The Way (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Anna: Add a description of this character.
• Sister Ruth
• Solomon
• Peter
• Zahra
• Tabitha
• Mother Susana
• Mari
• Shereen
• Sister Joan
• Mary
• Saul
• Simon
• Judas
• Daniel
• Rachel
• Pilate
• Rahim
• Zebediah
• Yoseph
• Naomi
• Maya
• Yadira
• Sophia
• Irene
• Ishmael
• Mathias
• Delilah

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• “The Way, as you are beginning to see, is a living, breathing spirit. It is a manner of walking in the world. The Way revolves around conscious and truthful experience, not man-made laws. And from this experience, you come to understand what is rightful living and what is not.”

• “Gratitude is a far more reasonable approach to life than presumption.”

• “To claim power over death, as some do for profit, is to doubt the rightnessof the Mother from whom all life arises. Both life and death mustbe honored equally as each gives rise to the other.”

• “Knowledge, given too early, can be deadly as poison.”

• “Remember who you are, no matter who you must become.”

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• gratitude is a far more reasonable approach to life than presumption.”

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• “After all, if you are forever referencing the same text, because someone tells you to, you shrink your spiritual experience of the world. Your senses are deadened to the bounty around them. Imposed or mindless reiteration, by its very nature, numbs the spirit and closes your heart to the world around you. And, unfortunately, when people are told what it is that they see, they can be easily misled.”

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• “The Way, as you are beginning to see, is a living, breathing spirit. It is a manner of walking in the world. The Way revolves around conscious and truthful experience, not man-made laws. And from this experience, you come to understand what is rightful living and what is not.

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• “Living according to The Way does not mean setting aside one’s emotions. Or turning a blind eye. Rather it means evaluating one’s impulses for what they are, and what they might become, before taking action.”

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• “The Way,” she said, “lives inside the heart. It is free to all. It requires no hierarchies or prophets or tax. No one, therefore, can own The Way nor can anyone withhold it. At any given moment, a person is free to live into the miracles of the life around them and, having received this experience, to take appropriate action. And, most important, because The Way is born of the eternal whole, it can never be destroyed and will exist into eternity, world without end.”

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• “Do not demand perfection of yourself. Only mindfulness. When the way seems unclear, or difficult, you must remember. And sometimes you must remember to remember.”

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• By returning as much or more than what you take, the flow remains infinite. As in nature. For every tree that dies, another grows. For every life created, another dissolves and returns its life force to the whole. Nothing is removed from this cycle. Nothing wasted. It seems so simple. But that is how one lives according to The Way.”

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• “And so many act in ways that presuppose ownership of their existence. But our life truly is a gift.”

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• “To live in harmony with the earth is to accept that death is as much a part of the Great Cycle as life. To deny death is to deny life. To claim power over death, as some do for profit, is to doubt the Tightness of the Mother from whom all life arises. Both life and death must be honored equally as each gives rise to the other. Does this not seem truthful?”

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• Taught, then, to stop looking and to rely instead on others for one’s perceptions, a person could be led to see—and believe—almost anything. No matter how destructive. No matter how divergent from their actual experience. As his grandmother used to say, Divided from one’s own sight, a person is rendered a tool in the hands of another.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Nazareth
• Jerusalem
• Sister Samara

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Our humanity and spirituality/religion: Describe this theme.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kristen Wolf (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.6

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• Books › Literature & Fiction

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