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ANIMAL POWER MEANINGS

Armadillo – Boundaries.
We learn from the armadillo, which, by rolling into a ball, can be completely armored against attack, how to consciously define our own emotional and physical boundaries.
Bat – Rebirth.
Shaman initiates undergo a ritual death in which they face their fears and are reborn without their old [...]

“Sharing The Burden”
with Stephan Cayton Briones
Sharing the Burden is “an artisitic social justice endeavour whereby people with an experience of poverty are given (inexpensive) disposable cameras with which to take pictures” and which resulted in a showing  in July of 2011 at Gallery 1313 on Queen St in Toronto, Canada.
All of the equipment used [...]

This poem was written by my daughter Meighan MCGraw at the age of 14, She wrote for a poverty event here in Saskatoon. She is now 16 and still writes.

Individual Peace Generates World Peace
“Chakra Vibrations arises from the inspiration of sharing internal peace with our global brothers and sisters. It is the wisdom call from our ancestors which invites us to meditate and remember that we are one. It is the hope of remembering everyday that we are all brothers [...]

The Box
I live outside the box-yet the box lives closed locked up in me.
I have approached the box, I have melded into it, I have never stood outside ‘to see what I could see‘. Let’s see.
It is oblique turquoise and silver shelled, twinkling on a soft pink cloud of hue; it holds the answer to [...]

I could sit beside her and tell you what I see. Or I could sit behind her or in front of her, or above her or below her.  I could stare at her in a mirror and she’d be different every time I peaked. Who is she? Lets see. Who is she indeed.
She acts as [...]

today, i want to make
the beauty
as seen from the
inspired artist’s eye.
today i want to feel the calm
within the inspired
mind
and today i want
the faith to know
like in the inspired soul.
accreditation required
artist Adam Guan

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A Return to Love
Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
by
Marianne Williamson
This quote has been incorrectly attributed to
Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech of 1994.
He never spoke these words in his speeches that year.
You can read Nelson’s actual inaugural speeches at these links:
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1994/inaugct.html
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1994/inaugpta.html
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is [...]

March 2011

THICH NHAT HANH
Words can travel across thousands of miles.
May my words create mutual understanding and love.
May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers.
-Thich Nhat Hanh

“Vietnamese Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh, is a teacher, scholar and peace activist who lectures throughout the world and writes on the practices of mindfulness and peaceful [...]