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David Sparenberg's Blog – April 2011 Archive (4)

COMPASSION

The pure and sweet souled man Mahatma Gandhi commonly said, "I am a Hindu and a Moslem, a Christian and a Buddhist.” In his ashram at daily prayers, Gandhi prayed to include all faiths. We too would benefit greatly from his lesson in tolerance and participation. Truly the essence of all religion is compassion.

Can we say: I am a human being, living here, in this time, in this space, a…

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Added by David Sparenberg on April 29, 2011 at 1:00am — No Comments

AT LEAST CONSIDER THIS

Where is God

Is God leading the chosen

across another desert

into a new Promise Land

Is God hanging on the cross… Continue

Added by David Sparenberg on April 26, 2011 at 11:24pm — No Comments

THROUGH THE EYES OF BLACK ELK

“So I dressed myself in a sacred manner”* and went and stood out beside the highway, where endless people passed by in speeding cars. Many looked but few saw me, like an old eagle fallen to the ground. Some children pointed in my direction; some teenagers laughed and made humiliating gestures. To most, I remained as I had always been—an invisible presence passing among them.…

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Added by David Sparenberg on April 24, 2011 at 5:48am — No Comments

FLOWERS & BUTTERFLIES

Every fine word will fall. As a flower withers and is no more. As a bird falls from a poison sky. As a butterfly catches fire and crawls without wings to troubled death. The flower is the legs of earth that brought us here and weds our destiny to the wind. The bird is the shaman who sees afar. The butterfly, as commonly held, is the story of the soul that by some miracle of creation evolved into acts of beauty and is tortured by a love of death in the fire-pit of extinction. Every word of… Continue

Added by David Sparenberg on April 17, 2011 at 2:41pm — No Comments