FREE AUDIOBOOK - Walking for Peace, an inner journey

Walking for Peace, an inner journey

Today, I begin reading our book WALKING FOR PEACE, AN INNER JOURNEY.

Chapter by chapter I will read, and post it all in the YouTube folder (below). Here is the full Playlist.

There is a power in speaking words out loud, in speaking the stories rather than simply reading them.

I hope you will take this journey with me, and enjoy these stories.

All my best,

Mony

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Reflecting on "Moving Forward" and the U.S. Elections

Today, as I was walking in the forest, reflecting on this unforgettable day, I began to think about laying down our burdens, and all the heaviness, so that we may begin to walk the path of healing, free and light. 

Then, on my way back, a second reflection came to me! 😁 

These two videos I share with you here. May these words serve this moment.

Love, always 🙏🏽💖

Mony 

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Ithaca

 

Mony Dojeiji

These past few days, I’ve been receiving signs around the word “Ithaca”. It comes as I finish up my latest book, a collection of my most personal writing. And, as often happens at this stage, I want it finished now. I want to share it all now. I want to reach my goal and put that check mark beside that list item. 

But as this poem reminds me, it is not about arriving to Ithaca. It’s about the journey there. Spirit cares more about the growth that happens during the journey, and not necessarily the final goal, no matter how beautiful or meaningful that goal may be because it is the learning that we take with us, not the achievement. I had the same feeling when I arrived in Santiago, and in Jerusalem. Although I struggled during those walks, when I finally saw the Cathedral doors and ancient city walls before me… my steps slowed. I didn’t want the journey to end.

So it is with any “goal” that I set out to achieve. In this case, it is Spirit that has inspired this book. But Mony – with her plans and ideas – wants to get it done, to move it along according to her schedule and her needs. Ithaca comes to remind her to surrender to Spirit, to trust in Its wisdom, and to listen closely to Its whispers rather than the drumbeat demands of her mind.

This, in a small way, holds a bigger teaching around all that we see in our world, and the changes we so wish to make. In setting out for that promised Ithaca, we miss important stuff along the way:

The opportunities we’re offered to heal the raging storms of our hearts and minds;

To practice choosing unity over division, and love over fear.

This is the stuff of spiritual growth and maturity, the stuff that truly changes universes.

May all awaken to the journey that their Ithaca inspires. 🙏🏽💕

~Mony 

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Ithaka (by C. P. Cavafy)

As you set out for Ithaka

hope your road is a long one,

full of adventure, full of discovery.

Laistrygonians, Cyclops,

angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:

you’ll never find things like that on your way

as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,

as long as a rare excitement

stirs your spirit and your body.

Laistrygonians, Cyclops,

wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them

unless you bring them along inside your soul,

unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope your road is a long one.

May there be many summer mornings when,

with what pleasure, what joy,

you enter harbors you’re seeing for the first time;

may you stop at Phoenician trading stations

to buy fine things,

mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

sensual perfume of every kind—

as many sensual perfumes as you can;

and may you visit many Egyptian cities

to learn and go on learning from their scholars.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you’re destined for.

But don’t hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years,

so you’re old by the time you reach the island,

wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way,

not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.

Without her you wouldn't have set out.

She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.

Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,

you’ll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

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FREE DOWNLOAD Walking for Peace - until 11/11/2020

Dear friends and pilgrims,

We know this is a time of introspection and inner journeying for many of us, a (forced) time of isolation where, in addition to our physical well-being, we are grappling with our mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, asking questions that perhaps we haven’t dared ask in a long time.

We have left our “normal world” behind, instinctively knowing that it is forever gone, and are on a journey with many unknowns, facing many fears and questioning the very meaning of all that we hold to be true and sacred. We may not know where we end up, but we know that we will be forever changed.

We are essentially on pilgrimage! Welcome...

This is inner terrain that Alberto and I have tread, wrestling with many of the existential questions that many of us are now facing. We did it during our pilgrimages on the Camino, and later walking from Rome to Jerusalem.

We offer you, during these times of many unknowns, our lived experiences walking through those questions, and the many lessons and revelations that resulted from them. 

That’s what our book “Walking for Peace, an inner journey” is all about.

We are offering the e-book editions – in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese – for free, as our gift and contribution to these evolving times. 

Visit smashwords.com, search for the book you wish to download, and upon checkout enter code DS82X. For now, it expires November 11, 2020. All popular reader formats are supported.

Walking for Peace https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/106033

Caminando por la Paz https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/271432

Pilgrimage (Chinese) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/650120

May these books serve your inner journeys.

All our love, and buen camino!

~Mony and Alberto  

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(r)Evolutions

Mony Dojeiji - on the path

Watching the news these days is not for the faint of heart. The speed and complexity of events are dizzying. We seem to be riding a wave of emotions that never quite reaches shore, in a world that seems to be fraying at the seams.

It’s impossible to tune out completely, unless you isolate yourself from the world. Although important to do, I also believe we’re here to engage with the world in a meaningful way rather than try to escape it.

The question always becomes: what can I possibly do?

When I walked to Jerusalem, I was DOING something, responding to a situation (9/11) that left me feeling vulnerable and afraid. My pilgrimage for peace would be my contribution to the forces and energies of peace.

But I certainly wasn’t a person at peace.

I was full of judgments. I had so many expectations. So many rigid ideas of right and wrong, my way or no way. (Just ask Alberto! LOL) So many fears. So much anger at what I perceived as injustices in the world and those perpetrating it.

My big dream when I arrived in Jerusalem was to spark a massive march for peace, bring together people from all faiths and religions, Israelis and Palestinians, and whoever else wanted to join us in a march demanding peace in the Holy Land. I even wanted to live there, working for the UN or some NGO dedicated to peace.

It certainly didn’t work out that way.

Although my intentions were pure – creating peace – my heart was fractured. Conflicted. Bitter. In pain.

How could such a heart inspire peace in another?

What kind of peace would this heart be creating?

I was so focused on outer action, though, that I didn’t see this right away. The journey and its myriad experiences revealed these – and many more – truths to me, along with what was perhaps the most difficult to accept:

There is nothing out there.

It is ALL inside of you, revealing itself to you so that you may acknowledge it, accept it and liberate it.

The priest that I judged and criticized for turning us away was the loving opportunity to heal the fears, expectations and judgments within me.

The woman who brought me to tears because I couldn’t live up to her expectations of how a good pilgrim should behave was the loving opportunity to heal the wounded child within me.

The few people who mocked or dismissed my pilgrimage were the loving opportunity to stand confidently in my truth and to speak it with open heart, even as it was still forming within me.

The days and nights of anxiety and uncertainty when we didn’t know if we would have a roof over our heads were the loving opportunity to have faith in what we couldn’t see, and to know that a Great Love is always at work.

This was the true journey. The transformation that was taking place. So that Peace and Love would find a home within me. And inspire my action in the world.

THAT is the inner (r)evolution.

And the source of all outer (r)evolutions.

Gandhi. Martin Luther King. Marianne Williamson. They all understood this when they called for a revolution of Love.

And every revolution needs its revolutionaries:

Revolutionaries of Love,

Dissolving the bitterness and barriers within, so that they may be dissolved without.

When our inner walls crumble, the outer walls cannot help but follow suit.

~Mony 💖🙏

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Announcing: Women's Pilgrimage Retreat Weekend May 2-3, 2020 (CANCELLED)

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I'm so pleased to offer a Women's Pilgrimage Retreat at Crow’s Rest in Wakefield, QC on the weekend of May 2-3, 2020!

If you've ever thought of going on the Camino or other sacred journey, but are not sure if it’s for you, this weekend-long retreat will give you a taste of both the outer and inner preparation required.

On Day 1 of the Retreat, my pilgrim friend and mosaic artist Chris Hume will lead a walk from Wakefield to the retreat site, followed by a workshop where you will create your own mosaic-tile yellow arrow.

Day 2 will be spent with me, as I take you through activities and practices to prepare you for your inner pilgrimage journey, and that explore some of the limitations that hold us back from walking in the world with confidence and curiosity rather than fear.

All in the tranquil and restorative setting of the Gatineau Hills.

Preparing your outer and inner yellow arrows!

So, whether your personal quest is taking you to the Camino, or you wish to explore the meaning of being a pilgrim in this grand pilgrimage called life... then this weekend is for you, and maybe a few of your friends!

Please see the link for details. 👇There's a discount if you book before Dec. 31, 2019!

https://crowsrestretreat.com/pilgrimage-retreat.

Thank you and buen camino!
~Mony

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This is Our Story

Each and every one of us, in certain moments of our lives, feels a call.

A call to change, to follow a dream or ideal; at times, even a call towards the unknown, driven by an emptiness that needs to be filled.

Like so many people, we were stuck in our jobs, doing things that paid our bills but didn’t feed our souls.

The golden handcuffs kept us like slaves, and we didn't even know we were enslaved.

We could only dream of being free, and doing what we truly loved.

But what if we took that step, and became explorers of this earth and saw it as a place of wonder, magic and infinite possibility?

And that the whole Universe had our back?

And that we are not merely the reflection staring back at us in the mirror,

but beings of wonder, magic and infinite possibility,

initiates on a journey of the Soul, here to experience, to explore, to awaken, to appreciate, to become whole.

This is our story.

Walking for Peace, an inner journey.
by Mony Dojeiji and Alberto Agraso

U.N. Day of Nonviolence and Gandhi's True Message

Today (Oct. 2) marks the U.N. Day of Non-violence and coincides with the 150th anniversary of his birthday.

So many things to admire about this man but, in this picture of him, I see in him a fellow pilgrim. Humility. Humanity. Perseverance. Love. Compassion.

While many reflect on his many accomplishments, I am drawn to these words from spiritual teacher and author Eknath Easwaran:

"Gandhi’s mission was not really the liberation of India. That was a tremendous achievement, but India was essentially a showcase, a stage for the world to see what nonviolence can accomplish in the highly imperfect world of real life. . . .

In today’s language, Gandhi gave us the basis for a technology of peace. He gave us tools for resolving conflicts of all kinds, which anyone can learn to use.

But it is urgent to understand his message that nonviolence is a way of thinking, a way of life;

Not a tactic, but a way of putting love to work in resolving problems, healing relationships, and generally raising the quality of our lives.

We don’t begin on the grand stage he acted on; he did not begin that way himself. He began with his personal relationships, aware that he could not expect to put out the fires of anger and hatred elsewhere if the same fires smoldered in his own home and heart.

His nonviolence is NOT a political weapon or a technique for social change so much as it is an essential art—perhaps the essential art—of civilization.

In other words, nonviolence is a skill, just like learning to read. Love is a skill. The transformation of anger is a skill. All these can be learned...

Finally, for spiritual seekers of all persuasions, Gandhi showed us that the spiritual life need not mean retiring to a monastery or cave. It can be pursued in the midst of family, community, and a career of selfless service.

Even without reference to spirituality, if we look upon the overriding purpose of life as making a lasting contribution to our family and society, Gandhi gave us a higher image for ourselves, a glorification of the innate goodness in the human being, whose joy lies in living for the welfare of all.

This is Gandhi’s ultimate message for us, and no sentence of his is more significant than when he says—and remember, this is a man who never let even a word stand if he did not know it to be true from his own experience—

“I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.”

From the book: Gandhi the Man: How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World (Nilgiri Press: 1972, 2011), 22-23.

May all beings know peace.🙏
~Mony

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Remembering 9/11

Photo: Andrew Kelly, Reuters

Most of us can recall where we were or what we were doing on this fateful day.

I was in Lebanon, fresh off the Camino, visiting my family after my grandmother’s unexpected passing. I had just come back from a girls’ shopping spree in Beirut and was stepping into the house when my phone rang. My best friend was crying into the phone, trying to explain these attacks in New York, and how I needed to get back to Canada right away because they were closing airports and talking of bombing southern Lebanon.

I went numb and, as I sat watching the news reports, only felt the horror of that moment.

But that day galvanized me, and placed me firmly on the path of action:

I would walk to Jerusalem for peace, and dedicate my every step to peace. Peace within me. Peace in Jerusalem, and beyond.

I reflect on this day often, on how easy it would have been to fall deeper into fear and shut myself off from the world. I saw that same struggle on the faces of so many people.

But I also saw so much grace and dignity, so much love and compassion, so many people refusing to bow to fear and to carry on, choosing to light the way rather than close off into the darkness. If there was to be a gift from this day, that would be it for me.

May all be blessed on this – and every – day.

~Mony

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Awakening the Inner Pilgrim - WORKSHOP

"Light Gazer" by Alberto Agraso - Art of the Spirit

Are you ready to be a pilgrim?
Are you ready to walk, not only the Camino or other pilgrimage, but your life's path with an open mind and heart? Are you ready to lay down the mental, emotional and spiritual burdens that you carry with you, and that slow down your progress? Are you ready to explore the inner realms, and awaken to the transformative opportunities of the journey? Whether you're thinking of walking the Camino, or your life, with greater confidence, curiosity and inner peace, I invite you to join me for this full day of conversation and sharing, of weaving wisdom and stories to support both your outer and inner journey. Your fee includes: - entry to this workshop - snacks, sandwiches and drinks (coffee, tea) for two breaks - one copy of Mony's book "Walking Alone: a pilgrim's guide to the inner journey" * FAQs What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? You will need to drive. There is parking in front of the house, and the main road. What can I bring into the event? Comfortable walking shoes, as we may walk the short path on the property. This is weather-dependent! How can I contact the organizer with any questions? You can email Mony at monydojeiji@walkingforpeace.com. What's the refund policy? Attendees can receive refunds up to 7 days before your event start date. Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Yes, please. But don't worry if you forget it. Mony will have a registration list. Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable? Yes! It makes a wonderful gift. Please let Mony know of the name change at monydojeiji@walkingforpeace.com. Tickets available on: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/awakening-the-inner-pilgrim-tickets-62436565448

Doing the inner work: a practical approach (WORKSHOP)

Good morning everyone!

This is a workshop that I have been wanting to do for a while, and that I'm grateful to be collaborating with Unity Spiritual Centre Ottawa on.

Spiritual traditions speak about the illusory nature of this world: it's not real. It's all a dream. Maya. A cosmic illusion. A projection of our inner world.

But it sure does look, feel and sound real!

How can I be responsible for what is happening in my world? I'm just sitting here minding my own business :-)

What power do I have - if any - to change anything in this world?

Using my own stories and stories from the group, I'll be sharing what each and every one of us can indeed do to liberate ourselves from debilitating thoughts, beliefs and emotions that play out in our reality, over and again. Individually and collectively.

The purpose and goal of this inner work is FREEDOM. TRANSFORMATION. LIBERATION.

"As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
--- From Marianne Williamson's book A Return to Love

I hope you can join me.

Sunday May 5. 12:30PM to 2:00PM.
670 Albert St. (Ottawa)

Suggested donation of $20.

Ample free parking.

~Mony





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Orthodox Easter and Cracking Eggs

To my Greek Orthodox family, and all those celebrating Easter today:

المسيح قام! حقا قام!
Christ is Risen. Indeed He is Risen.
Khristós Anésti! Alithós Anésti!

This is called the Paschal Greeting.

One of the greatest traditions on this day - and one of my fondest childhood memories - is a game we used to play, where we would crack each others' boiled eggs.

I only recently understood the meaning of this game:

To many Christians, especially among the Greek and Eastern Orthodox, the egg symbolizes the resurrection. It contains life. During Easter, it is dyed red to symbolize the shed blood. When we crack the shell, we are cracking open the tomb and acknowledging renewed life.

The person who cracks the most eggs with their one egg is believed to be blessed with good fortune for the rest of the year.

These eggs were boiled in onion skin by my uber-talented stepmom who also somehow got these other designs on them! Don't ask me how... LOL

No matter how you celebrate, may the many blessings of this day be showered upon you. 💖🙏
~Mony


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Easter and the Inner Mysteries

Mony at the "Cross", found on a path near my home

To our Christian friends around the world, today (Good Friday) marks perhaps the most sacred time of the year.

My thinking about this time of crucifixion and resurrection changed radically when I began to read the more mystical interpretations of the life of the Great Master known as Jesus.

The teachings of White Eagle resonated especially deeply with me. Those who read our book know that he "appeared" to Alberto and I at the end of our Rome-to-Jerusalem pilgrimage, to give meaning to the true inner journey we were walking:

We are eternal beings of Light, on a journey of unfolding ever more Light;

Our sole/soul journey is to BE ONE with that Light (which is God-Love), so that we may pour forth its plenitude into the world.

Jesus was the perfected instrument for this Great Light; and he blessed the world not only with his teachings, but with his presence and example of BEING this Light - of BEING Love - in every moment; and in so doing, demonstrated the ultimate power of this Light, which is to overcome "death".

This is truly a very sacred time, a reminder that though we may suffer (or feel crucified), within that too is the seed for re-birth and ever-greater manifestation of the Light.

I share with you this quote from the teachings of White Eagle, which I especially love at this time. The pictures is of me at the "cross" that I encountered during my walk this Easter week.

Blessings to all, 🙏💖
~Mony

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From White Eagle:

'We wish we could express in earthly words more of the inner significance of the life of the master Jesus.

So little is really understood of the inner meaning and the power of that incarnation of the Great White Light - we are speaking not just of Jesus the Nazarene, but the LIGHT which flooded his being and used his physical form.

This is the eternal Light in which you will learn to live in full consciousness; and Easter is the demonstration to all people of the inability of people to destroy God's life.

However much they try to destroy life, it just rises again like the phoenix.

There is no death, and life cannot be destroyed.

This is a most important truth for everyone to absorb into their consciousness.

We ask you to meditate on this; and as you meditate, to remember how you are linked on that higher level of consciousness with the eternal and infinite Light, the Son of God, the Sun."




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Do you have to Suffer to be a Pilgrim?

One of the more fascinating conversations that come up during pilgrim gatherings is whether or not suffering is an integral part of #pilgrimage.

In this video, I share some reflections on suffering and how it differs from struggling.

You can also listen to the PODCAST of this (and all other episodes) HERE.

I hope you enjoy it. Please share freely, and give it a Like, if you so feel called.

Buen Camino!
Mony



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Walking for Peace: featured on the DAILY GOOD platform!

Mony and Alberto in Venice, Italy

"I needed ten years to properly digest all that occurred during those thirteen months of walking. Although I was declaring over and again that peace begins within, only with time would I fully comprehend the power and profundity of those words.

I would come to understand that we are all on a journey of self-discovery and self-mastery. There are many who walk this path consciously, others still not.

My Walk for Peace began as an active response to a situation that I saw (9/11); but the true path I was walking in reality had little to do with peace in Jerusalem.

It was a path of initiation, a journey into the inner realms, one whose intention was to heal the wounds and divisions that I hosted there, so that the Light that is our essence may fully manifest and declare its presence in its rightful home: the heart.       

The Jerusalem I was walking towards was always within me; a state of grace, perfection and peace that I know one day will be reflected in the Jerusalem that I see in my outer world."

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Click HERE or on the picture to read the full article.

Thank you DailyGood.org for the opportunity to share our story on your incredible platform. And thank you to the thousands of people who have read and shared this article. 🙏

~Mony 


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Christmas Eve in Bethlehem

 

On this night many years ago, Alberto and I celebrated Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, ending a 13-month pilgrimage for peace.

Like the Wise Men, we too had journeyed from afar, following a six-sided star. It was one of the persistent signs that guided our journey. We naturally assumed it referred to the Star of David, confirming our pilgrimage to the Holy Land. But it was so much more!

We didn’t plan to arrive in Jerusalem or Bethlehem on Dec. 24. I see now that it was one of those seminal moments – like the many we had during our walk – where a greater Hand was orchestrating the events of our arrival so that we may understand the mystical meaning of this sacred day. We were led to the people and circumstances to be physically in Bethlehem and to participate in the outer celebrations, but to mark the inner significance of this birth in a completely unrelated manner.

In stillness. In silence. In simplicity.

In our hotel room, we each lit a candle and gave thanks to all the forces that had delivered us there safely. We offered our deep love and appreciation for the journey we had just completed and the many lessons yet to be revealed.

We bowed in reverence to the Light and the Love that was being born that night in the cave of our hearts.

We brought gifts as well, offering a heart that had been broken open and its darkest recesses filled with love. We brought a mind whose ideas and constructs has been torn down and rebuilt on a foundation of truth and higher thought. We offered feet and bodies that had walked in service to that Love, and that committed to do so over and again.

It is a Love that is eternal. A Light more brilliant than a thousand suns. It heals all. It beautifies all. It comforts all. It illuminates all.

It is the Divine essence of who we are, a universal consciousness of brotherhood, compassion and service. It is what is born again at this time, and what we delight in celebrating.

May this Light shine ever so brilliantly in your lives, always. <3

Mony




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Making Peace - the way of Ho'oponopono

For those of us on the path of unfolding Spirit, it may at times feel as if the world of Spirit and the world we witness are indeed worlds apart. The divide appears to be expanding, with few means of bridging or reconciling that separation.

How can we live in the world, and love it?

In this talk at Unity Spiritual Centre Ottawa, I share some thoughts on how to do just that.

It all begins within.

~Mony







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Pilgrim Story Hour w/ Mony Dojeiji - Walking Alone, a spiritual practice

Our life is a pilgrimage, with only one sacred destination: an encounter with our true selves. On that journey, we must learn to walk alone so that we may stand in confidence of the world, rather than in fear of it.

I gave this talk at Unity Spiritual Centre Ottawa. I hope you enjoy my reflections and stories.

Buen Camino!
~Mony


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A Pilgrim Blessing on the Feast Day of Santiago

To all those named Santi, Santiago, Jacobo,Jacques, Jacob, Yakov and more... and to #pilgrims who walk the #Camino... Feliz Dia de Santiago!

In honour of this day, July 25, I share with you all a blessing from the Camino, that I wrote in my book "Walking Alone".

Buen Camino!
~Mony
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Step lightly and with reverence, for you walk on paths forged by sacrifice, devotion and love. You are not merely stepping onto sacred ground, but into what is sacred within you. Treat both delicately.

Taste of my abundance. Dwell in my magic places. Drink of my beauty. They are all freely shared, and reside within you too.

Leave your sorrows and travails with me, so that the flames of my sword may unleash their hidden light. But don’t forget to also leave me your joys and triumphs, for they are my nourishment too.

The sacred in you resides in me also. That is because we are created by the same hand. No separation exists between us. My imprint on your heart is as binding as your imprint on mine.

I am the worker of miracles. I lead you to the most unexpected places, places that feel both familiar and unrecognizable. I lead you to the greatest treasure, the one that you were carrying with you all along.

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The Author's Journey hosts Dr. Lesley Harman

Join me for this fascinating and insightful conversation with Lesley Harman, as she she shares her journey from the world of academia (Professor of Sociology at King's College in London) to that of a simple pilgrim; the importance of Presence and meditation when writing; and the power of using your words and voice as the means to express your authentic self.

A beautiful interview with a beautiful person.

To learn more about Lesley's books, please visit http://ursuspress.ca/.

Listen to the PODCAST on https://soundcloud.com/mony-dojeiji/sets/the-authors-journey.

Enjoy, and thanks for sharing!
~Mony





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