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Holiday Treat

Holiday Treat

The candle’s tale

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Gary A Schlueter
Dec 24, 2024
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I sat down in a sacred way and lit the candle in the brass lamp before me, placed so my gaze looked comfortably down. My eyes upon it, I could not see. My thoughts were many and flurried. As they cleared I saw the candle and flame as one, a fixed item for me to contemplate above.

Further mental silence with only in breaths and out breaths as monitor, I s…

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