for ninety-nine days, i have gathered with another in a sacred communion to voice lovingkindness blessings for all that is… each evening we join at the threshold to offer ourselves, everything we are, to the all that is… we envision the whole cosmos joining us and experiencing our true reality of oneness and seeing each other as numinous love… on this evening of hearing about the Dalai Lama’s health, i love seeing us in this moment reciting the blessing prayed every morning by His Holiness the Dalai Lama… may our blessings of compassion be a comfort to His Holiness and to all others in moments of ebb tides…

May I be a guard for those who need protection

A guide for those on the path

A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood

May I be a lamp in the darkness

A resting place for the weary

A healing medicine for all who are sick

A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles

And for the boundless multitudes of living beings

May I bring sustenance and awakening

Enduring like the earth and sky

Until all beings are freed from sorrow

And all are awakened.