Summer is getting closer, although the weather is still miserable. We start with greetings and getting food on the table, and it is such great food that I just want to tell you about that! Our conversation first centers around movies we have seen this month that are relevant to the our spiritual lives in some way. K asks what we think about him showing his 88 yr old mother who is losing her short term memory the "Tibetan Book of the Dead". Someone says El Cid is the interfaith movie of all time. "Samsara" is another one. I can't get my notes down in time - I have come from the dentist and my mouth is numb and I am trying to get food into it.
H is going to start a class in her community - it will be called "Unity of Religious Ideals". At our last Shahabuddin seminar, he told us we should try to find ways to share the knowledge we have learnt over the years with younger people, and H has summoned up her courage to do this.
T gets us icecream and chocolate sauce. H is reading a book on Dragonology with E who is 8. I am overcome by a wave of love for this new family of mine, at how easily we all talk at the same time, and how glad I am to be with them.
Then T and H have a much more serious conversation, and afterwards I can't remember what it is about, I just remember my worry that maybe I am not the right person for this job, because I don't understand some of the more esoteric discussions!
K and H talk about Murshida Vera and their memories of her.
What can we do on June 21st to be part of the peace effort? H volunteers her home and we start to make plans.
We say prayers together, and make a date for next month
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