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This morning as I picked up my mobile device, it flashed a message. "Senator Ted Kennedy dies at age 77." I'm a hopeful person, but I have to admit, that my heart sank, for a moment and my eyes teared. When ever I heard that Kennedy voice, calling us to action, my heart would lift and I would think and feel, what can I do to make things better not just for myself but others. He truly possessed, "The Lions Roar," and guide us forward.

To Senator Kennedy's credit, He clearly saw This moment coming. Perhaps evidence was when he contacted the Governor of Massachusetts, encouraging him to locate a replacement for him, as quickly as possible. A moment of selflessness, thinking of those who must carry on without his physical presence. An example of bravery and someone who had conquered shadows of a previous life, clearly Seeing and Being.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama once said, "In today's highly interdependent world, individuals and nations can no longer resolve many of their problems by themselves. We need one another. We must therefore develop a sense of universal responsibility... It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weak members, and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live." This expression could easily be expressed more simply as "Live as a Buddha is meant to Live."

With great diligence Senator Kennedy worked in This Way, fearlessly... ceaselessly... courageously... driven forward by a mind filled with unending hope, confidence and trust not only in the future, but This eternal Now. It's our time. We MUST pick-up and carry his vow forward... to the end. That is our both our individual and collective responsibility, to each other.

In closing, once again the words of Senator Kennedy become clearly appropriate and filled with unending grace. He said...

"I am a part of all that I have met
To much is taken, much abides
That which we are, we are --
One equal temper of heroic hearts
Strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end.

For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. "

Sleep well Ted Kennedy and let us work, until our work is done, fulfilling the great vow which is the breath of life which have all been given. No the dream shall never die, nor the Lions roar that calls us to unify all Being.

Yours In Dharma,

Jaye Seiho Morris, Curator
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