WISE WORDS
What Truly Matters by Adyashanti … presence of being …
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse “… Knowledge can be expressed, but not wisdom”
The Universal Form in Bhagavad Gita … Everything is within … “… hundreds of thousands of suns rising at once”
The Great Nostalgia by Mikhail Naimy … rabbit people … the small nostalgia … the great …
Authentic Awakening by Ganga White … is wisdom a destination? …
Think of Yourself as a Colander by Steve Kotler … plug leaks or hunt for ecstasy …
Welcome Your Blocks by Eric Baret … feeling your conditioning leads to freedom …
The Path of Denial and the Path of Intimacy by Lorin Roche … renouncing vs embracing …
Make Art with What’s Left by Itzhak Perlman “… our task is to find out how much love …”
POEMS
Hafiz:
Becoming Human . . . do visions lead to more kindness?
How Did the Rose? . . . the encouragement of light
It Happens All the Time “… how can I be more loving … kind?”
Ten Thousand Idiots “… have all skipped town?”
The Sunrise Ruby . . . no resistance to the Light
There . . . God in every object
Today . . . everything is my Beloved
With That Moon Language “… live with a full moon in each eye”
Mary Oliver:
At the River Clarion “… you don’t hear … if selfhood has stuffed your ears …”
Don’t Hesitate Give into Joy
I Worried “… a lot … it came to nothing …”
Stay the Same or Change “… love yourself … forget it … love the world.”
The Journey “… you knew what you had to do …”
Wild Geese “… let the soft animal of your body love what it loves …”
Matt Kahn:
It Does “… when … letting go …”
My Way “… getting your way …”
The Death of Big Experiences “… shift into seeing all experiences as big.”
The Heart of Emotional Freedom “… each part is given its rightful [pace] …”
The Heart of Fulfillment “… slow the pace …”
Violence Is Fear in Action “… loneliness is a denial of emptiness”
Rilke:
How Growing Happens “… lovers … make a place where pain can enter …”
In my Pieces I Find Myself “… all the pieces of my shame …”
Open to Your Depths “… by plunging into them …”
Rumi:
A Way of Passing Away . . . continuously dying and being resurrected
All Evolves Us . . . forget any sounds … that did not help you dance
Beyond Ideas “… of wrong doing and right doing …”
Birdwings “… opening & closing … beautifully balanced …”
Don’t Tell Anyone About This “… you’ve probably been glued too long …”
Gamble Everything for Love “… Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty”
It Does Not Matter “Come to the orchard in spring …”
It’s Rigged . . . a relationship with God?
Love Dogs “… the grief you cry out from draws you toward union”
No Conflict with Anything I Do “… just a single impetus, I now have …”
No Room for Form . . . don’t look for me in the human form
Only Breath “… Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu”
Should Ring a Temple Bell “… Let something ring your temple bell. Find that.”
The Breeze at Dawn “… don’t go back to sleep …”
The China Doll in Us “… there are people who can connect us to a depth in their heart …”
The Guest House . . . let them clear you out
Try to be the Least in Need “… get oneself into a position where one can be generous”
Unfold Your Own Myth . . . feeling the wings you’ve grown, lifting
What Have I Ever Lost … by dying?
Why Wine Is Forbidden “… the problem w/ a selflessness that comes quickly”
Tukaram:
Certainty . . . God/Truth is ever changing
First He Looked Confused . . . (everything is God)
Geronimo . . . the soul becomes quiet
Others:
Prospective Immigrants by Adrienne Rich “… either you will go through this door or not …”
Love Is the Ultimate Power by Albert Einstein “… each carries … a generator of love …”
Charlie Chaplin’s Poem by Charlie Chaplin “as I began to love myself …”
Dear Human by Courtney Walsh “… You came to learn personal love”
Relax Into Your Life by Dean Marson “… each breath … a small prayer …”
It’s All Too Much by George Harrison “… the love that shins all around you.”
Spirituality by James Marshal “… truth born out of brokenness …”
Imagine by John Lennon “… there is no heaven …”
My Brain and Heart by John Roedel “… in the lungs … no tomorrow … no yesterday …”
Fear by Khalil Gibran “… not disappearing … becoming the ocean.”
Keeping the Channel Open by Martha Graham “… keep aware of the urges that motivate”
Falling Apart into Enlightenment by Melvin McLeod “… have the courage to rest in …”
I am Several by Nietzche “… dare to conquer yourself”
Invitation by Oriah “… It doesn’t interest me … I want to know …”
Osho’s 10 Commandments by Osho “Never obey … unless …rest in nothingness …”
Antidotes to Fear of Death by Rebecca Elson “… No outer space, just space …”
What Is Grace? by St. John of the Cross . . . all that happens
Could You Embrace That? by St. Thomas Aquinas . . . all the hatred in the world
What Does Light Talk About? by St. Thomas Aquinas “…it makes me grow”
In Out by Thich Nhat Hanh “… present moment, wonderful moment”
As You Heal by Unknown “… toxicity stops looking like excitement …”
The 5 Remembrances in Upajjhatthana Sutta “I will age … I will die …”