tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732814829542226261.post1407932276788056449..comments2013-02-13T16:17:31.103-05:00Comments on Tarmama Wanderings: Moving RocksZibahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567716256604769311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732814829542226261.post-41171097680375719312010-02-21T18:48:25.028-05:002010-02-21T18:48:25.028-05:00four months into my mepkin experience, several fri...four months into my mepkin experience, several friends visited over the space of a few weeks. they all wanted to know how i found it. my core answer: the place is beautiful, but living in community is hard. when i left six months later, i realized the two hardest things to give up: the attachment to a place that had become sacred for me, and the belonging to a holy community of fallible humans. <br /><br />you have excavated not just the rock but the holiness of your woods. you've turned them into a place where two or more might gather in His name as easily as one might withdraw to speak with the Father. just as you emptied the stone's original resting place, you have enhanced the emptying (kenosis) you can do there in meditation. a great deal to come from moving a buried boulder...peter lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403197077234774991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732814829542226261.post-46530665187113790832010-02-21T12:14:09.419-05:002010-02-21T12:14:09.419-05:00Wow! Pretty profound stuff that make me sad I...Wow! Pretty profound stuff that make me sad I've not experienced much community in my life thus far. Still hope for the future, though. Thanks for sharing.Kathy Schrieferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966286289968421252noreply@blogger.com