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Hi, my name is Rhonda...I am here to learn and to share...if there is more you wish to know...just ask me...Peace to all who read these words...


So we do not lose heart...our inner nature is being renewed every day....2 Corinthians 4:16

In Him we live and move and have our being...Acts 17:28

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?


Marianne Williamson, co-leader of the United States Department of Peace movement
(I borrowed this quote from Mykeee's page)


In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
— Albert Camus


Another wonderful addition to my page. I have copied this from Thoughts-of-Soloman's page(I hope he doesn't mind)...please visit his work, you will not be disappointed.....I hope all may read this, understand, and find peace.

The Poem: The Theophany of Existence by Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi

Listen, O dearly beloved!
I am the reality of the world, the centre of the circumference,
I am the parts and the whole.
I am the will established between Heaven and Earth,
I have created perception in you only in order to be the object of My Perception.

If then you perceive Me, you perceive yourself.
But you cannot perceive Me through yourself.
It is through My Eyes that you see Me and see yourself,
Through your eyes you cannot see Me.

Dearly beloved!
I have called you so often and you have not heard Me.
I have shown Myself to you so often and you have not seen Me.
I have made Myself fragrance so often, and you have not smelled Me,
Savorous food, and you have not tasted Me.
Why can you not reach Me through the object you touch
Or breathe Me through sweet perfumes?
Why do you not see Me? Why do you not hear Me?
Why? Why? Why?

For you My delights surpass all other delights,
And the pleasure I procure you surpasses all other pleasures.
For you I am preferable to all other good things,
I am Beauty, I am Grace.

Love Me, love Me alone.
Love yourself in Me, in Me alone.
Attach yourself to Me,
No one is more inward than I.
Others love you for their own sakes,
I love you for yourself.
And you, you flee from Me.

Dearly beloved!
You cannot treat Me fairly,
For if you approach Me,
It is because I have approached you.

I am nearer to you than yourself,
Than your soul, than your breath.
Who among creatures
Would treat you as I do?
I am jealous of you, over you,
I want you to belong to no other,
Not even to yourself.
Be Mine, be for Me as you are in Me,
Though you are not even aware of it.

Dearly beloved!
Let us go toward Union.
And if we find the road
That leads to separation,
We will destroy separation.
Let us go hand in hand.
Let us enter the presence of Truth.
Let It be our judge
And imprint Its seal upon our union
For ever.
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"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
An excerpt from 'The Little Prince'. I was reminded of this today from the poetry of Astralshepherd, Richard Braley. If you have a moment, a read of his work will be a blessing to you.