Center of all centers, core of cores, almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet-- all this universe, to the furthest stars all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit. Now you feel how nothing clings to you; your vast shell reaches into endless space, and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow. Illuminated in your infinite … Continue reading Rilke Poem
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Impermanence Poem
I know the truth - give up all other truths!No need for people anywhere on earth to struggle.Look - it is evening, look, it is nearly night:what do you speak of, poets, lovers, generals?The wind is level now, the earth is wet with dew,the storm of stars in the sky will turn to quiet.And soon … Continue reading Impermanence Poem
Jack Kerouac Letter
I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet,concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine treein North Carolina on a cold winter moonlit night.It said that Nothing Ever Happened, so don't worry.It's all like a dream.Everything is ecstasy, inside.We just don't know it because of our … Continue reading Jack Kerouac Letter
AI Generated Poems on Compassion and Spiritual Seeking
Not long ago, I discovered that this WordPress blog has the option of using AI to edit. So today is an experiment. I am offering AI the opportunity to compose a poem about compassion. In a world of pain and strife, kindness leads the way, Embracing every soul with love that will not sway. Generosity … Continue reading AI Generated Poems on Compassion and Spiritual Seeking
What are you thankful for?
I am thankful for the hummingbird nest I had in my yard this summer.I am thankful to Mother Earth for her endless gifts of beauty.I am thankful for abundant good food.I am thankful for being led to new opportunities.I am thankful for every person who shows up to work each day to make my life … Continue reading What are you thankful for?
A Taoist Poem
Like echoes of a sound, beyond our hearingIn a wide and quiet hollowWhere the river slows,Dark in the shadow of the treesAnd amber with the light of stones,The water turns upon itself, and shiftsTransparent panes above an unknown depth.Trees overhangtheir images, that seem to restUpon the dark leaves on the bottom,Where twigs and spotted shadowsTurn … Continue reading A Taoist Poem
Poem: The Dark Night of the Soul by St John of the Cross
One dark night,fired with love’s urgent longings— ah, the sheer grace! —I went out unseen,my house being now all stilled. In darkness, and secure,by the secret ladder, disguised,— ah, the sheer grace! —in darkness and concealment,my house being now all stilled. On that glad night,in secret, for no one saw me,nor did I look at … Continue reading Poem: The Dark Night of the Soul by St John of the Cross
One Seeker's Story 