Posts Tagged "death"
My House Says To Me…
My house says to me. “Do not leave me, for here dwells your past” And the road says to me “Come and follow, for I am your future” And I say to both my house and the road, “I have no past, nor have I a future, If I stay here, there is a going in my staying; And if I go there, is a staying in my going Only Love and Death change all things” Grains of Sand...
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I’m old. What that means is that I’ve survived (so far) and a lot of people I’ve known and loved did not. I’ve lost friends, best friends, acquaintances, co-workers, grandparents, mom, relatives, teachers, mentors, students, neighbors, and a host of other folks. I have no children, and I can’t imagine the pain it must be to lose a child. But here’s my two...
Read MoreA couple more words on death….
Don’t depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before. Nothing changes; you only give up the body. If you are a thief or a liar or a cheater before death, you don’t become an angel merely by dying. If such were possible, then let us all go and jump in the ocean now and become angels at once! Whatever you have made of...
Read MoreThis Chapter….
This Chapter is closed now Not one word more Until we meet some day and the voices rising to the window take wing and fly Open the old casement To the lands we have forgotten, Look to the mountains and ridgeways And the steep valleys Quilted by Green Here as the last words fall away· The great and silent rivers of life Are flowing into the oceans, And on a day like any other They will carry you...
Read MoreWalk on
Good morning Grandfather I entered this life a ways back And put skin on to walk two-legged On this creation And what a glorious time it was It taught me about breath And about sense and feeling And caring through my heart And I walked on Around that red road Looking and trying to understand more About the Mystery And the secrets she holds And you spoke to me Through the wind And you sang to...
Read MoreDeepening The Wonder
Death is a favor to us, But our scales have lost their balance. The impermanence of the body Should give us great clarity, Deepening the wonder in our senses and eyes Of this mysterious existence we share And are surely just traveling through. If I were in the Tavern tonight, Hafiz would call for drinks And as the Master poured, I would be reminded That all I know of life and myself...
Read MoreThoughts for the New Year
“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.” —Black Elk “People are like stained glass...
Read MoreThis Chapter
This chapter is closed now Not one word more Until we meet some day and the voices rising To the window Take wing and fly Open the old casement To the lands we have forgotten Look To the mountains and ridgeways And the steep valleys, Quilted by green, Here, as the last words fall away, the great and silent rivers of life Are flowing into the oceans And on a day like any other they will carry you...
Read MoreEmanation
“We have to give up our power, our identity and every attachment we have to the outcome of the story. The story can then use us to find its own perfect ending. One day we’ll return to the source. It won’t happen because of anything we do but because our particular story has found its way home. All we can do is follow the Emanation. We think we’re traveling into the future, but we’re...
Read MoreAnd what of life?
“And what of life?” Why are we here at all?” they asked. And the old ones answered, that life is a series of lessons to be learned. “But why all the suffering that haunts us throughout our years?” they questioned. “We didn’t ask to be born. Why must we pay such a price for this consciousness?” “You were never born.” they were told. ...
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