The story plays out in scenes written as posts. Here you’ll find them listed, from beginning to end. (See About to learn how this story came to be, and why.)
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The Crucible of Suffering: Pain
If you feel hatred, feel the anger that powers it. If you feel anger, feel the fear that motivates it. If you feel fear, feel the pain that underlies it. If you feel pain, heal the part of you that feels it. Pain is the crucible in which all suffering is smelted Extinguish the…
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Beauty Unveiled
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 a rounded breast, clings along…
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Hidden Fruits
Often, even a prolonged search appears fruitless But look among the discards For the unsought fruit So often sweeter, more fulfilling Than the one intended. Seeking is an act of desire, Discovery, an act of vision. Disentangled from objectives, Seeking always bears fruit.
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Enveloped
I envelop myself in words In the dreams and visions they evoke In the taste of them on my tongue I tingle as they brush across my lips Tremble as they form in my chest A rumble larger than myself While they wind a path through my mind Illuminating this sensation, and that emotion Recording…
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Uncomfortably numb ~ David Gilmour and I can’t put our finger on it
I’m going to tell you a story about someone who became a part of my life in a way few other people ever experience. Well, I wonder about that. I wonder how many other people go about their day-to-day lives only vaguely aware that there’s something unusual going on in their life, but just can’t…
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Unburdened Love
We seek a love which will make us whole; Such a burden we place upon those we love. So I work to become whole in myself, Hoping the lightness in my being Leaves no burden for others to carry.
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Truth: Exiting the spiritual path.
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 stop. I recognize certain Truths…
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False Self VS True 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 would never have survived because,…