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I would like to share this poem with The Healing Bridge, although I acknowledge that the yearning for peace is genderless. The poem simply sprang forth as a result of a woman's group that I'm involved in; hence, the voices of women. But we can all drink peace.
Let's start a new type of holy cycle.
Love and Peace,
Virginia Read the poem...

PRAY FOR PEACE – Ellen Bass

Pray to whoever you kneel down to:
Jesus nailed to his wooden or marble or plastic cross,
his suffering face bent to kiss you;
Buddha still under the Bo tree in scorching heat,
Yahweh, Allah, raise your arms to Mary
that she may lay her palm on our brows,
to Shekinhah, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
to Inanna in her stripped descent... . Read more

Humans
are divided
into different
clans and tribes,
and belong to
countries and towns.
But I find myself
a stranger to
all communities
and belong to
no settlement.
The universe is
my country
and the human family
Is my tribe.

ANON
Contributed by Hector Gomez

Exercise has been a cornerstone of my physical, mental, and spiritual health for many years now.

Having suffered from chronic depression since childhood, it was a miracle to me when in my early 20’s I was able to discipline myself to run. Since that point, I learned a number of important lessons that have stayed with me on this 20-year life journey... Read more...

MARIE HOPE

Interacting Galaxies
Credit & Copyight: NASA and STScl, ACS Science Team & ESA.

One world, many voices
One universe, many experiences
Share with me yourself
Touch me with your heart
Feel for a moment a common universe
Take longer than a moment to reflect, and know, we are all one
Your anger is in me, I may hide it
Your pain is in me, I may bury it
Your sorrow is in me, I may withdraw from it
Help me to see the world from your perspective
Help me to expand my point of view
Don't let me look away when the pain I touch in you touches the pain in me
I am here. I am witness that you exist.
I witness that your life has value and meaning.
We are all witness to each other's soul.
We are not good or bad, we are alive.
Let us find a way to allow every being to live.
One universe.

KALLIE KENDLE

Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June's long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
You must praise the mutilated world.
You watched the stylish yachts and ships;
one of them had a long trip ahead of it,
while salty oblivion awaited others.
You've seen the refugees heading nowhere,
you've heard the executioners sing joyfully.
You should praise the mutilated world.
Remember the moments when we were together
in a white room and the curtain fluttered.
Return in thought to the concert where music flared.
You gathered acorns in the park in autumn
and leaves eddied over the earth's scars.
Praise the mutilated world
and the gray feather a thrush lost,
and the gentle light that strays and vanishes
and returns

By Adam Zagajewski (Translated, from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh).
Published in "The New Yorker" Magazine, September 26, 2001
Contributed to The Healing Bridge by Elizabeth.

What if religion was each other?
If our practice was our life?
If prayer was our words?
What if the Temple was the Earth?
If forests were our church?
If holy water the rivers, lakes and oceans?
What if meditation was our relationships?
If the Teacher was life?
If wisdom was self-knowledge?
If Love was the center of our being
What if God was oneself, and all?

Ganga White, 1998 Santa Barbara All Rights Reserved Written at The Rainforest Benefit, NYC April 1998.
Contributed by SUSAN BLAIR BREW