Thursday, August 03, 2006
Patricia Hits the News! and some Sacred Poetry
This post is from Patricia's Journal for today:
Thursday, August 03, 2006
in the news...
After a long hot day in front of the White House--100 degrees for much of my 6 hours there--I returned to my trusty laptop in my lovely air-conditioned hotel room to find that the Scripps Howard News Service had published Cristina Ramirez's profile of me yesterday and a newspaper in Texas had already run with it. It remains to be seen if other papers will pick it up too.
Cristina's article is called "Raging granny's White House protest nears end" and starts with the words:
"Roll over, Cindy Sheehan. There's a new protester camped out at the White House these days."
You can check it out by going to http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=RAGINGGRANNY-08-02-06
Gee whiz!
// posted by Patricia @ 8/03/2006 06:09:00 PM
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
The following is from Dorothy (who is thrilled by Patricia's news. Your may have to go to her original post to get to the Scripps Howard story--www.windchimewalker.blogspot.com)
And here are some poems which capture the spirit of Patricia's own dedication.
These two poems, the first by a Sufi, the second by an Iranian Muslim, sum up beautifully the notion that we are "all one person," and that each is a part of the totality of the overarching divine presence. Both are from Ivan Grangers poetry site.
All Adam's race are members of one frame;
By Sadi
(1207? - 1291)
English version by Edward B. Eastwick
All Adam's race are members of one frame;
Since all, at first, from the same essence came.
When by hard fortune one limb is oppressed,
The other members lose their wonted rest:
If thou feel'st not for others' misery,
A son of Adam is no name for thee.
-- from The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick
Find It in You
By Baba Afzal Kashani
(13th Century)
English version by David and Sabrineh Fideler
The Divine Book's imprint
is nothing but you.
The mirror of the King's Beauty
is nothing but you.
Not a thing in this world
is outside of you.
Whatever you're seeking --
you'll find it in you.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
in the news...
After a long hot day in front of the White House--100 degrees for much of my 6 hours there--I returned to my trusty laptop in my lovely air-conditioned hotel room to find that the Scripps Howard News Service had published Cristina Ramirez's profile of me yesterday and a newspaper in Texas had already run with it. It remains to be seen if other papers will pick it up too.
Cristina's article is called "Raging granny's White House protest nears end" and starts with the words:
"Roll over, Cindy Sheehan. There's a new protester camped out at the White House these days."
You can check it out by going to http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=RAGINGGRANNY-08-02-06
Gee whiz!
// posted by Patricia @ 8/03/2006 06:09:00 PM
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
The following is from Dorothy (who is thrilled by Patricia's news. Your may have to go to her original post to get to the Scripps Howard story--www.windchimewalker.blogspot.com)
And here are some poems which capture the spirit of Patricia's own dedication.
These two poems, the first by a Sufi, the second by an Iranian Muslim, sum up beautifully the notion that we are "all one person," and that each is a part of the totality of the overarching divine presence. Both are from Ivan Grangers poetry site.
All Adam's race are members of one frame;
By Sadi
(1207? - 1291)
English version by Edward B. Eastwick
All Adam's race are members of one frame;
Since all, at first, from the same essence came.
When by hard fortune one limb is oppressed,
The other members lose their wonted rest:
If thou feel'st not for others' misery,
A son of Adam is no name for thee.
-- from The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick
Find It in You
By Baba Afzal Kashani
(13th Century)
English version by David and Sabrineh Fideler
The Divine Book's imprint
is nothing but you.
The mirror of the King's Beauty
is nothing but you.
Not a thing in this world
is outside of you.
Whatever you're seeking --
you'll find it in you.
