Retreat House Weekend Rental Available

May 16-18, 2003

Retreat House

The Retreat House at Rolling Ridge has become available for rental the weekend of May 16-18. This is a lovely time of year, with full moon on May 16, and a wonderful workshop on Open Space at Friends Wilderness Meditation Center Saturday morning. Call Nelson Good for rental details (202-332-7076)

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Listening to others clearly opens the way to understanding the situation. But listening to others requires quieting some of the voices that already exist within us. When this happens, there is space not only for our own truest voice, what the Quakers call the still small voice within. This voice always tells us the truth. And, as Alice Walker has said,

"...the inner voice can be very scary sometimes. You listen, and then you go 'Do whut?' I don't wanna do that! But you still have to pay attention to it."

We need to take time to quiet down and listen to ourselves with attention -- not only in the midst of action, but when we are alone ... we need to listen fully. It is the basis of all compassionate action.

~ from COMPASSION IN ACTION by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush

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