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Hello everyone....almost lunch time again...but, here goes anyway.....The word "discipline" comes from the same root as the word "disciple" and the mystic is a disciple of love...We are mentally disciplined to believe that there is no problem love cannot solve...Holiness is an internal state, a "whole" way of seeing...When our minds are no longer fragmented by the illusion of our seperation from each other, but healed by the truth of our oneness, we are awakened to a new dimension of campassion..From EVERY DAY GRACE..BY: Marianne Williamson

If we desire access to the power of God's nonviolent authority, we must refuse to hate those who disagree with us...Otherwise, we lack the capacity to triumph over the effects of their ill-will...To learn to love effectively is the highest form of political training...From:Healing The Soul of America..By:MARIANNE WILIAMSON

Atonement is more than a mere apology. To atone is to do more than say you're sorry; it is to commit to never do it again. When we atone for past abuses toward someone, our prayer is that God remove whatever character defect within us led to the abuse to begin with, and transform us into someone not likely to repeat the error. And atonement includes the making of amends wherever and however possible.

From Healing the Soul of America

Any more, Paye?

Hi HS..Been a while...Hope you are well.

Tears have taught me a tremendous amount, and I know now that they often come bearing important gifts. There has emerged a half-baked spiritual myth that invalidates sadness, claiming it is beneath us if we are walking the path to true enlightenment. But surely one of the most powerful lines in the Bible is one of the simplest: "Jesus wept."

From Every Day Grace

By Marianne Williamson