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Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal_020

Item

A handwritten notebook page with a circular pink sticker and notes on meditation and desires.
Title
Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal_020
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 faint, erased writing and a circular pink sticker near the top. The right page contains handwritten notes in black ink. The text appears to be a discussion on meditation, desires, and the body, with references to "EE Video" and concepts like "siphon energy," "desires," "joy," and "body as a wave of divine."
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:
Spending passage
On us
EE. Video-
Siphon energy from desires
toward Openly meditation.
"Desires are not subject
to reason."
"It is desire that gives
value to everything."
"enjoyment comes from desire."
"joy + satisfactory lie
in fulfillment"
"Joy comes from inside."
"matter + energy are 2
ways of looking at the
same phenomena."
Body = particle
= wave of divine
Deeply on the
phenomena of observation.
Physical
Body is house in which we live

Left Page:
(Blank with faint, erased writing)
Rights
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