Posts Tagged With ‘spirit’

Perceiving Spirit

Close both eyes; See with the other (third) one.

Close both eyes; See with the Other one. Cover both ears; Hear with the Other one. Quiet my mind. Open my heart. Peer into infinity. Listen to my body. These senses Perceive my spirit, The true nature of self. Spirit is in all things. I look for it there. Its […]

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Prayer Wheels

Prayer Wheels ~ Labrangsi, XIahe, China

I want to tell you a story about one of the way-points along the path of my gradual awakening. But I recall, that story has already been told.   What follows is a prose poem written while visiting Labrangsi monastery, in the town of Xiahe, China. It’s a Yellow Hat […]

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False Self VS True Self

Ego VS Soul :: True Self VS Self

A Facebook friend posted this image today and it jarred loose some thoughts. False self… It’s very popular to denigrate the ego, and we are often taught that only by annihilating it can we achieve enlightenment. But I think my spirit-guide would have me thank my ego. Without it, I […]

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Truth: Exiting the spiritual path.

The Truth: Next Exit

Truth is a bit of a scary concept to me, and an even more disturbing quantity when wielded by the minds of any but the truly enlightened. Whenever I find myself speaking capitol “T” truths, it’s time to get off at the next exit, or at least find a rest […]

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Beauty Unveiled

One beauty accents another: Unveiling the beauty of the soul.

No matter the beauty perceived in your appearance, know that the loveliest aspect of you is found in your heart, your spirit. Some say these beauties cannot be seen, cannot be photographed or painted, but you wear this beauty on your physical being the way a diaphonous veil drapes from […]

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Matches and the eternal sunshine of the spotless soul ~ Lawrence of Arabia

Burning Match

Metaphor. I love metaphor. Matches. I just posted one about matches. Matches and pain. This one isn’t about pain. Not at all. It’s about perfection. This one is about the fire that burns inside each of us. Well, maybe there’s a little pain. It’s the pain you feel in your […]

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Bodhisattvas of Science ~ Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Nye sing to the rhythm of the universe

We are all connected: to each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe, atomically. ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson

This is a clever and quite lovely mashup of science, astro-physics, meta-physics, spirituality and rhythm. A dance floor Tao of Physics. I think I’ll let these bodhisattvas of science speak for themselves…what a wonderful collection of muses, of musical musings they give us…and John Boswell, the head musician and producer […]

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Revelations on the cycle of life & death, and spirit ~ Blaise Smith Band

And on a pale horse...

I downloaded this song, Revelations, over a year ago. I can’t recall playing it since, though iTunes insists it’s been played 7 times before. Yesterday it came on while on my way to my chiropractor’s. Something about it haunted me. I wonder if I’d ever listened to the lyrics before. […]

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