“When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me represent the comforting vocabulary of the place I came from hometown voices saying more than the language itself can convey about how welcome and safe I am what the expectations are and where to find food. Buddhist words come from another dialect from the people over the mountain. I've become pretty fluent in Buddhist it helps me to see my home country differently but it will never be speech I can feel completely at home in.” PeopleFeelsI CanCountryMomentsHelpingHomeChristianSpeakLanguageVoiceTermSafeMountainSpeechExpectationsWelcomeBuddhistHelp MeVocabularyComfortingHometownDialectFluentHome Country Author:Mary Rose O'Reilley
“But finding a voice-let's be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not only self-understanding, but the ability to transmit that selfunderstanding to others...To experience yourself as "voiceless" is a definition of depression, subjugation, and being counted out. .” SelfMomentsPoliticalUnderstandingVoiceAbilityClearFindingsDefinitionsAwakeTransmitVoicelessSelf UnderstandingSubjugationExperience Yourself Author:Mary Rose O'Reilley
“Finding voice is a socially responsible political act. We don't just do it for ourselves. And helping someone to find voice demands a spiritual partnership with that seeker. It's an exercise of compassion.” HelpingSpiritualPoliticalVoiceCompassionExerciseDemandFindingsResponsiblePartnershipSeekersJust Do ItHelping SomeoneSpiritual Partnership Book:The Peaceable Classroom Source: The Peaceable Classroom