The Way of Prayer

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You have hands. The Universe has hands. Put them together

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Flowers open. You open. Endless opening

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Water flows. You flow. Endless flowing

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The sun gives. You give. Endless giving

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Trees reach. You reach. Endless reaching

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Birds sing. You sing. Endless singing

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A mother loves. You love. Endless loving

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A friend visits. You visit

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Kiss and let God in

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Great the Waterfall

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Choose a leaf. Speak with it

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Marry in nature

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Bless the children with the honey of wisdom

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Bring the symbols of Love to your bed

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Count flowers

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Give scent to your books

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Bless the animals in your zoos

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Bless the Earth with new forests

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Rise and cleanse the oceans

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Trace the sands on the beach with the fragility of life

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Give your neighbor tokens of affection

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Enter the house of another faith and pray

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Travel in your heart

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Look at food carefully before you eat it

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Mix colors

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Choose your sacred hour and chime

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Choose a tree, befriend it

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Study poetry discuss the philosophers. Laugh

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Let your music deepen the world

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Let your art speak to Life

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Let your thoughts serve Joy

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Educate for Life

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Bring veils

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Wrap yourself in the softness of leaves

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Let your feet be your Temples

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Begin to make love with a whisper

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Hold hands and, then, bodies

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The Orgasm is the Sound

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Make your graveyards beautiful with Life

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Stop and stare and then think beyond

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Go to the beaches and kneel

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Drink water with respect

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Celebrate water on chosen days

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Celebrate the Sun on a chosen hour

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Bring your children under the Moon and tell its sacred story

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Design masks and then burn them

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First make love with your eyes

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Deepen all handshakes

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Bless the Earth with Song

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Life, All of Life, is the Divine Prayer

Dan Corjescu teaches at the University of Tübingen’s “Studium Professionale” Program

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