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No one stole the moon
No one stole the moon from us by force. Instead, they bade us sleep; in that little death our memory faded, and our Mother’s song (not the sing-song lullabies or product placing jingle-jangle from an artificial moonlight like an android … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged commercialism, Divine Mother, history, loss, mother goddess, nature, paganism, spirituality, the moon
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Immersion
How long have I been down, immersed, a Dunker left beneath the wave whose new birth was to wash away my meaningless and lost before? And whose strong hands upon my head still hold me under, when they swore to … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged baptism, coersion, drowning, salvation, satisfaction, spirituality, submersion, submission
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The Starting Point
Like all Capricorns, I suppose, I am continually attempting to fashion some kind of theory of the universe. In conjunction with that astrological impetus, my real world experience in information systems technical support insists that this theory include a practical … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged astrology, living, paganism, personal history, philosophy, purpose, spirituality
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Today’s Seed Thought
Adapted from Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan: Nature teaches every soul to worship its’ own Divine in ways and means of some kind; and oft provides a method that suits one and not the next. Those who desire … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged Bowl of Saki, dharma, divinity, Hazrat Inayat Khan, living, spirituality
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Where Am I Bound?: Hymnal Verse
Where am I bound, my feet underneath me touching the earth just one step at a time? When I have found my purpose for living will it be worth what I left far behind? What is the sound of an … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged destinations, expectations, hymnal verse, hymns, journeys, rewards, spirituality
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Feast During Famine
When Obiwan Kenobi felt the end of Alderaan it was as if a hole appeared and swallowed, to a man, the lifeforce of each precious soul existing ’til that time and twisted, perhaps frayed, the cord of which we form … Continue reading
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Tagged catastrophes, compassion, disasters, karma, kindness, spirituality, suffering, tsunamis
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