About Heart Sessions

Hello all. This blog is intended to honor the group meditations initiated by Tom Sawyer, now carried on by friends of his since his passing. Being physically spread out as we are we have agreed to sit down in our own homes at the same clock time, 9pm EST on Sunday nights. We sit for at least 20 minutes, although sitting for longer periods is no problem if you so choose.


There is no specified technique for these meditations. Precisely prescribed actions sometimes become unauthentic and what is meaningful for one person may not be for another. So if you choose to assist you may use a favored technique or listen within, apply self-honesty, and allow growth. There is no political or economic agenda involved. There are no dues or dogma. The essential point is an honest willingness to help.


Each week there is a suggested focus as posted on this blog. We previously had been using an email list but now, through the kind assistance and generous guidance of Barbara Whitfield and Donald Brennan, we have the pleasure of this blog forum. Loving thanks to you both. Comments may be left by clicking the "Leave Comments Here" link below each post.

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Sunday, May 15

For Sunday May 15, 2016

Hello everyone, it's sad but reasonable to assume that fractious divisions, much as we see between people today, also existed between the 400,000 people who lived in San Francisco in 1900. More than half of those folks were left homeless by a devastating earthquake in April of 1906.

The writer Dorothy Day witnessed the event as a 9 year old child. Seeing the immense compassion offered between total strangers immediately after the catastrophe brought her to remark, "Why can't people live like this all the time?"

Major catastrophes do not occur solely for the purpose of creating a spiritual cleansing, yet it is a deeply human response. Whenever 'push comes to shove' and 'lives are on the line' people quickly drop arbitrary differences and reach out honestly, human to human, heart to heart. 

May we sit this evening for such connections in our own lives today. May we reach out to those who are lost. May we recognize and see beyond our flimsy emotional and thought-based divisions. May the deeper truths of our shared humanity shine through. 

Thank you,

Richard
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