Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided
This is a powerful talk about reconciliation. Anand Giridharadas tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan and Mark Stroman with humour and compassion. His conclusion is truly powerful and confronting. “you … Continue reading
YES TO LOVE AND YES TO EQUALITY
This month’s theme is Forgiveness and Compassion. Today, the people of Ireland get to use their compassion and show the world we are a nation of people who support equal … Continue reading
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain
I hope you are finding the Ho’oponopono practice is aiding you in moving past situations where you feel you have held to resentment and/or guilt. I have found it to … Continue reading
“Fly, I must, upward. Dive, I must, inward” Sri Chinmoy
If I cannot forgive myself For all the blunders That I have made Over the years, Then how can I proceed? How can I ever Dream perfection-dreams? Move, I must, … Continue reading
Forgiveness From Within
The following is an excerpt from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love. She is sitting on her own on the roof of the ashram she is attending. She has a breakthrough … Continue reading
The Paradoxical Commandments, Kent M. Keith
The Paradoxical Commandments People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are … Continue reading
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi
The theme for May, here on Resounding Power, is ‘Forgiveness and Compassion’. Since the push for change during March, we have been in an accelerated motion of rebirth- finding ourselves … Continue reading
Sara Teasdale, Blue Squills
How many million Aprils came Before I ever knew How white a cherry bough could be, A bed of squills, how blue. And many a dancing April When life is … Continue reading
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff.”
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” Carl Sagan Finding your balance can be a challenge at … Continue reading
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, The Holy Longing
Tell a wise person, or else keep silent, because the mass man will mock it right away. I praise what is truly alive, what longs to be burned to death. … Continue reading
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