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The voice you hear

The voice you hear is not my voice; lost in the sound of your own making, these words were new-forged long before the human throat began to hum, and then began to form the shapes of bringing-into-being charms. Before the … Continue reading

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Socrates

Each grain of sand that populates the endless span of shore seems to be some small answer, yet implies that there is more to knowing than to learn by rote some formulas or rules; and when compared to the wide … Continue reading

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What is the Secret Song?

What is secret song that the whole world hums underneath its breath, too soft to hear unless you sit in silence, in the dark and listen as intently as you can? And when you hear it once, why it is … Continue reading

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Stirring the Pot, Part 2

As if the little things were not enough: those trivialities that chafe and burn like tinder when it’s dried and raspy rough, that seem so insignificant you spurn the notion that beyond them is the truth. It’s just that they … Continue reading

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Stirring the Pot

As you delve deeper into who you are, quite often you touch things that make you ill — those tendencies and habits that so far you’ve managed to ignore. Until you still the chaos that engulfs your conscious mind and … Continue reading

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Early Morning

There is something liberating about waking up early. Not too early, mind you. But earlier than you need to be awake; and if you’re lucky, early enough to see the last of the night disappear in the whitewash of the … Continue reading

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Mother Father Breathing

With each breath, opposites are reconciled: like the unconscious seeping under the door that the river makes as it rises during the night, then at first light ebbs slowly away as the sun’s heat pulls it into its glowing bosom. … Continue reading

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