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Bernedette Muthien

Anonymous

Reinaldo Arenas

Franklin Abbott

Sir Cecil Beaton

Wendell Berry

Chrystos

Heide Gottner-Abendroth

Hafiz

John of the Cross

Li-Young Lee

Andre Lorde

Dawna Markova

Kishwar Naheed

Roshila Nair

Mary Oliver

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Shailja Patel

Pretenders

Rumi

Tao Te

Sojourner Truth

Alice Walker

Marianne Williamson

 

 

 

 


Ramakrishna explained [Kali's] darkness as the result of distance. When we are far away from an object, it appears dark to us. "Go near and you will find her devoid of all color," he said. "The water of a lake appears black from a distance. Go near and take the water in your hand, and you will see it has no color at all. Similarly, the sky looks blue from a distance. But look at the atmosphere near you; it has no color.

China Galland recalls an ancient Indian story, which serves to illustrate that something only looks alien when it is not examined closely enough.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If it were between countries, we'd call it a war.
If it were a disease, we'd call it an epidemic.
If it were an oil spill, we'd call it a disaster,
but its happening to thousands of australian women -
and its just a domestic...'


listserv posting by "ada_indy"

 

 

 
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