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June 2010 Issue

by Robert Griswold

There is a candle in your heart ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul ready to be filled.
You feel it, don’t you?   -Jelaluddin Rumi

No words of mine or any other person can fully convey the experience of the Inward Light to another. Each person must find this experience by themselves. Nevertheless, we all may profit from what the experience of others has taught, if we put it up against our own. These experiences reveal to us valuable insights into our own natures and to the complexity of the Inward Light.

Experience of the Inward Light teaches us that we are not stuck solely in a relationship with self. There is that to be found within which is awesomely real and commanding. And this is not a fabrication of our minds. It is experienced personally but it is not subjective or shaped by the ego. This experience gives us the certain understanding and courage to act lovingly and become tender toward all creation. This does not mean that we will never have another weak moment. It means we will know our weak moments to be weak moments.

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June 2010: Issue Contents

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  • Youth Spirit Artworks
  • Let it Shine: Committee for Sufferings by Bill Durland
  • PYM Call to Annual Session
  • The Second Great Abolition by John Calvi
  • Quaker Witness at the State Capitol by Tom Ewell
  • Light Groups by Stanford Searl
  • Leadings Through and to Nature by Meghann WIllard
 
 

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