Shadows

Everyone knows the great energies running amok castterrible shadows, that each of the so-calledsenseless acts has its thread loopingback through the world and into a human heart.And meanwhilethe gold-trimmed thunderwanders the sky; the rivermay be filling the cellars of the sleeping town.Cyclone, fire, and their merry cousinsbring us to grief—but these are the hourswith the Read more about Shadows[…]

Human Beings

look at your hands    your beautiful useful hands                you’re not an ape            you’re not a parrot    you’re not a slow loris        or a smart missile            you’re human             not british        not american            not israeli    not palestinian        you’re human     Read more about Human Beings[…]

WILD FORCES

There are beautiful wild forces within us Let them turn the mills inside.And fillsacks that feed evenheaven GOD WOULD KNEEL DOWN I think God might be a little prejudiced. For once He asked me to join him on walk. through this world and we gazed into every heart on this earth And I noticed He Read more about WILD FORCES[…]

Gayatri mantra

The Mantra  AumBhuh Bhuvah SvahTat Savitur VarenyamBhargo Devasya DheemahiDhiyo Yo nah Prachodayat~ The Rig Veda (10:16:3) Listen to the Gayatri Mantra https://www.learnreligions.com/the-gayatri-mantra-1770541 By Shri Gyan RajhansUpdated March 23, 2018 The Gayatri mantra is one of the oldest and most powerful of Sanskrit mantras. It is believed that by chanting the Gayatri mantra and firmly establishing it in the Read more about Gayatri mantra[…]

Golden light of sunrise

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[…]

Thoreau – On Walden

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[…]

Island songs – Ólafur Arnalds

Coloured fishing vessels are often moored in the tiny harbour of Hvammstangi, a town that sits in the eastern shore of the Miðfjörður. The name is derived from ‘hvammur’, which means a green space in a mountain and is now home to Einar, a poet and teacher in Icelandic and literature. He moved to this Read more about Island songs – Ólafur Arnalds[…]

Peace is This Moment Without Judgment

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[…]