Something To Give Back
Reading at Koloa and Anara practices 2/9/2012 Here is my deepest and most pleasing secret; I have something to give back to the Creator. It is no material thing, this offering, but the emanation of my being, a wordless rejoicing, spirit giving back to spirit, my life as heart-felt offering. What I give is taken in with such unquestioning acceptance, a receptivity so vast that I want to pour...
Read MoreTo Build a Swing
Reading at Anara practice 2/8/2012 You carry All the ingredients To turn your life into a nightmare Don’t mix them! You have all the genius To build a swing in your backyard For God. That sounds Like a hell of a lot more fun. Let’s start laughing, drawing blueprints, Gathering our talented friends. I will help you With my divine lyre and drum. Hafiz Will sing a thousand words You can...
Read MoreVoid
Reading at Koloa Practice 2/09/2012 Thirty spokes will converge In the HUB of a wheel But the use of the cart Will depend on the part Of the hub that is void With a wall around A clay bowl is molded But the use of the bowl Will depend on the part Of the bowl that is void. Cut out the windows and doors In the house as you build But the use of the house Will depend on the space In the walls that...
Read MoreLuminous Tease
Reading at Waimea Practice 2/7/2012 Change yourself in the way you want everyone else to change Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be jerks Avoid thinking about winning the lottery while making love Brainwash yourself before someone nasty beats you to it Confess big secrets to people who aren’t very interested Write a love letter to your evil twin during a lunar...
Read MorePatient Trust in Ourselves and the Slow Work of God
Reading at Koloa practice 2/6/2012 Above all, trust in the slow work of God, We are, quite naturally, impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new, And yet it is the law of ail progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability- And that it may...
Read MoreYour Mother and My Mother
Reading at Koloa practice 2/6/2012 Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living In better conditions, For your mother and my mother Were friends. I know the Innkeeper In this part of the universe. Get some rest tonight, Come to my verse again tomorrow. We’ll go speak to the Friend together. I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere...
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