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Lisa Olivera's avatar

So moved by these words and grateful to have found you here -- thank you 💛

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Wow Lisa you are here!! I am such a big fan of your work. I am following you for years now. Thank you for seeing me. Welcome to Berkana! 💜💜💜

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Chryssa Adrakta's avatar

The beauty of your prayer brought tears to my eyes! Thank you for being there loving and tender! All the best for you!

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Thank you sweet friend. We live in our shared world. Our tears are shared and so is our happiness. Thank you for spending time with my words. Bless you 💜

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Antonia Malchik's avatar

So, so beautiful, Swarna. Thank you for sharing that prayer, which I will now carry in my heart and throat.

And oh those Dhauldhar ranges! I keep writing about how rivers connect us, but mountains--those beauties are my true roots. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous, vibrant land. 🏔️🕯️

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Oh yes! We are moon-drunk, daughters of the mountains, wildling sisters across the world. You and I 🌙🏔️💜

Thank you for finding me Nia, and for reminding me always how we are one in our shared love and sorrow for our planet, our big blue mother.

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Antonia Malchik's avatar

Your words have such power and beauty, Swarna, I feel privileged each time I step into their glow! Moon-drink wildling indeed 🌙🧚

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

I am honoured my sister 🧚🏽‍♀️💜

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Debbie Liu's avatar

This love-letter to your motherland is deeply moving, Swarnali, thank you. And thankyou for extending this love to the people of Palestine, the forests of the Amazon, the wild wild oceans and people and the planet everywhere. 🙏

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Thank you for your generous love filled attention Debbie. We are the world, it’s our home. To all of us this is the only home we will ever know. Love this beautiful planet. 💜

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Lucienne Boyce's avatar

What a beautiful prayer, one I make with you! Thank you.

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Thank you for spending time with it 💜

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Ann Roberts's avatar

Lovely and so appreciate your prayer for All of Life. Thank you. :)

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Long time Ann! Hope you are doing well 💜

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Kimberly Warner's avatar

Amen. ❤️

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

💜💜

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Gaayathri's avatar

I am a double diaspora Indian and it is a thing to reckon with these multiple inheritances. Thank you for these beautiful words, I add my own prayers to yours:

May humanity awaken to the emptiness inherent in accumulation

May we come back the the love for each other that is deep in all of us.

May we let go of systems of domination and embrace living with care and compassion at the centre of all things.

So mote it be.

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Thank you for evoking these powerful words Gaayathri. 💜

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Maia Duerr's avatar

This is gorgeous, Swarnali. It gives me hope.

Interesting to think of India as a relatively young country -- only 79 years! -- politically speaking, but Mother India has been at the heart of civilization since time immemorial. I love the way you invoke that aspect of her Spirit. Vande Mātaram!

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Thank you Maia. Yes! The modern India is a relatively new phenomenon. My generation is at the frontiers of its massive cultural shift. What an exciting time to be alive. Vande Mātaram! So much blessings and love to you from this magical land 💜

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