Category Archives: Books & Poetry

The power of the word

Bringing Me Home

Posted on October 15, 2010 by dsrtsng

for Geli With great courage, and truth, You showed me Myself, Just as I am. My true Face, and I touched The Life At the bottom of the Abyss. To have a Soul Partner Who can take you Home To … Continue reading →

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follow up ..

Posted on October 14, 2010 by dsrtsng

..to Looking at Oneself through the Intelligence of the Body When I quoted the spiritual teacher in the article about the intelligence of the body, I left out a bit in my quote. Geli has asked me to include the … Continue reading →

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Love by Rumi

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Michaela

I Know You circle my heart, a blissful schemer. What are you up to? I know. You have a secret design for my bleeding heart and sullen face I know. Once you’ve stolen mine and everyone’s heart what will you … Continue reading →

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Lightness by Paul

Posted on October 11, 2010 by dsrtsng

When things are allowed to be just as they are, Something comes, A clarity, a lightness. There is nothing to fix. Everything is. There is sensing and aliveness. The darkness outside slowly becomes light And the sun returns. –Blandford Nature … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Michaela

Posted on October 7, 2010 by dsrtsng

  A Birthday Haiku by Paul Fifty years of aliveness. Looking out from a silent place on the hill, All is complete in this moment.

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Michaela

      Say I am You I am dust particles in sunlight. I am the round sun. To the bits of dust I say, Stay. To the sun, Keep moving. I am morning mist, and the breathing of evening. I … Continue reading →

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October Morning

Posted on October 5, 2010 by dsrtsng

by Paul I left my apartment this morning, and the sky was clear and very large. There was a very thin sliver of the moon Faintly emerging from the bluish background. All the sounds around me were part of it, … Continue reading →

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Procrastination

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Michaela

A fun article on “wasting time” from this week’s New Yorker. By definition, procrastination means not doing, what one thinks they should be doing. So I wonder if this is really always such a bad thing and if there is … Continue reading →

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The next incarnation

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Michaela

A beautiful article on the Dalai Lama from this week’s New Yorker “The next incarnation” by Evan Osnos

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Michaela

Ghazal 838 if you pass your night and merge it with dawn for the sake of heart what do you think will happen if the entire world is covered with the blossoms you have labored to plant what do you … Continue reading →

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