This week, as every week we quietly gather in silence where we offer light to a world that longs for tenderness and remembrance. There is no meeting link, no screens, no formality. Only a shared moment of stillness, wherever we are, united by intention and love....from wherever you are.
Love Notes
Long may your awareness of Love remain
Podcast
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
Love and Presence
Dying is not an ending but a threshold,
Meditation
A meditation for when love feels lost.
Love and Presence
When surrendered to, Love heals all pain
This episode from my blog explores how we hide behind identities — race, nation, religion, gender, and history — and act as if those costumes define us. Through poetic reflection, it shows that beneath every mask there is the same breath, the same longing to belong, and a shared consciousness. Fear and
Poems, Quotes and Parables
I. The Language of Silence and Presence Jean Klein – Transmission of the Flame— Dialogues in the lineage of Advaita that dissolve separation gently, without metaphysical strain. Robert Adams – Silence of the Heart— A rare collection of satsangs; utterly humble, radiant with kindness. Brother Lawrence – The Practice of the Presence of
Love and Presence
There are moments when language is not born of thought, but of presence
A Soft Return to the Heart This meditation is a quiet invitation to return—to the tenderness that lives beneath all defenses, to the love that asks for nothing, to the part of you that still wishes others well, even after all you’ve been through. Loving-kindness is not
In the end, as in the beginning, there is only One of us. One Love — at the heart of all things — that frees us the moment we surrender to it. May you find your way there now. – Nigel Lott We never put another being out of our hearts without, in
Beloved friends, As many of you know, my life and work have been rooted in presence for many decades — in sitting with those who feel alone, in offering quiet companionship, in listening with the whole heart. Much of this has unfolded through my volunteer work with the dying in local