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Archive for October, 2009

Art by Rassouli I’m the slave of the Moon. Talk of nothing but moon, or brightness and sweetness. Other than that, say nothing. Don’t tell of suffering, talk of nothing but blessings. If you know nothing about them, no matter.  Say nothing. Last night I went wild. Love saw me and said: I’m here. Don’t [...]

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There is an old Taoist parable.  It begins with a poor farmer in ancient China who worked a small plot of land with his teenage son. During this time horses were considered a sign of wealth; the richest person in the province owned no more than a few of them. One day a wild horse [...]

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One Sand Grain

One Sand Grain Among The Others in Winter Wind I wake with my hand held over the place of grief in my body. “Depend on nothing,” the voice advises, but even that is useless. My ears are useless, my familiar and intimate tongue. My protecting hand is useless, that wants to hold the single leaf [...]

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When you come before me, rejoice, because rejoicing implies that something has happened which you desired. Come before me singing, giving praise, and giving thanks, for these states of mind imply acceptance of the state sought. Put yourself in the proper mood and your own consciousness will embody it. If I could define prayer for [...]

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Musings at 5 am

God couldn’t be here himself so he clothed his Helpers in fur and sent them to Earth be soft he said and they were lick he said and they did purr he said and they did love, love, love he said as if nothing else ever mattered and o, how they do. ©heartsdeesire Image Locale

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Joy Harjo’s poem, appended in part below, really speaks to me at this stage of my life.  I love the honesty and the readiness to take herself back in this poem.  At the end of it, she captures the essence of why we hold onto things long after they’ve outlived their usefulness. Fear is the [...]

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This is my favorite movie of all time.  As the years have passed since I first watched it as a child, I see that its meaning is multi-layered. Home is where Dorothy wants to return and finds that she always had that power to get back home via the ruby slippers. Yet, when she wakes [...]

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Image Locale Simply do this: Be still, and lay aside all thoughts of what you are and what God is; all concepts you have learned about the world; all images you hold about yourself. Empty your mind of everything it thinks is either true or false, or good or bad, of every thought it judges [...]

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I had often felt the words: “the world is a mirror” sounded like another spiritual cliche and I would almost bristle at hearing it.  It’s one of those things I asked myself: what the hell does that mean?! Now I have someone in my life that does appear to be a mirror of sorts.  Let’s [...]

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If there is such a thing as poetic license, I am certainly taking it now.  I have created what is known as a ‘found’ poem.  Up until now, this poem has not existed.  I have selected a couple of lines each from eight different poems and two different authors.  I chose Mary Oliver and Wendell [...]

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