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Jane Hooper's avatar

YOU are an archangel to me that brings me to love and experience peace when I meditate with you

May you feel relief from your suffering and stay strong and know how much you are loved.

Janie Hooper πŸ™πŸ’•πŸ’•

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Thank you Janie. And lol archangel. Much love to you. xox

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Kellye Rowland's avatar

Thank you for this wondrous walk through your heart. I am so grateful for this space here. I have come to really rely on your new and full moon thoughts and writings. May we go forth and think and write and talk our way through this

Mercury ruled Gemini season with love at the forefront, as much as we can. β€οΈβ™ŠοΈ

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Thank you for always receiving it with such generosity and kindness Kellye. Much love.

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Helen Silva Bratko's avatar

Thanks for this post and sorry for your struggles. My no News before noon is News 1x a week. Otherwise it's way too dysregulating for me.

I made up this phrase: May my desert of loneliness be turned into a garden of solitude.

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

News Once a Week sounds glorious! And I love your mantra Helen! 😘

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Mal Pronouns's avatar

"Solitude reminds me to love everyone and everything as holy because it provides time and space for me to feel my own heart." THIS. Thank you. Exploring bell's wisdom through your wisdom provides me with the opportunity to discover/uncover my own. Thank you. And I truly am sending you rainbow unicorn glitter bombs of energy. I hope there is some relief from your pain. Love to you, you amazing human.

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Thanks for reading friend! πŸ’•

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Heather Braaten's avatar

Reading your newsletter today feels like a star-aligned coincidence. I've also had a mix of good and bad news with my advanced cancer. The bad news has sent me into a body-stiffening fear for the past week. But I am trying to be with it. I see my fear as not something that belongs to me, but as a universal pain we all experience, and right now it is running though me like a current.

Also, a couple days ago I put the Five Remembrances on my phone's wallpaper so I can read them (almost) every time I pick it up. So grounding. Although my death will eventually come sooner than I like, the best thing I can do is accept and embrace it.

Thank you for your writing! It is comforting to read.

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Thanks for sharing Heather. I'm sorry for the mixed news and I love thinking of it as a current. It's all currents, isn't it? I'm wishing you all the good news possible and ease with the bad. Much love to you!

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Jessica's avatar

Thank you for this. Would you share a link to the online recitation of the five remembrances?

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Thanks Jessica. It's not an open group but there are probably many versions online.

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Rosemary Foulds's avatar

When I followed the meditation that goes with this part of the Love series, I was astonished that the feeling that came up for me when I asked myself 'how am i feeling' was cherished. I would never have expected that in a hundred years. It's certainly an incentive to pursue solitude. I appreciate you all.

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

I love "cherished." So tender...

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Gen LaRouche's avatar

Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. It opened up my creaky heart a little more today.

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

β£οΈπŸ’”πŸ˜˜πŸ’•

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Christopher's avatar

So Grateful for you.

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

πŸ’•πŸ₯°πŸ’•

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Abby W.'s avatar

Hi Sebene! This meditation was a beautiful reminder to find not only peace but strength in solitude. It came at a great time for me. Thank you!

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Thanks for listening Abby.

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Barb's avatar

Yes, yes, yes and thank you for all of the energy that you put into your writing and speaking. I find myself nodding and smiling and heart-patting so much while I read and listen to your shared wisdom. I say,"thank you" again and again. May Peace and Healing be yours. 🌹❀️

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Thank you Barb. That’s a response I dream of inspiring. I appreciate you sharing it. β£οΈπŸ™πŸΎβ£οΈ

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Neuz's avatar

Many thanks and blessings….it’s as if you’re inside my heart reading scripture πŸ¦‹

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

That's beautiful. Thank you Neuz.

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Paul's avatar

I am just starting (began literally yesterday, at 64!) to explore solitude, by allowing time each day, alone, in a sensual activity. Thanks for the reminder of the difference between solitude and loneliness (from which there is not a good way to translate that in French...?, making the confusion even bigger)

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Merci Paul. Now I am curious about the French translations lol!! And wishing you a beautiful exploration. xox

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Paul's avatar

In French bot are solitude! There is "esseulement" for loneliness but is almost never used.

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Barb's avatar

Wonder-filled. β€οΈπŸ™πŸ˜˜

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

xoxox

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Francesca's avatar

As always, extraordinarily honest, compelling, and inclusive. Yours are one of the few substack pieces I actually read in my inbox as soon as they drop. Thank you!

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Sebene Selassie's avatar

Awww. Thank you Francesca!

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Hilary J.'s avatar

Thank you.

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