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 Fri, 29 May 2026 12:15:13 -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=2785 Radical honesty, a form of authenticity that begins inside you, is a warm recognition that you gently apply to your conscious life. This view of radical honesty is not about telling everyone what you think. Instead, it is the root from which self-awa... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2785 Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Radical honesty, a form of authenticity that begins inside you, is a warm recognition that you gently apply to your conscious life. This view of radical honesty is not about telling everyone what you think. Instead, it is the root from which self-awa... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2730 What would I like? I would like to live a life of wisdom and compassion, like the sunflower, turning toward what deeply nourishes it. I would like to be at the edge of my knowing and becoming, present with joy and wonder, to the beauty of life's em... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2730 Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 What would I like? I would like to live a life of wisdom and compassion, like the sunflower, turning toward what deeply nourishes it. I would like to be at the edge of my knowing and becoming, present with joy and wonder, to the beauty of life's em... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2609 Truly accepting pain is not at all like passive resignation. Rather, it is active engagement with life in its most intimate sense. It is meeting, dancing with, raging at, turning toward. To accept your pain on this level you must cultivate particular... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2609 Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Truly accepting pain is not at all like passive resignation. Rather, it is active engagement with life in its most intimate sense. It is meeting, dancing with, raging at, turning toward. To accept your pain on this level you must cultivate particular... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2783 A friend and I often greet each other with the Arabic words, “Ishq Allah.” Ishq is passionate love for God. Crazy love for spirit in matter and matter in spirit. The Sufi-dervish-wonder that whirls and says, Ishq Allah ma’būd lillāh... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2783 Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700 A friend and I often greet each other with the Arabic words, “Ishq Allah.” Ishq is passionate love for God. Crazy love for spirit in matter and matter in spirit. The Sufi-dervish-wonder that whirls and says, Ishq Allah ma’būd lillāh... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2782 Believe me when I say I wish I could offer you something like an instant parting of the clouds, a single sentence or practice that would return you immediately to peace. Something simple and universal. A one-size-fits-all path back to center. B... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2782 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Believe me when I say I wish I could offer you something like an instant parting of the clouds, a single sentence or practice that would return you immediately to peace. Something simple and universal. A one-size-fits-all path back to center. B... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2649 What became clear for me is that we cannot control the volatile tides that life brings, but maybe we can learn to build better boats. I needed a better vessel -- a sacred vessel. I would do this for myself and for my people -- my daughters,... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2649 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 What became clear for me is that we cannot control the volatile tides that life brings, but maybe we can learn to build better boats. I needed a better vessel -- a sacred vessel. I would do this for myself and for my people -- my daughters,... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2576 I’ve been a graduate student in physics for almost three years, but I only recently figured out why. I had to tackle a simple question do so: Why does this matter?  I avoided asking myself this question because I knew the answer would be p... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2576 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 I’ve been a graduate student in physics for almost three years, but I only recently figured out why. I had to tackle a simple question do so: Why does this matter?  I avoided asking myself this question because I knew the answer would be p...