![]() ![]() Last Last weekend a group of us took time to be together. So as for the monastics involved in this movement, I’d like to report that we are practicing the art of picnicking and being together. ![]() Now it’s clear to me that I want to support others on the path of “growing” communities – I want to continue my first spiritual family! (Hello there dear spiritual families.) I see that community is such a precious element of full life, of waking up. About six years ago, an organic spontaneous community of friends (we would say “stokers”) came together and this was my first spiritual family and they really made it possible for me to come to Plum Village. I’ve noticed lately that the light gets a lot brighter when we are together and rejoicing and relaxing and playing (or praying) or being quiet together. How can you have more life? It seems to me to have something to do with shining this light of awareness, and lighting up the world. (I’m supposed to be writing about our recent weekend adventures, but I’ll get to that.) I have been asking, “How can I really wake up to this miracle of life taking place all around?” And, “Is this really helping me to wake up?” Also I’ve been contemplating some words that I find to be very choice: something like, “I came that you might have life and have it to the full.” And also, “You are the light of the world”. Well, I like conversations and I like questions, so here are a few. To hear about what folks all over the Earth are doing to bring joy, peace and healing to ourselves and our home is very inspiring. Every time I look at this wakeup blog I feel a lot of gratitude just seeing Thay’s calligraphy and the beautiful sunrise over the earth gives me a lot of hope. I’ve been really inspired watching what has been happening around this “movement” and I’m really stoked on what you (we) are up doing. I want to wake up too! I’ve been little shy to enter back into this computer world – scary! But OK – it’s time to wake up. Dear Teachers, Dear Friends (who want to wake up □ ) ![]()
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