WordswithAnna

Tag: love

  • Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park

    Sedona, AZ

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    Aside from a tourist bus driving us here on a cold windy day in AZ, Peace Park brought a change of perspective into my heart. The Buddhist site honors prayer and meditation, directed toward the welcoming of all religions. Specifically, honor is displayed to Amitabha Buddha for infinite light. This site was truly a representation of how still and faithful a soul can be, through religion and belief systems. As a Christian, we are developed to believe that Jesus and the way we see Him, is the one true king. When surrounded by practices of meditation, the releasing of energy, and the understanding of karma, the Buddhist faith is, nontheless, intriguing. No one is to say which religion ranks over another, as they all bring new ideas and traditions to guide a spiritual and personal awakening. As I have come to broaden my experiences through different cultures, communities, and belief systems, I have found that every religion leaves a part of your soul more accepting and connected to a larger world. With little knowledge about the Buddhist traditions, Peace Park brought tranquility unlike any I’ve ever encountered. When someone comes to learn in places like these, each will come face to face with serenity and what energy means to a person, on a larger scale. This seemingly small site brought an interest in learning more, something I had to search for in my own self, through new experiences. I have been bored for many years. Turns out, all I had to do was try new things. I would love to meet and learn more about Buddhist culture, and that is a promise to my future self.

    To many more new experiences coming soon.

    AH

  • The Weight of the World on My Heart.

    We live in a world where prayer is rejected. We live in a world where evil is forced to be consumed by the every sense humankind can absorb. This just cannot be.

    Those who disagree, see the world through this lens. Just for a moment:

    Through my eyes, I wish I didn’t see anger and resentment toward people who should be seen as equal despite the color of their skin,

    Through my ears, I wish I didn’t hear conversations of disdain and contempt toward people who’s beliefs are different than someone else’s within,

    Through my hands, I wish I didn’t feel cold and detached souls against people who pray for everyone to feel whole again, Amen,

    Through my nose, I wish I didn’t smell gunpowder and flames that separate justice from the gunmen, fear dripping down our chin,

    Through my tongue, I wish I didn’t taste bitterness and acidity directed to the defeated, those who taste the evil, again and again.

    Redundancy is necessary

    because of what is at stake,

    The “divided” United,

    we’re building a cemetery,

    A community that lacks communion-

    is one that is bound to break,

    A free country,

    freely killing those that have peace because of what they make.

    We solved our past challenges

    and now we’re challenging that past,

    the one we “left behind”

    to avoid future attacks.

    We choose the life we live and this is not what we want.

    No need for laws and regulations to be taught

    to understand that this community is not the one we sought.

    I don’t know much but I do know this,

    I want better for this country and I want better for humanity. We are all humans; We are born with intent to create and build, and a purpose to serve and help. We are born with strength and we are born unique. We are born differently to share our experiences with our neighbors, not to give them a reason to fear diversity.

    I want my life to look different.

    The weight of the world is on my heart,

    and it is time we remove the cement that has calloused our community.

    -Anna Hoerner