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Musings, Poetry & The Arts

left to crumble but not without purpose

Left to Crumble but not without Purpose

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decided it's the stories we tell ourselves that matter the most each day a rambling dialogue with ourselves with our souls cataloging our symptoms our moments of feelings that become so much more when we give them a label when we ponder and fester and focus on all that we never...
depth finder poem

Depth Finder

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While we marvel at the dolphin or whale breaking surface, this great leap is followed by a great surrender back into what no one can see. These surges of power are always followed by a letting go. Like the whale,...
what if triggers and trauma responses poem

Man… What if…?

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What if all of your triggers were just old defense mechanisms and behavior patterns that your mind picked up due to old traumas? What if everytime a trigger or trauma response came up it...
compass poem

Compass

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Clouds and storms hover Over us like a lost thought. A strange idea we once had – to build a log cabin together and hide in worlds beyond our own – but our lives were surmounted by menial...
can you love me heart

Can You Love Me?

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A wise voice asks A few questions of me Ones that force me to pause And consider thoroughly. “Can you love your body Through and through, Regardless of its size, No matter what it can do?” My face scrunches up At this ridiculous...
chaos poem

Chaos

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Every generation has its share of turbulence and chaos – personal storms, relational storms, life storms. And all the traditions offer practices and resources to help us be strong enough and kind enough to...
static belonging poem

The Static Belonging

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Not living But frozen Like a spaghetti stain On a wall Dripping of anger EXPRESS Express because the Anger was FROZEN Static Being Stuck in whispers Of That ARE THIS How to express The vibrant Moving Center? THAT are Thou No static measurements Just knowing Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay  
drop labels heal relationships

Labels

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This is my personal story on labels. It may not be everyone’s story, but it is mine. In an “enlightened” moment, I realized how much my “labeling” had affected my relationships and my expectations...
the heart poetry

the heart

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i sat across from her my teacher, my friend close your eyes she said and i felt safe so i tried breathe in she said breath out so i did now let your heart breathe in she said let your heart breathe out she whispered the front of...
the beginning that never ends

The Beginning That Never Ends and the Ending That Never Begins

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Even mainstream science recognizes our experience is contained inside an infinite universe. Even mainstream science recognizes energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only change forms. It simply IS. The beauty of infinity...
Golden Vajrasattva

Walking in the Footsteps of the Tibetan Thangka Masters

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After years of studying, painting, and teaching in the traditional western style of art (landscapes, portraits, plein aire painting, cityscapes, abstracts) Holly Stone found herself increasingly drawn to study and depiction of traditional art...
poem dance of similar opposites

Dance of Similar Opposites

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The Infinite and the Finite Dance in Time and Space Singing, Moving, Longing Of Unity Every moment holds Both Seeds and Fruits Of the Finite And the Infinite Union = in breathe Of FEAR with no boundaries Otherwords.. LOVE  
instructions for asking poem

Instructions for Asking

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Do not ask from inside the mouth of your pain. Instead, go wandering in forests, become radiantly pregnant with love. Sink to the earth, liquored up on beauty and gratitude. Only then, open sweet holy lips in prayer and recitation. This is how you encode the universe with...
Hell in Disguise poem

Hell in Disguise

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Where dwellers are the Adam’s posteriors. Where inferiors are the sinners. Where instincts are the evilers. Where sentiments are the tormenters. Where norms are the confiners. Where expositors are the arbiters.   – Talha Umer  
poem Two Aspects of One

The Two Aspects of The One

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The two aspects of the One. The two aspects of the heart, The core of being. Inward/outward, timeless/time, stillness/vibration, unmanifest/manifest. Deep in the inward core of being, of heart, you will find perfect stillness,...
12 12 energies coming in

12/12/22 Energy

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Today’s 12:12 energies are amplifying the source energies we are always imbued with—that pure, creative potential energies and assisting us in grounding and manifesting them. Take a moment to really feel into what you...
a poem of narrative

Poem of Narrative

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Without spelling – words are jumbled Without ability to be known, seen Without narrative – without illusion There is no unconscious Yet the conscious minds hold Mistake on intention Or Unintentional error? Superiority is Reckless Humility is Sound Freedom from drama Yet as a...