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Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal_015

Item

A handwritten notebook page with various notes and a small red heart doodle.
Title
Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal_015
Alternative Title
Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image shows an open spiral-bound notebook. The left page is mostly blank except for a faint, scattered pattern of writing and a small red heart doodle near the center. The right page contains handwritten notes in black ink. The text is organized into sections with varying font sizes and styles, and some words are underlined for emphasis.
Identifier
004_061920-111920_setu_retreat
Dates Completed
June 19, 2020 - November 19, 2020
Keywords
Beginning of the pandemic; Kelly; Online retreat; Zoom retreat; Meditation center; Blue Mountain Center of Meditation; Tomales, California; Setu; Bridge; Post-65 chapter of life; Finite bodies; Eight Point program; Mantram; Jesus Prayer; “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God Have Mercy on Us”; Passage Meditation; 2005; Holy name; Immanuel Lutheran Church; Columbus, Nebraska; Church doctrine; Christ’s teachings; Hurricane Katrina; Suffering; Displacement; Dallas; Texas; Mercy; Ancient mantrams; Divine spirit; Covid-19; Lockdown; Stillness; Reflection; Mantram prayer; All living beings; Initials on pages; Right hand page; Prayer practice; Spiritual connection; Repetition; Contemplation; Sacred words
Transcription
Right Page:
- Madison: "extending dominion over our thoughts, our minds."
- Daily Prayer: "with my heart overflowing with love for you, turning earliest children onwards"
- E.E. Video: Q&A
- main purpose of evolution is to enable the creature to become aware of the creator
- we take our evolution into our own hands, too
- teacher + student have deepest relationship in life, not impacted by death
- PRIM AT KOS:
- God is both transcendent + immanent
- Meaning of perdition.

Left Page:
- (Blank with faint, scattered writing)
Rights
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