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FEBRUARY 28, 2012<br />
INTER-FAITH PRAYER<br />
SHANTI ASHRAM<br />
WE GATHERED WITH THE STAFF OF SHANTI ASHRAM AND SAT IN A LARGE CIRCLE ON MATS,<br />
WHICH ARE ROLLED OUT EACH DAY FOR INTERFAITH PRAYER. WE CLOSED OUR EYES, BOWED<br />
OUR HEADS, OR OTHERWISE OPENED OUR MINDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRAYER. THIS WASN’T<br />
A SINGLE PRAYER, BUT AN EBB AND FLOW OF PRAYER FROM DIFFERENT FAITHS AND DIFFERENT<br />
VOICES IN THE ROOM, EACH WITH AMPLE SPACE AND TIME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMON<br />
PURPOSE OF PURSUING AND ACKNOWLEDGING PEACE. THE PRAYERS INCLUDED SONGS, THE<br />
MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING OF WHICH WAS SHARED BY DR. S. R. SUBRAMANIAN. QUOTES<br />
FROM MAHATMA GANDHI AND BIBLE PASSAGES WERE READ. FOLKS WITHIN THE GLLA CREW<br />
CONTRIBUTED SOME OF THOSE READINGS AND SONGS, WHICH WERE SUNG BY INDIAN AND<br />
AMERICAN VOICES ALIKE. AT THE END OF THE PRAYERS, WE SHARED SILENCE. THE TIME AND<br />
SPACE THAT THE STAFF AT SHANTI ASHRAM CREATE DAILY FOR INTERFAITH PRAYER IS AN<br />
INSPIRATION AND SERVES AS A PROFOUND REMINDER OF THE POSSIBILITIES AND DUTIES<br />
SHARED BY HUMAN-BEINGS.<br />
DAVE CARPENTER AND ROBIN CLARK, PHOTOS BY SANDRA YU<br />
“I SUPPOSE LEADERSHIP AT ONE<br />
TIME MEANT MUSCLES; BUT TODAY<br />
IT MEANS GETTING ALONG WITH<br />
PEOPLE” MAHATMA GANDHI<br />
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