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LOTUS OF THE HEART
Brian K. Wilcox, a vowed Contemplative in the Christian tradition, and Associate of Greenbough House of Prayer, offers an interspiritual work focusing on cultivating the Heart of Compassion. His book of mystical Love poetry is An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love. Brian integrates wisdom from the major spiritual Paths. May you always know that you are blessed!
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The presentations at this site cover a long time period. Each one represents part of an on-going Pilgrimage, and the writer's ideas, practices, and experience have changed over time. This change is the quality of any living Journey. Please read with this in mind, allowing the inner Teacher to speak to you as you need at this particular time in your own living Journey. Thanks!
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*Compassion. Dennis Larson. Flickr
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When he [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
*New Testament. Matthew 9.36. NEB.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
*The Dalai Lama XIV. The Art of Happiness.
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Compassion for others
means with the suffering of others
The Prayerful Person
opens the Heart to be with others in their pain
He or she, however, does not
take upon himself or herself the suffering of the other
Prayerful persons learn to honor the suffering of the other
as part of the Journey of that person
Rather, there is chosen
a reverent, silent communion with the other
Prayerful Compassion of Presence
is part of the inner meaning of Holy Communion
*Christ the Redeemer in Rio..., Carlos Eduardo, Flickr
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Grace and Peace to All
The Sacred in Me bows to the Sacred in You
*You are welcome to contact Brian at briankwilcox@yahoo.com .
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