[Dialogue] Christmas poetry from Dharmalingham

[Doris Hahn]

Thank you so much, Dharma for your insights--and for sharing them. May the
end of 2017 be well for you!
Doris

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 9:26 AM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> A QUALITY WE SHOULDN’T FORGET
>
> He was less than half my age when he died. The accounts about him, much of
> it second-hand and riddled with errors and revisionism, are limited to only
> three years of his life. But during that time, he inspired people by his
> care for them, going to the extent of risking his life by challenging the
> religious and political leaders.
>
> In his followers’ accounts, one quality stands out – his unconditional
> love not tainted by self-serving motives. It was so impressive that they
> remembered it long after he was gone. They could only describe it as
> divine.
>
> We know about many famous people because position and power have
> perpetuated their names. But we know about this man mainly because his
> followers’ accounts were so inspiring that they have withstood the test of
> time.
>
> What is significant about this centuries later, at least for me, is that
> the followers identified a quality that makes all the difference to our
> lives. It is rare but not unknown. We encounter it in our lives as well and
> may even have been a channel for it at times.
>
> I too experienced it – in the lives of two late friends. The first was
> Monu Bhattacharya – I remember his care and concern for me when I was going
> through a personal crisis. The second was Gordon Harper, who suddenly
> contracted cancer and was given only months to live. He wrote a series of
> letters to all of us who knew him, to let us know the news. They were light
> hearted and filled with his typical humour and ended with his death a
> couple of years ago. Now when I review them and read between the lines, one
> message stands out: “I love you guys”.
>
> Is it presumptuous to equate this with the experience of that of the
> followers of Jesus? No, it isn’t. That experience was not a one-off event
> centuries ago but refers to something that keeps happening even today. As
> our species continues to poison the planet, as the clergy tries to blind
> the masses and as politicians loot the nation, this quality is the only
> thing that can give us hope and keep us sane. And it is all important to
> not forget this, to identify it when we see it and to celebrate it.
>
> Merry Christmas to all of you.
>
> Jim Wiegel
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> So through the eyes love attains the heart, for the eyes are the scouts of
> the heart. And the eyes go reconnoitering for what it would please the
> heart to possess. And when they are in full accord and firm, all three in
> one resolve, at that time perfect love is born from what the eyes have made
> welcome, to the heart.  Joseph Campbell
>
> On Dec 24, 2017, at 17:03, David Dunn via Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> Wow!
>
> David
>
> On Dec 19, 2017, at 7:41 PM, Ellie Stock via Dialogue wrote:
>
> ...as she grasps your hand for help, for each of us
>
> is the midwife of God, each of us.
>
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