Children - Kahil Gibran

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,

Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,

And He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;

For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

From The Prophet by Kahil Gibran

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Dreaming Festival, Woodford

The Dreaming Festival will be held from 8 to 11 June 2007 at the Dreaming Festival Village near Woodford, Queensland. Woodford is on the Beerwah-Kilcoy Road, off the D’Aguilar Highway, one and half hours north of Brisbane or 40 minutes south of Caloundra.

The Dreaming, a 3 day 4 night Festival, is a marking of the annual ceremony time of the Indigenous peoples from Australia and around the world, and will be a comprehensive showcase for their arts and music.  It is hosted by the Jinibara people who are the traditional owners of the area. It has been organised by the Queensland Folk Federation.

A Sahaja Yoga presentation stall will be a part of the Festival. 

For more information about the Festival, go to www.thedreamingfestival.com. 

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