Posted June 23, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Catalpa Tree Magic

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During break time on the last day of their meditation retreat, out for a bike ride, she stopped to take photos of some gorgeous blossoms on the side of the road. June afternoon dharma talks under the catalpa tree… blossoms drifing down on them. Fabulous fragrance. She knew the photos would […]

Posted June 2, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Words – Come from the Heart

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The words had been displayed in their beautiful open space (they called it the lighted room) in the center of the office suite. Moving out of that space, the words knew where they needed to go.

These words were to be mailed to a friend in Florida…. But the friend […]

Posted May 18, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Privet Promise

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It was not unusual for their dog to look out toward the deck and bark. The dog obviously could see people walking on the path to the beach, or a squirrel in the yard. This day was different.

Walking to the patio door and looking out, she saw nothing that […]

Posted May 14, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Hot Tub Visit

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She was alone in the hot tub praying and having awareness time.

She was thinking of him.

Today was his 53rd birthday.

Twenty five years ago, her husband had been 28-years-old when he passed.

All of a sudden, the hot tub jets turned on!

Just like someone had pushed the […]

Posted May 10, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Satellites!

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He is not very religious. He grew up Roman Catholic, and even went to Catholic School, but by college he says he was done with the Vatican.

Every evening he goes out to look for satellites and when he sees one, he prays gratitude to God who gave us the […]

Posted April 29, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Directions in Antwerp

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She had recently moved to Antwerp, Belgium, to begin her student teaching in the American School.

Antwerp is the capital of Antwerp province in the Flemish Region. As in all Flemish provinces, the official and standard language of the Antwerp province is Dutch. Common with Flemish Brabant, North Brabant and […]

Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Closed Captioning

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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of… We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart. ~ Blaise Pascal

The student was on a sailboat in a very remote location on the coast of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

The teacher—who is deaf—was […]

Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Messenger

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A woman was sharing the origin of the grief journey group that had gathered for the first time via ZOOM. This group had been meeting for about twenty years.

The group had been started to support a man, with a young son, following the transition of his wife. He had […]

Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Dance Studio

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For 85 years, the Baker School of Dance had held a themed annual recital.

May 3, 2020’s scheduled recital theme was “All You Need is Love.”

Due to COVID-19, the recital was cancelled. The dance studio sits empty.

In the window of the empty studio is listed the names of all […]

Posted April 26, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Aaron

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She was hosting a ZOOM workshop, listening to one of the teacher’s closing instructions.

The face of the teacher was “spotlighted.” The teacher’s face was the large image, filling her entire screen.

Her mic was off, and she was recording the audio using “voice memo” on her iPhone.

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