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In All Things
Poems From The Porch to let go of striving and the need to know to relinquish the search and the chase to rest in silence of mind and...

Rev. Ani
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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A Duality of Preferences
Poems From The Porch resistance and clinging precursors of suffering pain labeled bad avoid and avert pleasure labeled good grasp and...

Rev. Ani
Nov 7, 20211 min read
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Seeing the Face of God
Poems From The Porch So often I have failed to recognize You, Breath of my breath, for I have been enchanted by your love notes left...

Rev. Ani
Nov 4, 20212 min read
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The Underwhelming Choice
Poems From The Porch Did you not know that you would have to suffer these things in order to enter into your glory? Did you imagine that...

Rev. Ani
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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In the Breaking of the Bread
Poems From The Porch In the morning sunlight on the elderly oak, in the crispness of the autumn cool, in the affection of a purring...

Rev. Ani
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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Indestructible
Poems From The Porch photo by Dewang Gupta on Unsplash.com The master faced his worst nightmare willingly, initial resistance released....

Rev. Ani
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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Calming the Storm
Poems From The Porch photo by Harli Marten on Unsplash.com The disciple was afraid and expected the master to feel the same way. His...

Rev. Ani
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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Raging Against The Storm
Poems From The Porch Photo by Torsten Dederichs on Unsplash.com The master sat reclining comfortably on a cushion while the storm raged...

Rev. Ani
Oct 25, 20212 min read
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Pour Out Your Honey
Poems From The Porch photo by Sophie Nengel on Unsplash.com I come not with an empty spoon to greet the day, but with the vastness of an...

Rev. Ani
Oct 24, 20212 min read
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Who Told You That You Should Be Ashamed?
Poems From The Porch http://www.danamanly.com/gallery-ii Let me see again. If you choose, you can make me clean. I do choose. Be made...

Rev. Ani
Oct 12, 20211 min read
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The Gifts of the Day
Poems From The Porch I have come out to the porch to receive the gifts of the day, and they are many. There she is, a confederate rose...

Rev. Ani
Oct 7, 20212 min read
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You Don’t Have to Listen to That Voice in Your Head
~there are other options photo by Juan Rumimpunu on Unsplash.com Most of us wake up in the morning talking to ourselves; not out loud, of...

Rev. Ani
Oct 5, 20213 min read
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Why Doing What You Love Matters
Life is not a means to an end. You are here to enjoy the ride, not to acquire a seat at the table. You’re already at the banquet. That is...

Rev. Ani
Oct 4, 20213 min read
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Heaven & Hell in Everyday Life
~getting out of the prison of your enneagram type box converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation photo by Steve...

Rev. Ani
Sep 28, 20214 min read
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The Importance of Introspection
~a daily examen for each enneagram type converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation photo by Sixteen Miles Out on...

Rev. Ani
Sep 18, 202111 min read
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The Three Centers of Awareness
The enneagram's usefulness in dealing with triggers converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation photo by Randy...

Rev. Ani
Sep 17, 20213 min read
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Don't Be That Squirrel
Poems From The Porch There was a squirrel fussing mightily this morning, so I went to see what all the noise was about, and he went...

Rev. Ani
Sep 17, 20211 min read
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The Only Appropriate Response
Poems From The Porch “The universe unfolds in an optimal way, and part of that unfoldment happens through you and your actions.” (A.H....

Rev. Ani
Sep 16, 20212 min read
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