every ongoing prayer for the mighty soul of rory young
Calming
your mind, following
your breath, simplifying your life,
you reduce agitation and worry
with each passing
month.
When
genuine stillness
pervades your existence,
the subtle universe appears.
Then you can go anywhere you
like and give yourself
just what you
need.
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Rory James Andrew Young
21 May 1972 Lusaka, Zambia
26 April 2021 Fada N’gourma, Burkina Faso
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As good a man
as I have ever known or am likely to
was killed on this day two years ago. Please
read about his monumental life,
and please send him
your love.
Prayers for the dead
are on the same footing as gifts for the living.
The angel goes in to the dead with a tray of light, bearing a cloth of light,
and says, ‘This is a gift for you from your brother so-and-so,
from your relative so-and-so.” And he delights in
it just as a living man rejoices
in a gift.
Ibn al -Ghazali
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Do not go
about worshipping
deities and religious institutions
as the source of the subtle truth.
To do so is to place intermediaries
between yourself and the divine,
and to make of yourself a beggar
who looks outside for a treasure
that is hidden inside his
own breast.
If you want to worship the Tao,
first discover it in your own heart.
Then your worship will be meaningful.
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My friend and hero
Rory Young was killed on 26 April 2021
in an ambush while leading a wildlife protection
patrol in Arly National Park, Burkina Faso.
Rory was a wildlife expert,
professional guide —
— and for many years
an anti-poaching ranger training
other rangers and leading
patrols across Africa.
A man of colossal ability,
wit, integrity, and drive, Rory Young
risked his life daily in defending the creatures he
revered. In the years since terrorists have turned to
poaching as a source of operating revenue, he engaged
in regular gun battles with armed poachers
and was a target of multiple attacks
and ambushes.
His selfless work,
done over decades, could not
have been more dangerous,
nor more heart-rending.
Rory leaves at home a wife and
two children whom he
loved mightily.
Please make a donation to the
Rory Young Family Memorial Fund and if possible to
Chengeta Wildlife, which Rory co-founded
and led as CEO.
Rest in peace, lion.
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