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We imagine the Divine
As distant and inaccessible,
Whereas in fact
We live steeped
In its burning layers.

- Teilhard deChardin

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Personal Safety Nets - Our mission is to spread the news that interdependence and community are stronger than isolated independence. We accomplish this by teaching skills and offering guidance on creative ways to fulfill our fundamental human need to build and maintain strong networks of support and creativity in our personal, community, and work places. 

 

Books we recommend:

Thomas Moore - Care of the Soul, A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

Care of the Soul is considered to be one of the best primers for soul work ever written. Thomas Moore, an internationally renowned theologian and former Catholic monk, offers a philosophy for living that involves accepting our humanity rather than struggling to transcend it. By nurturing the soul in everyday life, Moore shows how to cultivate dignity, peace, and depth of character.

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Rachel Naomi Remen M.D. - My Grandfather's Blessings and Kitchen Table Wisdom are books that will touch you, change you and connect you more deeply to life. Be prepared to laugh and to cry, to look at yourself and others in new ways, and in the end, to discover that your life is far richer than you knew and you are a better person than you ever dreamed.

Kitchen Table Wisdom, Stories That Heal - "Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time," writes Rachel Naomi Remen in her introduction to Kitchen Table Wisdom. "It is the way wisdom gets passed along.

My Grandfather's Blessings, Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging - Remen uses the heart-rending stories of her patients to teach readers how to follow in her example, that is, combining a life of service with a life of receiving and giving blessings.