by Gerard Sarnat
Bolstered in safety like a baby
Lightly perfumed in kindness
Faith in practice makes me
Show up, gives extra oomph
To the beginning of each day
As I try to reenter our stream
Rafting on those white waters
Which may lead to that path
Toward freedom and peace.
As Suzuki Roshi said about
Meditation In San Francisco
In Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind
In a fog you do not know you
Are getting wet but as you keep
Walking you get wet little by little.
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.
