The Spirit of Anew Begins Now!

To begin  anew is to look deeply and honestly at ourselves, our past actions, speech, and thoughts and to create a fresh beginning within ourselves and in our relationships with others. We practice Beginning Anew to clear our mind and keep our practice and prayer life fresh everyday. When a difficulty arises in our relationships and one of us feels resentment or hurt, we know it is time to begin anew. 

* Beginning Anew helps us develop our kind speech and compassion of the positive elements within our soul. Recognizing others positive traits allows us to see our own good qualities as well. Along with these good traits,we each have areas of weakness, such as talking out of our anger or being caught in our misperceptions. As in a garden, when we "water the flower" of loving kindness and compassion in each other, we also take energy away from the weeds of anger, jealousy, and misperception. We can practice Beginning Anew everyday by expressing our appreciation to the people in our community and around us and apologizing right away when we do or say something that hurts them. We can politely let others know when we have been hurt as well. The health and happiness of the whole community depends on the harmony, peace, and joy that exist between everyone.