Dependent Origination & Grace

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          The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda often translated as 
          "Dependent Arising," is an important part of Buddhist 
          metaphysics. Common to all schools of Buddhism, it 
          states that phenomena arise together in a mutually 
          interdependent web of cause and effect. It is variously 
          rendered into English as "dependent origination", 
          "conditioned genesis", "dependent co-arising", "inter-
          dependent arising", or "contingency".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratitya-samutpada

Very cool concepts, Ms. Bradstreet. Makes me think of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To_FmzOoJe8

. . . .the way sets of things/events in this unfolding animation group 
and ungroup, sometimes rising up all as one. I suppose to really be 
aware of events over time one must be sitting in a fairly stable place,
which sounds pretty much like the Buddhist way to go.

Your post also makes me think how wonderfully variegated 
everything is, thanks.