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Acknowledgements My deepest gratitude goes to Neil Douglas-Klotz for allowing me to use his translations from Aramaic into English of the Peshitta Bible, so pivotal to this story. I am also indebted to Padma Aon who in recent years has been the instigator behind my search and ideas for this book.

In one last effort, she took a deep breath, then another, and as she did she felt a shift occur. Instead of resisting, she began to accept her situation and the feeling of panic abated. The word surrender flashed across her mind and she began saying it again and again.

‘That your true home is in the Breath where you will be nourished by Spirit.’ ‘But my home is Bethania, on the estate.’ ‘That home is temporary. It is not your true reality.’ ‘What is then?’ ‘Breath is our connection to the Sacred One. That is our true home.’

Then seek the running waters that never dry up. The breath is your connection to those waters, Martha.’

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The Mystery of Martha by Eliza Harrison presents key insights from the contemplative tradition. The 4 passages above capture the essential teachings.

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