Daily Mandala and InnerSelf

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To

learn more about the prayerful intent behind the creating and sharing of these

" Be Your Self " Daily Mandalas,

go

to intuitive-connections.net/2005/dailymandala.htm

 

InnerSelf.com - Focus of the Day:

 

My intention is the

attainment of inner and outer peace.

 

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InnerSelf.com - Daily

Inspiration:

 

Peace includes

within itself its own opposite -- tension, change, and dissatisfaction.

Acceptance of that fact of life is what begins the path of peacework. To accept

that conflict is a natural part of life -- and to find enlightened ways to deal

with that -- is what some say prevents the outbreak of petty arguments, war, or

violence. For while we may all be one in the spirit, we exist in a dimension of

reality that teems with passionately fractious differences.

 

So peace is not something that is singular and static. Rather, it is a work in

progress that takes place in the give-and-take dialogue between the different

parts of oneself, between oneself and another, between rivals, and among

nations, faiths, and ethnicities.

 

The work of attaining peace, it seems, is a constantly evolving mystery.

Perhaps what matters most is intention -- that whatever action taken in the

name of peace and justice be for those purposes and no other.

 

EXCERPTED FROM the

InnerSelf.com article:

An Intention of Peace

by Pythia Peay.

 

TO READ MORE of this

excerpt, go to

http://innerself.ca/html/content/view/4251/

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href= " http://innerself.ca/html/content/view/4251/ " >AOL click

here</a>

 

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InnerSelf.com - Book of

the day:

Wisdom

Walk: Nine Practices for Creating Peace and Balance from the World's Spiritual

Traditions

by Sage

Bennet.

 

After experiencing her own crisis of

faith, Sage Bennet developed an eclectic spiritual life, borrowing rituals from

many religions and traditions. In Wisdom

Walk she draws from Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.

There's even Native American spirituality in the form of a chapter on letting

nature be one’s teacher. A final, summarizing chapter, brings together all the

traditions, demonstrates their fundamental unity, and discusses the importance

of offering oneself in service to others. Wisdom

Walk provides a simple, easy-to-follow guide for bringing the

world’s spiritual traditions into one’s life through practical, powerful

rituals.

 

 

 

 

 

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