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June 11, 1955

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	Meditations on Self-Love and Joy: Poetry & Photography (Awakening To Joyful Living Poetry Book 1) by Halina Goldstein (Goodreads Author), Jim Hamel (Photographer) 4.03 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Songs: Spiritual Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic and Miracles: 21 Real Life Experiences from the Edges of Logic and Science by Andrea Pennington (Goodreads Author) (Creator/Compiler/Contributor), Charlotte Banff (Contributor), Stephan Conradi (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The SEE Approach: A Radical Self Love And Spiritual Pain Management Workbook (Awakening To Joyful Living Tools 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Dewdrop Magazine is a digest of reflective and powerful writing focused on reading, writing and being. We are immersed in poetry, essays and book excerpts that draw on classic texts as well as contemporary writing. Grounded in Zen Buddhism, The Dewdrop is interested in every faith background as well as writers who don’t identify with any formal tradition. Humanists, agnostics, scientists, athe Read more of this blog post »

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Værksteder. At skrive i lys og mørke

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The Gift of Not Belonging: How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners

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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

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Halina Goldstein said: " I started reading the Danish translation (just because it was available in my local library). However, the translation is so poor that I had to stop after just a few pages. I've purchased the original version now and I'm looking forward to reading it ...more "

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“Abundance and joy is not something outside of you—it is not something you have to achieve—it is something that is you and which you therefore uncover.”
― Halina Goldstein, Joyful Economy

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“An imbalance in our economy is an imbalance in our relationship with the world. As we change, our world changes”
― Halina Goldstein, Joyful Economy

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“I tried to hold on to this solid cliff
like a place to hide and stay
but even there you found me
your waves loosened my grip
your waters washed me down
I am becoming a current in your ocean
and so is the cliff
it crumbles away and apart
it falls and disappears
into You”
― Halina Goldstein, Love Songs: Spiritual Poetry

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“I am a part of all that I have met.”
― Alfred Tennyson, The Complete Poetical Works of Tennyson

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“Your silence will not protect you.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

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“It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.”
― Ken Kesey, Kesey's Garage Sale

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening

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