-Traditional Celtic Prayer

(I changed God to Goddess)

Buddhist Wisdom

Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns; the original nature of your own mind. The natural state of the universe unmanifest.

Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature, it is home.

-Tibetan Book of the Dead

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The Nine Principles of the Goddess
1. I acknowledge that there is one Goddess in essence, Creatrix of
all existences; Her forms are infinite, She manifests Herself in our
love, and we are all Her lovers.

2. Treat all beings with reciprocity, for the Goddess lives in them
as well as in us.

3. Tolerate other religions and do not compel others to join the
circle of the Goddess: the Goddess will draw those to Her who are
ready and hear Her call.

4. Worship Her by restoring balance to Her planet.

5. Eat mostly grains, vegetables and fruits, so that there will be
enough food for all; when you eat thank the Goddess, the provider of
all energy. It is not forbidden to eat animal flesh in moderation,
but when you do so you must thank the animal that you eat as well.

6. In the circle of the Goddess create consensus while respecting
diversity of opinion. On the path of the Goddess there are many paths.

7. In your home create a sacred space for the Goddess to please Her.
Meditate on the Goddess three times a day, at rising, at noon and at
sundown.

8. Sexuality is Her sacrament; enjoy this gift and bless those who
you share it with love and affection. Remember that overcoming
jealousy is the cause of cessation of the cycle of rebirth.

9. Announce the religion of the Goddess to the world through good
works, honest words and selfless acts of beauty and love.

To set out on the path of the Goddess, you need only recite the first
principle three times, and say three times 'blessed be'. The Goddess
will enter your heart and you will feel her love, and when that
happens you are in the circle of the Goddess.

Muslim Wisdom

The light of God is an ornament of wisdom.
That is the meaning of "light upon light."
The light of reason draws toward the earth.
The light of God carries you aloft.
Things of reason are of the lower world.
The light of God is an ocean,
reason merely a dewdrop.

-Rumi, "Mathnawi"

Hindu Wisdom

Impart to us those vitalizing forces
that come, O Earth, from deep within your body,
your central point, your navel; purify us wholly.
The Earth is mother; I am son of Earth.
The Rain-giver is my father; may he shower on us
blessings!


-Rig Veda

Buddhist Wisdom

Love yourself and be awake-
Today, tomorrow, always.

First establish yourself in the way,
Then teach others,
And so defeat sorrow.

To straighten the crooked
You must first do a harder thing-
Straighten yourself.

You are your only master.
Who else?
Subdue yourself,
And discover your master.

-from the Dhammapada

Buddhist Wisdom

How boundless and free is the sky of Awareness!
How bright the full moon of wisdom!
Truly, is anything missing now?
Nirvana is right here, before our eyes; this very place is the Lotus Land; this very body, the Buddha.


-Hakuin Zenji, "Song of Zazen"