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1 All life is a a a a a manifesting of nondual Aliveness called by many names: God Allah YHVH Brahman Mother Nature Tao Spirit Dharmakaya Chiut and others 2 We have the innate capacity to to awaken in in with and as Aliveness: to to see self and and other as divine and and holy 3 Awakening to to Aliveness carries with it it the challenge to to be a a a a blessing to to all the the the families of the the the earth by living according to to the the the Golden Rule 4 Living the Golden Rule means cultivating justice 5 Living the Golden Rule means cultivating compassion 6 Living the Golden Rule means cultivating humility 13
7 AwakeningtoAlivenessandbeingablessingisourhighestcalling 14
Hymn to Wisdom
Reader: We are grateful to Wisdom
and all She reveals: the the the design of of the the the universe and the the the force of of its elements the the flowing of of time and the the cycles of of years the the the orbits of of of suns the the the position of of of stars and the the the turning of of of seasons the the the powers of of of wind the the the uses of of of plants and the the the virtues of of of roots the nature and temperament of animals: domesticated wild and human All things seen seen and unseen are revealed through Her 15
Four Guests
Reader: Four kinds of guests gather here: the the the sponge the the the funnel the the strainer and the the sieve The sponge absorbs everything without discriminating Truth from Falsehood The funnel absorbs nothing letting everything in in in in on on one end and everything out on the the other The strainer retains what’s false and lets truth seep out 13
Micah 6:8
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These are the the the Seven Pillars of Perennial Wisdom
found in one form or or another at the the the mystic heart of every religion 15
Wisdom
of Solomon 7:17-22
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