Category Archives: Filled With Loving Kindness

Filled with Loving Kindness: Through Us

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Bob Patrick

Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.   Hafiz Imagine that happiness is actually a being, an entity.  Imagine that not only is happiness not a thing but a who, … Continue reading →

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Filled With Loving Kindness: Being Kindness

Posted on November 20, 2016 by admin

My heart has been so heavy since the Presidential election, and it’s taken some time to sort out my feelings to figure out why my heart has been so heavy. After all, I’ve been “awake” for decades to the racism, … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness–What We Speak

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Bob Patrick

What We speak Becomes the house we live in. Who will want to sleep in your bed If the roof leaks Right above It? Look what happens when the tongue Cannot say to kindness: “I will be your slave.” The … Continue reading →

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Filled With Loving Kindness: Otherwise

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Bob Patrick

How did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light Against its being, Otherwise, We all remain Too frightened Hafiz Otherwise.  I think lately I’ve been caught in … Continue reading →

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Filled With Loving Kindness: Hard Lessons

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Bob Patrick

Filled with loving kindness.  May I be filled with loving kindness.  May you be filled with loving kindness.  May we be filled with loving kindness.  May we be well.  May we be peaceful and at ease.  May we be whole. … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: Storytime

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Christiana McQuain

At times like these, when I am consumed with darkness and the world outside my door is wracked with chaos and strife, I am tempted to withdraw. There have been many moments when silence has provided me with a depth … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: The Absurdity of Today

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Christiana McQuain

(The fires, while very real and truly devastating, are herein used as a metaphor for my feelings about the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.  Also very real and – from my perspective – truly devastating.)    Wildfires are … Continue reading →

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