https://awakin.org/read/ Awakin Readings are a weekly selection of insightful passages from various wisdom traditions, that are used for local circles around the globe. en Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:39:04 -0700 Weekly Wisdom From ServiceSpace.org ServiceSpace Awakin Readings are a weekly selection of insightful passages from various wisdom traditions, that are used for local circles around the globe. ServiceSpace tow@charityfocus.org https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1779453013/servicespace_400x400.png https://awakin.org/read/ no tow@charityfocus.org (ServiceSpace) https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2822 Growing up, there was a magnificent tulip poplar tree in our backyard. It was close to the house and could be seen from all three floors. My siblings and I were told that when our folks were building the house, the contractor wanted to take it down a... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2822 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Growing up, there was a magnificent tulip poplar tree in our backyard. It was close to the house and could be seen from all three floors. My siblings and I were told that when our folks were building the house, the contractor wanted to take it down a... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2799 A young prince suffered a severe mental breakdown and became convinced he was a turkey. He stripped off his clothes, sat under the royal dining table, and refused to eat anything except pecking at bones and grain on the floor.  The king a... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2799 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700 A young prince suffered a severe mental breakdown and became convinced he was a turkey. He stripped off his clothes, sat under the royal dining table, and refused to eat anything except pecking at bones and grain on the floor.  The king a... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2794 It’s the tendency to doubt, to waver. Of course, when you doubt, waver, or are uncertain, then the focus will be on the teachings, but you’ll tend to doubt everything else as well. So it’s good to get a handle on doubt, uncertainty... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2794 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700 It’s the tendency to doubt, to waver. Of course, when you doubt, waver, or are uncertain, then the focus will be on the teachings, but you’ll tend to doubt everything else as well. So it’s good to get a handle on doubt, uncertainty... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2651 “We do not know each other yet, we have not dared to be silent together.” What a priceless possession is the gift of speech! To be able to make sounds convey specific meanings and deliberate notions, to be able to put at the disposal of a... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2651 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700 “We do not know each other yet, we have not dared to be silent together.” What a priceless possession is the gift of speech! To be able to make sounds convey specific meanings and deliberate notions, to be able to put at the disposal of a... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2801 I was meditating with my cat the other day and all of a sudden she shouted,“What happened?!” I knew exactly what she meant, but encouragedher to say more – feeling that if she got it all out on the tableshe would sleep bette... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2801 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 I was meditating with my cat the other day and all of a sudden she shouted,“What happened?!” I knew exactly what she meant, but encouragedher to say more – feeling that if she got it all out on the tableshe would sleep bette... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2817 For what it’s worth, in my world the only thing that truly helps to assimilate all of this into something that moves beyond mere coping to a place of connection is the simple act of getting back to work. By this, I don’t mean “work... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2817 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 For what it’s worth, in my world the only thing that truly helps to assimilate all of this into something that moves beyond mere coping to a place of connection is the simple act of getting back to work. By this, I don’t mean “work... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2798 Across the living world, abundance and decay, flourishing and loss, are braided together in an intimacy our industrial myths have taught us to forget. To stand within this season is to remember that we are not separate from these cycles but particip... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2798 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Across the living world, abundance and decay, flourishing and loss, are braided together in an intimacy our industrial myths have taught us to forget. To stand within this season is to remember that we are not separate from these cycles but particip...