perfect.
Please see the lyrics (easier on computer than phone)
This is called Remember:
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Dear Friends,
May we honor the forgetting.
May we know
All we need
Is right inside.
When we forget,
May we breathe
With compassion
And kindness.
May our forgetting
Be the doorway home.
With gratitude,
Aruni
3/22—What a difference a day can make
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Invitation:
Grief, Loss and Renewal
Savoring Life’s Lessons
Kripalu Center
Lenox, Ma.
Friday-Sunday
March 31-April 2
- What have you lost?
- What do you need to mourn?
- What can you remember?
Please consider joining us.
And—
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