A Tree in Paradise

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ISBN: 978-1-4897-0379-8 (sc)

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LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 12/08/2014

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dedicate this book to my grandson, Ashton Forest Varner. May he grow in wisdom and inner vision to see beyond the appearance of the material world and touch his oneness with the spirit of all life and all that is. May he come to know that he is an individualized branch of the tree of life and that the seed of creation is with in him ready to express.

John 15: 1-6

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that It may bear more fruit. You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine and you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.

Acknowledgements

My thanks to Aimee Hogan for her creative talent for the graphics