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    A Tagore Quote  "...seek, and you will find..."                    Matt 7:7 The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  Music With much love. George & Matilda   

    'n Tagore-Aanhaling  "...soek, en julle sal vind..."                                                   Matt 7:7 Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  Musiek  Baie liefde. George & Matilda   

    Loneliness On The Journey   The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  Music The video of the 4 year old Rylyn Clark who, during the Corona pandemic in 2020, sang Bob Marley's Three Little Birds , touched people deeply. We've chosen it as music for this week's post, not to indicate that loneliness is a trivial issue that can be addressed with a ""Don't worry, everything will be alright." With the same compassion of a little Rylyn we want to reach out over distance, connect, and provide some comfort. Rylyn's mother gave some background, shortly after the video started to circulate on the internet.  She regularly sang Three Little Birds as a lullaby t o him when tucking him in at night. During the pandemic he was missing his Nana, grandfather and the connection with the rest of the extended family terribly,  so he sang the lullaby that gave him such comfort to them. They sent it to the family members, who love and cherish him … and then the w...

    Eensaamheid Op Die Reis  Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  Musiek  Die video van die 4-jarige Rylyn Clark wat tydens die Corona-epidemie in 2020, Bob Marley se Three Little Birds  sing, het by baie 'n diep snaar geroer.  Ons het dit vir vandag se blog-inskrywing gekies, nie om te sê dat ons eensaamheid in al sy vorms maar ligtelik afgemaak kan word met 'n "Moenie bekommer nie, alles sal reg wees" nie. Met dieselfde deernis as klein Rylyn wil ons ook oor afstand uitreik, konnekteer, en sommer net 'n klein bietjie troos. Rylyn se ma het kort nadat sy video op die internet begin sirkuleer het, 'n bietjie agtergrond gegee. Sy het gereeld Three Little Birds  vir hom gesing wanneer sy hom saans in die bed sit. Tydens die epidemie was dit vir hom sleg dat hy nie gereeld by sy Nana, Oupa en die ander familie kon wees nie. Toe sing hy sy slaapliedjie wat hom so getroos het vir hulle, want hulle is die mense wat vir hom lief is en hom koester,...

    How To Start   The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  “There is a secret place.  A radiant sanctuary. As real as your own kitchen.  More real than that. Constructed of the purest elements.  Overflowing with the ten thousand beautiful things. Worlds within worlds.  Forests, rivers. Velvet coverlets thrown over featherbeds, fountains bubbling beneath a canopy of stars. Bountiful forests, universal libraries. A wine cellar offering an intoxication so sweet you will never be sober again. A clarity so complete you will never again forget. This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway… Believe the incredible truth that the Beloved has chosen for his dwelling place the core of your own being because that is the single most beautiful place in all of creation.”                            ...

    Hoe Begin Ek?  Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  “There is a secret place.  A radiant sanctuary. As real as your own kitchen.  More real than that. Constructed of the purest elements.  Overflowing with the ten thousand beautiful things. Worlds within worlds.  Forests, rivers. Velvet coverlets thrown over featherbeds, fountains bubbling beneath a canopy of stars. Bountiful forests, universal libraries. A wine cellar offering an intoxication so sweet you will never be sober again. A clarity so complete you will never again forget. This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway… Believe the incredible truth that the Beloved has chosen for his dwelling place the core of your own being because that is the single most beautiful place in all of creation.”                                    ...

    To Let Go The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  Music Often, when we loosen our grip and let go, we fall into something much bigger than our own making. You lose your grip, and then you slip Into the masterpiece                                                                         From:   "A Thousand Kisses Deep" "Everybody eventually comes to the conclusion that things are not unfolding exactly the way they wanted, and that the whole enterprise has a basis that you can’t penetrate. Nevertheless, you live your life as if it’s real. But with the understanding: it’s only a thousand kisses deep, that is, with that deep intuitive understanding that this is unfolding according to a pattern that you simply cannot discern.”            ...

  Om  Te Laat Gaan Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  Musiek  Dikwels, wanneer ons ons greep laat los, dan val ons in iets wat veel grootser is as wat ons kon uitdink of beplan. You lose your grip, and then you slip Into the masterpiece                                                                         Uit:   "A Thousand Kisses Deep" "Everybody eventually comes to the conclusion that things are not unfolding exactly the way they wanted, and that the whole enterprise has a basis that you can’t penetrate. Nevertheless, you live your life as if it’s real. But with the understanding: it’s only a thousand kisses deep, that is, with that deep intuitive understanding that this is unfolding according to a pattern that you simply cannot discern.” ...