Category: Poetry
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To be, acknowledge you are
To be loved, love. To be forgiven, forgive. To be happy, choose happiness. To be wealthy, acknowledge the wealth you possess. To be successful, measure the love in your life, not its deeds. To end violence, offer peace. To receive, give. To be wise, live.
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Need Obscures Love ~ Time to Let Go
The time to let go comes Whenever need Obscures love Just be sure To let go need And not love
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Seeking ~ Being
There comes a time In every pilgrim’s journey When the path transforms From seeking To being
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Not-knowing ~ Not Knowing
Knowing obscures true with truth obscures wonder with facts obscures insight with teachings obscures mystery with objects Not-knowing is the quest of wisdom Not Knowing
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To Become, Let Go
To become healthy Let go illness To become whole Let go brokenness To become wise Let go knowledge To become loving Let go needing To become wealthy Let go wealth To become One Let go self To become Let go
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Prayer Wheels
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 sect, but the monastery is…
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Until the Rage Released
She came in darkness and pain To find the light of compassion But with her came the darkness And his rage The light was stronger In time, compassion prevailed She was freed The rage lingered And malingered Until that too found its release
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Strive for Awareness
Be not so concerned with betterment Strive foremost for awareness An unconscious being is limited Consciousness knows no bounds
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Truth Truly Tao
There is but one Truth. Though there are many ways To speak of it truly, None of these Are the Truth. Those who claim the Truth Do not know it. Those who know the Truth Do no speak it. They speak about it, Truly. We call it the Truth. The ancients…
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Peace, compassion and suffering.
To make peace extend compassion. To find compassion detach from suffering. One person at a time. So the whole world follows.