Remembering

9/11 -- Six Years Ago Today

Those we lost in body.

Those we lost in soul.

Gone.

Gone away.

Forever.

9/11 - Light Many Candles

9/11 -- Plant the Seed

"If somebody doesn't begin to provide some kind of harmony,
we will not be able to develop sanity
in this world at all.
Somebody has to plant the seed
so that sanity can happen on this earth. "

-- Chogyam Trunpga Rinpoche
as quoted by Pema Chodron

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"We often complain about other people's fundamentalism.
But whenever we harden our hearts,
what is going on with us?"

-- Pema Chodron from Practicing Peace in Times of War

9/11 - Light One Candle

9/11 -- Find the Answer

The answer to terror can't be found in a president's speech.
It can't be found in a documentary or drama.
It can't be found in the endless rehashing of events.
It can't be found in the rantings of a blogger.

Turn away from easy answers
Turn away from radio
Turn away from television
Turn away from blogs

In this moment:
accept the silence and the pain

In this moment:
simply be.