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Only a Feather: Contemplative Leadership in Action
Article by Margaret Benefiel (April 2016 eNews) “A feather on the breath of God,” Hildegard of Bingen’s image of her life, leaped out at me when I sought a guiding image for my new leadership position at Shalem nine months ago. I return to it again and again as I seek to balance being and…
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The Supreme Musician
Love, the Supreme Musician, is always playing in our souls. -Rumi
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Tomorrow
Let tomorrow come tomorrow. -Wendell Berry
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The Ordinary World
…magic lives in the ordinary world, in the details of our everyday lives. – Joan Halifax
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Genuine Life
Our life will not be genuine if we do not follow the dictates of the spirit. -Martin Buber
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If you cannot find the truth
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? — Dōgen