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Chapter 4 - Ageing  
     
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 Ancestors, aeon there are times in each life when there is no one.
  
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 No one with whom to share
  
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 a word,  
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 a laugh,  
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 a sad remembrance,  
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 a gentle touch,  
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 a fond embrace,
  
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 a kiss of love.  
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 Bless each one who suffers  
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 from such loneliness.  
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 Enrich life with a friend  
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 or gentle stranger  
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 who will spend a moment  
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 noticing and loving.  
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 In those times  
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 your love shines through,  
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 the world is reborn,  
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 and awareness is known.  
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 So be it!  
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 Ancestors, I call on you to hear my call.
  
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 Grant me the peace to see the time I have left, not as a curse but as a blessing.
  
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 Help me to reflect on my life, the good and the bad,
 
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 so that I might have the time in my own mind to close any unfinished business.
  
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 Grant me the awareness so see things for as they are at all levels.
  
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 Give me serenity.  
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 So let it be.  
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 May all beings everywhere plagued
  
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 with sufferings of body and mind
  
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 quickly be freed from their illnesses.
 
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 May those frightened cease to be afraid,
 
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 and may those bound be free.
 
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 May the powerless find power,
 
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 and may people think of befriending
  
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 one another.  
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 May those who find themselves in trackless,
 
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 fearful wilderness-- the children, the aged, the unprotected--be guarded by your love,
 
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 and may they swiftly attain Awareness.
 
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 Nothing is forgotten. Everything is saved.
  
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 May each day bring a blessing,
  
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 hope, and greater love.
  

 
 
 

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