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Shanti
USA
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 Posted - Jul 21 2006 : 08:16:07 AM
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Willing to experience aloneness,
I discover connections everywhere;
Turning to face my fear,
I meet the warrior who lives within;
Opening to my loss,
I gain the embrace of the universe;
Surrendering into emptiness,
I find fullness without end.
Each condition I flee from pursues me,
Each condition I welcome transforms me
and becomes itself transformed.
Into its radiant, jewel-like essence.
I bow to the one who has made it so,
Who has crafted this Master Game;
To play it is purest delight-
To honor its form true devotion.
-Jennifer Welwood. |
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Sparkle
Ireland
1457 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2006 : 08:57:23 AM
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Hi Shweta
This is a beautiful poem.
Aloneness can be a terrible thing, the most painful pain, but it can also be our greatest teacher. As the poem says when we embrace it, it transformes us.
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sadhak
India
604 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2006 : 8:43:12 PM
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Hi Shanti,
Thanks for the poem. |
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maheswari
Lebanon
2516 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2013 : 1:38:33 PM
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| feeling lonely today...so i found this lovely poem that says it perfectly |
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2013 : 4:23:31 PM
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Hell yes. That is just sublimely delicious. Hot damn! Please, ma'am, may I have some more?  |
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bewell
1275 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2013 : 5:07:54 PM
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| Loneliness is connection in disguise. |
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bewell
1275 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2013 : 5:21:04 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Bodhi Tree
...may I have some more?
Ok. How about this one (by the same poet)?
On Meeting Death
Tonight, Pluto, with the crescent moon as my witness,
I welcome you as my lover.
If you have come to break down my door,
See, I have opened it,
And wait here for you at its threshold.
If you have come to tear off my clothes,
I have flung them aside already,
And stand naked, shivering gladly.
If you have come to hurl me into the abyss,
Watch now, as I release all false supports, one by one,
And fall toward you in ecstasy.
Hear this, Pluto, lord of transformative fire:
What you have come to take from me, I offer you.
© Jennifer Welwood
http://jenniferwelwood.com/poetry/t...kini-speaks/
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Edited by - bewell on Oct 16 2013 5:21:58 PM |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Oct 17 2013 : 03:41:14 AM
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| Lovely surrender ..thx for sharing dear bewell |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Oct 17 2013 : 12:07:02 PM
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Mmmmm...Pluto...nice. Thanks, bewell.  |
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