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Primitive religion is not believed, it is danced!

Arthur Darby Nock

Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
And only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.

Elizabeth Browning



Friday, July 31, 2015

its a scary world

“listen: there’s a hell
of a good universe next door; let’s go”
― E.E. Cummings
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I want an alternate universe
really!

this one kind of sucks

at least at times

so much hate
anger
fear

so much failure
hurt
pain

sometimes you just want to roll over in bed
and hope to wake up
some place else
anywhere else

ah

but this life is what we are given
and yes
life is difficult
for everyone

we are in this together
our pain is a shared pain
echoed in a thousand
in a million
hearts and souls

but ours is also a shared strength
a shared hope

we are united by that Sacred Presence
in which we all live
and move
and have our being

it is a scary world out there
so take
my
hand

please?

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Coffee and Rolls with God

Plant
So that your own heart
Will grow

Love
So God will think

“Ahhhh,
I got kin in that body!
I should start inviting that soul over
For coffee and
Rolls.”
                                Hafiz, The Gift, Trans. Ladinsky, p.330
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ah let us plant in our souls
in that deep rich soul
that is
“the one who knows”
that is most surely
us

the seeds of love and hope
of compassion
and
empathy

for Sacred soil
holds Sacred seed
safe in its embrace

and bears
Sacred fruit

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

I to Myself

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”
― Henry David Thoreau, I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
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there are moments
ah, there are moments

when plans and expectations
disappear

they are simply gone

and you are left standing
in the mist
surrounded by vagueness

slightly embarrassed
at your predicament

and wondering
how you will ever
find your way

out of the
wasteland

but perhaps
perhaps
it is not a wasteland

perhaps if you sit quietly for a moment
and breathe
and watch carefully

you will find
that it is really
paradise
lost