Mark Moore

We are merely and forever inside of the divine flow, just like Isaiah’s “rain and snow.” Forgiveness is not some churchy technique or formula. Forgiveness is constant from God’s side, which should become a calm, joyous certainty on our side. Mercy received will be mercy passed on, and “will not return to me empty, until it has succeeded in what it

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In this respect, forgiveness is the exact opposite of vengeance, which acts in the form of re-acting against an original trespassing, whereby far from putting an end to the consequences of the first misdeed, everybody remains bound to the process, permitting the chain reaction contained in every action to take its unhindered course. In contrast to ... See more

Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without. A silent space of intense presence arises both in you and around you. Whoever or whatever enters that field of consciousness will be affecte

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[prayer forgiveness]

Shakti Gawain on forgiving others:

Write down the names of anyone who hurt you or toward whom you feel anger. Next to each name, jot down the problem.

Close your eyes, relax, and visualize each person you’re angry with, one at a time. Imagine yourself telling why you feel angry or hurt, but adding that you now wan... See more

[prayer forgiveness]

I have lately spent some of my prayer-time each day with a modified form of the ‘Jesus Prayer.’ It runs, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner, and forgive all those who hate me or do me harm. Forgive them freely without reproach and grant me true repentance.” I offer no great authority for this prayer – inde... See more

[Braille Anecdote]

[blindness][braille][awl]

Louis Braille had been accidentally blinded at the tender age of three years old in his father’s workshop, with an awl. Cohn remarks on this, drawing a breathtaking association: “Is it an accident that my tool for making hand-punched braille is so much like an awl?

Touching Words: on Poetry in Memoir TJ Pri... See more

[Digital Wildfire Fable]

When fire is observed publicly and in real time, new forms of participatory governance emerge, often outside of formal institutions. In our case, digital spectatorship pressured local fire managers to respond to a context, shaped by public perceptions, that was detached from actual conditions. The real fire was calm and cont... See more

around age four, children also develop ‘theory of mind’ (appreciating that people’s beliefs can fail to match reality), visual perspective-taking (understanding that something that’s blue for me will look green to you wearing yellow glasses), and tolerate ‘dual naming’ (you say tree, I say bush; we can both be right). Notably, these all involve hol... See more