We are the ones we have been waiting for inner light in a time of darkness : meditations
A book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the Pulitzer Prize-winner who has devoted her life to befriending the earth. Walker has long been a force for sanity in a chaotic world. Here she draws on her deep spiritual grounding, her political conviction and experience, an...
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| contents | Three fates : graduation address, Agnes Scott College, 2000 The day you are born. -- Childhood. -- When life descends into the pit. -- All praises to the pause : the universal moment of reflection : commencement address, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California, May 19, 2002 A blessing Until I was nearly fifty Loss of vitality My friend Yeshi The writer's life The river has its destination. -- Crimes against dog. -- This was not an area of large plantations : suffering too insignificant for the majority to see : Dharma talk, African American Buddhist Conference/Retreat, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, California, August 16, 2002 They helped their own. -- I call that man religious : healing the universal heart, becoming intimate with that which is foreign : the College of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California, April 11, 2002 At first, it is true, I thought there were only peaches & wild grapes We have a beautiful mother. -- Now that you are with me like my people and the dignity of the world : letters of love & hope, the story of the Cuban Five. -- Metta to Muriel and other marvels : a poet's experience of meditation. -- How it feels to know someone died for you : living with the voice of the beloved : talk at UC Santa Cruz, early nineties [Thousands of feet below you] Not children Patriot When we let the spirit lead us Remember. -- The glimpse of life beyond the words : on censorship and freedom of speech. -- Sent by earth : a message from the grandmother spirit : talk given to the Midwives Alliance of North America, September 22, 2001 A Native person looks up from the plate, or, Owning how we must look to a person who has become our food Recommendation S M [At this time of mourning]. -- Orchids : a talk at the yoga summit & retreat presented by International Association of Black Yoga Teachers, Watsonville, California, August 1, 2003. -- To be led by happiness : (re: March 8, 2003) |
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| spelling | Walker, Alice 1944- Verfasser (DE-588)118884433 aut We are the ones we have been waiting for inner light in a time of darkness : meditations Alice Walker ; foreword by Rebecca Walker New York The New Press [2021] xii, 257 Seiten 19 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier First publised in the United States by The New Press, New York, 2006 Three fates : graduation address, Agnes Scott College, 2000 The day you are born. -- Childhood. -- When life descends into the pit. -- All praises to the pause : the universal moment of reflection : commencement address, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California, May 19, 2002 A blessing Until I was nearly fifty Loss of vitality My friend Yeshi The writer's life The river has its destination. -- Crimes against dog. -- This was not an area of large plantations : suffering too insignificant for the majority to see : Dharma talk, African American Buddhist Conference/Retreat, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, California, August 16, 2002 They helped their own. -- I call that man religious : healing the universal heart, becoming intimate with that which is foreign : the College of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California, April 11, 2002 Fidel Castro Ruz At first, it is true, I thought there were only peaches & wild grapes We have a beautiful mother. -- Now that you are with me like my people and the dignity of the world : letters of love & hope, the story of the Cuban Five. -- Metta to Muriel and other marvels : a poet's experience of meditation. -- How it feels to know someone died for you : living with the voice of the beloved : talk at UC Santa Cruz, early nineties [Thousands of feet below you] Not children Patriot When we let the spirit lead us Remember. -- The glimpse of life beyond the words : on censorship and freedom of speech. -- Sent by earth : a message from the grandmother spirit : talk given to the Midwives Alliance of North America, September 22, 2001 A Native person looks up from the plate, or, Owning how we must look to a person who has become our food Recommendation S M [At this time of mourning]. -- Orchids : a talk at the yoga summit & retreat presented by International Association of Black Yoga Teachers, Watsonville, California, August 1, 2003. -- To be led by happiness : (re: March 8, 2003) A book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the Pulitzer Prize-winner who has devoted her life to befriending the earth. Walker has long been a force for sanity in a chaotic world. Here she draws on her deep spiritual grounding, her political conviction and experience, and her literary gifts to offer a series of meditations filled with wisdom, hope, encouragement, and, at times, serenity to a world in need of all these things. "Happiness ... comes from the simple belief that what one is feeling and doing is right. That it is right to protect rather than terrorize others; right to feed people rather than withhold food (and medicine); right to want the freedom and joyful existence of all human kind ... A deep knowing that we are the earth--our separation from Earth perhaps our greatest illusion--and that we stand, with gratitude and love, by our planetary Self Social change African American women / Poetry American essays / 21st century Meditations Essays Walker, Rebecca 1969- (DE-588)143805975 wpr Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-62097-692-0 |
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