mornings with mary, waking with the light

 

  glimpse into a shrine by Anado McLauchlin

 

one night as a very young child 

i remember falling into a deeply comforting dream.

my "dream parents" stood beside me as we prepared for bed.

love surrounded us and when we shared our devotions,

our hands were not folded in prayer instead

they held prayer beads and

our words, filled with the same devotion,

were to Buddha.

 Anado McLauchlin's rainbow buddhas

i realized in that moment that i was familiar with the love of Jesus

because i was born into a Christian family and my parents 

shared the teachings they were raised with. 

that if i were born in India

my parents would teach me the wisdom of Buddha

and we would be Buddhists.

view from the world of  Anado McLauchlin

"just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds,

and wisdon appears from a pure and peaceful mind. to walk safely through the maze of human life,

one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."

the buddha

 

most importantly i recognized

that loving parents around this great earth we all call home,

teach their children what they know.

feeling the profound love of my "dream parents"

i saw quite clearly that i just as easily could have been 

Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Christian...any faith family

and i would believe those teachings to be true.

in that very moment my heart flooded with the profound realization of

divine love,

an all abiding inclusive love.

flora bowley

 

regardless of country, traditions, customs, beliefs

from that dream on, as that young girl,  i chose 

love .

i continue to live and create  from this place of acceptance,

of seeing and seeking the divine in everyone.

i suspect when we all wake up from our separate dreams 

and see divine love in every single moment, each and every person

we will finally know peace.

 

eight days of mornings with mary,

the eighth day of december and for many,

the feast day of mary, the start of Hannukah at sundown,

and bodiday,  the birth of enlightenment.

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Comments

[Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio]

How'd I get to be the first to post today? : )

What an incredibly loving post for all humanity to embrace. Those words express how I feel about other faiths-this spiritual banquet where we choose how to be express our spirituality. And if you think of our Creator as the ultimate in creativity, this approach is totally consistent with being creative.

I hope I'm making sense!

[Delphyne]

Really lovely, gentle post this morning, Rebecca.

[priti.lisa]

That's the best looking Buddha I've seen. Mia has a collection, but hers are all new.
Anyway,
wonderful post...a soothing way to begin the day...remembering to carry the light♥

[judie]

Powerful, POWERFUL message! The truth as it is and should be.

[Barbara]

This is so beautifully expressed! You have made my day with this wonderful post! Thank you. I am sharing my Marys today. I could not post daily but have collected many of my Marys into one post. Thank you for the gentleness of this journey.

[gemma]

Yes we are part of one LOVE/light, and a prism of divine perspectives. I honor them all.

[Magical Mystical Teacher]

Devotion is the key that unlocks so many doors...

[gloria]

Morning Rebecca. Thank you for these words. It's a great way to start the day. I feel raring to go despite a headache. tee hee. Just beautiful words, as are you.

[Nonnie aka Scrappy Grams]

what a blessing you are! You set a standard we should all emulate.
Speaking of Mary's day, I woke with such a sore throat and pain that I considered not going to Mass; today is a Holy Day of Obligation. But go I did, and I am feeling better. Lovely Mother of God may have something to do with it.

[Forest Dream Weaver]

Beautiful work.....thanks for the links. I love the forest of rainbow Buddhas!

Have a lovely day,
Ruby

[Lea]

Tonight I will light the first candle on the menorah to honor Milt and that strand of faith he brought to my life to remember the sacredness of all, the light that shines no matter who or where we are...

[Meri @ Meri's Musings]

Was it a dream or a past-life fragment? Either way, it was magical and defining.

[Hettienne Grobler]

yes it is only a dream and we are One! thank you for holding up the Light and the Love so brightly and with such passion!

[Laurie Zuckerman]

I have just been introduced to Anado by Magical Mystery Teacher and yourself. I bow down to his obsession with color and folk art and spirituality in their home. Unbelievable. I have posted one of my own highly-colored altars at my blog, for all of your readers who truly embrace color and art!

[Carol]

Wonderful post honoring all the possible holidays ~ beautiful photos as always ~ (A Creative Harbor) aka 'ArtMusedog and Carol ^_^

[Dawn Elliott]

I couldn't make my morning with Mary' due to internet issues (fixed or not???), but am pleased to be able to join you this evening.
We are not so different afterall...all learning what our 'people' know and hopefully also being taught tolerance and appreciation of diversity...or at least coming to that realization on our own.

[Fran aka Redondowriter]

I've also thought about the culture, tradition and religion I was born into--and it could have gone so differently. Though not practicing religion per se, my mom, especially, was Christian in her soul so I was taught early about Jesus--but not about Mary. Later my mom became a Baptist and that's the religion I was brought up in, only later converting to Catholicism. I have always been religiously curious so have visited churches, synagogues and temples around the world. My M.A. is in comparative religions. The past six years I have found a church home at a small congregation only steps away from home--Christ Episcopal Church. I became very Mary conscious in my many years as a Catholic.

[peggy gatto]

color, color, color, that's me!