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(This is not about a Sura, it is about fear.
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I had a severe stammer for most of my childhood and early adulthood.  It lasted until i was nearly forty; thus i stuttered through sermons, social services casework interviews and college classroom lectures.  It was frustrating and embarassing.  I thought i knew the origin of the stammer, but i was mistaken.( Read on if you wish to... )

English version by Jane Hirshfield
Original Language Dutch

You who want
knowledge,
seek the Oneness
within

There you
will find
the clear mirror
already waiting

-- from Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, Edited by Jane Hirshf
Poetry Chaikhana | Hadewijch - You who want

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The Clearness Committee ( Read more... )

       
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( Why can't i talk about beauty without criticizing what i think is ugly? )

Just watched Captain Correli's Mandolin which triggered old memories suitable for fourth stepping.  ( (Troops in town...) )