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Comment on Finding Beauty Close to Home by kay

kay — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:46:21 +0000

Thank you, Werner, for the inspiration and comfort in your photos and writing.
“Our Communal Heart” — as lovely as the blossoms in the photos.
Best wishes
kay

Comment on Raven by pieter

pieter — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:48:52 +0000

can I get this file? i want it for my desktop background

great pics of spring!

Comment on Seeing into the Eyes of Suffering by kay gerard

kay gerard — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:53:54 +0000

Thank you Werner for your website, your concern for the people of Haiti. Thank you for Joanna’s meditation.
I am fortunate to be a guest in Chiapas, Mexico. The TV news coverage here provides information about the Mexican rescue teams and an address to donate to “our brothers in Haiti”. I appreciate the message that those specific words send to the public here as the information scrolls continuously across the screen. Be well.
kay

Comment on Pomegranates by sara judy

sara judy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:28:44 +0000

Stunning…I love this picture!

Comment on Seeing into the Eyes of Suffering by Margaret Gish Miller

Margaret Gish Miller — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:48:48 +0000

Anaika, your eyes of suffering, your eyes calling out to all of humanity–its time to come together.

Seeing the world united for a common cause is in honor of you, the men, women, and children killed in the earthquake, the orphans left behind. You have given us hope in an otherwise harsh, harsh world.

Comment on Seeing into the Eyes of Suffering by Kaia Svien

Kaia Svien — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:46:50 +0000

I echo the many thoughts in the messages above about this tragedy in Haiti being an opportunity for people all over the world to come together, offering healing in a multitude of ways. Everywhere I go- to the Y, to the grocery store, to a meeting, people are talking about Haiti, opening their hearts. So many powerful prayers are being offered in small and large groups, so much aid coming in, so many stories we will never hear of regular folks helping each other. I’m grateful that many of us have received deep training from people like Joanna that prepares us to look directly at the suffering rather than away from it. It seems that this training gives us a way to be in solidarity with the pain that is being experienced in Haiti, moment by moment, something not possible before these teachings were being delivered to ordinary folks, not possible before times of technology.

It seems to me that there just may be sufficient awareness of how energy works, of our interbeing, of the web of life, for Haiti to be a catalyst for the human family to shine love and light more or less simultaneously on one spot. So many possibilities for consciousness-raising are here- one being, as the US troops help people get food and ship in supplies for life instead of weapons for death, many military folks have the chance to notice how different those actions feel. Glad to be in community with you all around this.

Comment on Seeing into the Eyes of Suffering by Paula Hendrick

Paula Hendrick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:09:15 +0000

Maureen, thank you. Stories like this one help me keep going with a receptive heart.
Blesings to you amd Werner and all,
Paula Hendrick

Comment on Seeing into the Eyes of Suffering by deb

deb — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:40:04 +0000

this great sacrifice by the Haitians has served to give us the opportunity to do what we need to be doing anyway — opening up the heart of humanity and realizing simply that we are on this planet to take care of each other — until that is realized, we will be given these opportunities again and again and again… and not necessarily in the poorest populations.

Comment on Seeing into the Eyes of Suffering by Maureen Wild

Maureen Wild — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:31:40 +0000

I´ve been in Argentina as all this has happened in Haiti – following it each day as I am able, sending a little monetary support to Doctors Without Borders. Here´s a sacred moment for you that I had the other day -

I was on my own, touring around and enroute to the Museum of Religious Art that the Carmelites have in Cordoba, Argentina. I decided to stop at the Cathedral for a little quiet prayer for Haiti. I sat in front of the black madonna icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Then I heard a man singing, a beautiful voice coming from the front of the Cathedral. It was Ave Maria in Latin. I got up and went to see. He was inside the area that the janitor had roped off because of washing the floor. He had his arms slightly outstretched, and was facing a large Latino American sculture of Mary. He sang in an operatic voice. All in the Cathedral (including the janitor!) stopped and looked. He sang to the completion of the song! I was deeply moved. It seemed he was singing, pleading in song, for the worries in this world … and perhaps particularly for the people of Haiti. Tears were in my eyes. When he finished, I sat back down in front of the madonna icon for a little longer. In a short time, he passed by and I recognized him. ‘Gratias Senor’ I said softly to him.

bless you, Werner!

Maureen