for the past four hundred and seventeen 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 of dreamtime 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 where we see all that is as numinous love… i love seeing us all right in this moment reciting this blessing prayed every morning by His Holiness the Dalai Lama… all of us be longing, belonging and blessing our belonging in the sacred hoop, web of life, the interconnection of trillions of golden threads woven into a fluid tapestry, a boundless sea of love energy…

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.