Freedom and Simplicity
Description:
Two essays from Eric Sabelman of Palo Alto Meeting, concerning challenges that many Friends confront.
Keywords:
Two essays from Eric Sabelman of Palo Alto Meeting, concerning challenges that many Friends confront.
A study of the history and philosophy underlying various views of "freedom" and "fraternity."
Dear Friends: Back to basics.
The life in me needs to be wonderful.
To be wonderful, the life in me -- needs to be safe, needs to be healthy, needs to be happy.
To be happy, the life in me needs to take some risks with my safety and health.
I never realized what was going on the moment I let go of the ground. It wasn’t until I was high in the air holding onto God that I saw God was all I had.
1
Walking the labyrinth in June
Birds sing one onward
Ants see no obstacle in bare feet
2
Two roads to freedom
The beggar and the scholar
One takes the other gives away
3
By the waterfall’s chorus
Orange Kimono butterflies mate
Droopy redwood sapling
4
Fluttering in dappled sunlight
Tender green shoots