The Great Compassion Mantra Om Mani Padme Hung (Tibetan)
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I [John] immerse you into the water, but someone [Jesus] much greater than I am is coming. I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will submerge you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
*Gospel of Luke 3.16
Jesus said, I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it blazes.
*Gospel of Thomas, Saying 10
I [Jesus] came to bring fire to the earth, and I wish it were already burning.
*Gospel of Luke 12.49
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Love, she comes to meet you adorned with herself comes to meet you ~ yes... you!
in your longing for her is her longing for you feeling you've lost her, she comes
in the trail of your tears leavings of your losses hurt of lingering heartaches
she comes to you in memories of betrayals in recollections of sweet loyalties
the love you've received the love you've lost offer to the same Fire
she is here, burning greets you equally in her pleasures, in her pain
for those of yours is hers and her burning is sweet to the heart set afire with beauty and grace
*Brian K. Wilcox. "Love Comes"
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*(C) Brian K. Wilcox, 2024. Permission is given to use photographs and writings with credit given to the copyright owner.
*Brian's book is An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love. The book is a collection of poems Brian wrote based on wisdom traditions, predominantly Christian, Buddhist, and Sufi, with extensive notes on the poetry's teachings and imagery.
*Gospel of Thomas reading from Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri). The Gospel of Thomas for Awakening. Trans. of Saying 10, Thomas Lambdin.
