Again Daddy…Again!!

Warm waves gently Lapping about us The summer current Partners in our play Again Daddy! Again! Nose to nose Pure innocence beamed And I wondered Who really was holding who? Are you ready? Yes Daddy…AGAIN! Leaving my arms Squealing Legs flailing Eyes so wide I’d thought they’d burst A masterpiece mixture Of Terror Freedom Trust I knew She knew Daddy will catch me He always...

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A Good Read

by Kent Bond The mirror reveals A very unique notebook A cherished volume That I have chosen to journal in Today Skin is the delicate parchment Organs, bone, joint and sinew The bindings and spine Each cell, Chapters. War and Peace are but cliff notes In comparison Bible, Koran, Kabbalah Only echo its holiness I need not think to Turn the page For the entry is already Transcribing,...

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The Guru

Her lineage is impeccable But from whence has she come?.. She comes when you don’t want her When you think you’re not ready Yet, When you most need her. She tolerates no lack of attention She tolerates no lack of love She sticks pins in your tender spots To see if “You’re done yet” She never forgives Yet She never condemns See her Flowing robes Outstretched arms Piercing eyes Pinioned...

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Who is the author ?

Sari-tree by Linaji Who is the author…..really? of… Thoughts Expression Words Chords Brushstroke Who are they and who can claim them? Buddha, Mohamed, Jesus, Babaji ? Rumi, Kabir, Hildegaard, Lao Tzu, Mira, Beethoven, Mozart, Michaelangelo, Picasso, Krishnamurti, Ramana, Campbell… ? …and their disciples and their disciples and… They speak, write, compose, and sing from the...

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The Yogi as artist

Imagine if you will a ‘few’ thousand years ago and a group of yogis are sitting around in a glade near the Holy Ganges talking it up on the shape of the world, and their chakras and the “Why-are-we-here?” and “Who-am –I?” questions that we still explore to this day. They begin to stir from their seated postures. First an arm perhaps, a leg instinctively extends to remove the...

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Dear Life

Verse and graphics by Paul...

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A Yogi’s Welcome

The Offering by Linaji Welcome Please allow your stories to be left at the door with your shoes. You may pick them up if you really want them on your way back out. They are not required to enter here. Kiss your ego and allow it to be still. As you achieve your comfortable seated posture and consciously take in your next breath, also take in this assurance… There is no need to achieve anything...

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Questions – Inspiration

Well loyal “Living the Question”  readers some salient questions to get the gray matter churning….. 1. What inspires you? 2.  Who has inspired  you?  Who has been your ‘guru’, or teacher that has made a marked influence on your life? 3.  Do you give yourself time to inspire yourself?   What does/would that look like? 4.  How do you inspire others?  what...

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What is a taste of Chaos Soup?

There is this ‘soup’ Of Divine Chaos that is being stirred constantly. Perhaps the spoon An energy called Choice The main condiment called Destiny. In this moment as I dip my spoon to take a taste I don’t know ‘exactly’ Where I’m dipping, But there is this certainty That this broth was prepared lovingly, and unerringly I am grateful, excited for the...

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Songs for Home

And the song rang out ‘midst the silence of the lodge I have sat in the pews of hundreds of churches Praised your name-Praised your name I have greeted Mecca more times than I can remember I have sat in the Zen-do with Buddha And you came you came So many sutras I’ve sung And posed ten thousand asana You were there Before I channeled the avatar- You counseled, “I am with you...

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