Dear Friends,
The broad scope of suffering and the joy encompassed in this issue reflects the reality of the life we share with our Mother Earth. Let us take refuge in it all and remain stable in our practice and aspirations as we go forward.
A dharma sister in California, Antoinette Gonzalez, writes of breathing in suffering, anger and grief and breathing out compassion as last season’s wildfires burned late into the fall and smoke choked the air in vast areas of the state. She is learning not to be consumed by the fires of despair.
Chi E Shenam Westin, a member of the Beginner’s Mind Sangha in Boise, Idaho, writes of the joy of striving for the harmony that holds all that he sees as he paints the landscape. He stands in a dinosaur track as he allows the emptiness of space and time to hold him in the moment.
The new Chair of the Care Taking Council, Michele Tae, tells us that the Earth Holders Sangha will broaden its scope to become a Community and will launch a new website to offer support to groups working together on events and taking action (Watch for announcement about Annual Meeting online on April 14). We are reminded again that we are interconnected and that all of these joys and sorrows bring us back to our oneness.
With love and gratitude,
The Editorial Team
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