Compose, composition. Arrange, put together, construct notes to form music thoughts to keep/ maintain state of mind/ being. Centered as thomas Cromwell in wolf hall to stay, place, gather, order? Equanimity of your being/ energy. self-possession, self-control. calmness, settled. Stability, steadiness equanimity. even/level/balanced animus undisturbed by emotions that may cause others to lose the balance Read more about Composure[…]
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Enters my body my heart. Each cell clearing black smoke. I am touched by the luminous. Gayatri mantra. “O Divine mother, our hearts are filled with darkness. Please make this darkness distant from us and promote illumination within us.” The eternal, earth, air, heavenThat glory, that resplendence of the sunMay we contemplate the brilliance of Read more about Golden light of sunrise[…]
Fire and night. cold desert night. tongues of flame flickering. licking the air. swallowing the darkness Dune shadows disappear into oblivioncanopy of stars. sparks of magicwind buffeting tents. calling my name scheherezade storyteller. Listen. I have come to listen to the sand and the wind and the stars. To feel into the soul of the Read more about Shifting Sands[…]
http://www.cinetropic.com/morrison/james.html Lizzie James: I think fans of The Doors see you as a savior, the leader who’ll set them all free. How do you feel about that? It’s kind of a heavy burden, isn’t it? Jim Morrison: It’s absurd. How can I set free anyone who dosen’t have the guts to stand up alone and Read more about Interview With Jim Morrison[…]
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living Read more about Thoreau – On Walden[…]
Do you think peace requires an end to war?Or tigers eating only vegetables?Does peace require an absence fromyour boss, your spouse, yourself?…Do you think peace will come some other place than here?Some other time than Now?In some other heart than yours? Peace is this moment without judgment.That is all. This moment in the Heart-spacewhere everything Read more about Peace is This Moment Without Judgment[…]
Joy Harjo Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop. Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control. Open the door, then close it behind you. Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean. Give it back with gratitude. If Read more about For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet[…]