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August 20, 2012 / fjheath / Leave a comment

We’ve been away camping in the rocky shield landscape of eastern Ontario.

This Monday’s meditation are some moments of peace and beauty from Silent Lake and Bon Echo Provincial Parks.

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Unitarian Universalism's key symbol is the flaming chalice, the living light. But our chalice also holds the healing waters of community and the diverse flowers of the earth; it can even be empty, bringing us to the mystery. The chalice is empty the way the universe is empty – vast but all encompassing.

The empty spaces - the silence - allows us to hear the music, take a breath, ground ourselves. It brings us back to all the quiet undercurrents that connect us and all the beings on the earth.

The Rev. Fiona Heath is a UU minister with the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, Ontario.

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