Posts from — June 2008

Some say that Nelson Mandela

is a terrorist turned Statesman and Hero,

Others say that

the Dalai Lama is a Hero turned Terrorist

it all depends upon your point of view

and your belief in circumstance

and the political agenda created by

the forces of Existence and the urge to survive

Some say that Barrack Obama is a muslim

and that all politicians are liars and war mongers

We have lived in the time of the appeased middle class

a false state, an invention of nineteenth century

politics that took full root in the last century

but hungry capitalism like hungry communism

will not last the morning, in the full day of history

everyone is an expert today

because they can throw their opinions

into a global whirlpool of information

we live in a time when opinion is regarded as truth

and that certainty is a result of economy and wealth

we need to not believe the things our fear holds us too

in the quiet places of the world

wisdom is moving

stirring

waking up

stop

feel it

tune into

the place where true communication

begins and stops

some say that all muslims are warmongers

some say that all christians are warmongers

some say that all jews are warmongers

words are the warmongers

when the communication

is violent

long before the actions start

the first bullet is fired by a word

well before the trigger is ever pulled

some say that love is for dreamers

but dreamers teach the world to dream

and so to imagine and from that

comes the actions of change

and transformation

any word of violence

creates misery

it will hang around you

like a perfume made from the rotting corpses

of a war zone, an earthquake

or the lingering cancers of gossip

stop, call the stillness within

awaken the love

ask for forgiveness

give thanks and gratitude

and the world

becomes a larger place

and every possibility

a choice for action and

ready to become an event

Strong convictions often lead to bad measures

and bad outcomes

if you want to plan a revolution do it in a crowded place

no one will listen to your secrets

if you want to change your heart

transform your being

many will seek to stop you

when one person changes

the light of change is cast upon others

driving out the shadows

the anger of today

is the sadness and shame of yesterday

when change wakes deep within you

be prepared for resistance

when others seek to harm you

act from integrity

then the time will come

when you will have the last word

but if you act from a state of graciousness

there is no need to have the last word

for your detractors will harm themselves

bring love to them

by not acting as they would act

light incense for peace and parity

and learn the art of communication

that non violiently enriches your soul

in the sacred times

of dawn and dusk

see the unspoken way

inscribe itself in the motes of dust and the whirling light

letters form and fade as with its speech

whispering the sacred, listening to the sublime

awakening the profane and the trapped

letters of eternity in the form of things

such are the gifts of dawn and dusk

language is how we make our thoughts communicated

language is often limited to words

but what of belief, faith and hope

of anger, rage and grief

language is the energy

by which we

evolve

the material world

is the language of the psyche

so it can evolve

to eventually cast of its carapace

and move into

consciousness

language is the illusion of the psyche

and the bridge by which you can

cross the chasm of suffering

A gesture and a word, a tear or a bird flying

in some distant sky,

a memory or a hope

a broken heart or a plume of smoke from a forest fire

there is the link of thought and the thinker

the song and the singer

the given and the giver

the end and the ender

the chance to be and the chance to learn to be

all connected

in a sudden gentle tap

of light and intent

breath in and out

and you will see

how you are

the roadmap of eternal energy

Loving yourself is important, whether or not you are in a love relationship with someone else.

Loving yourself is not selfish; rather, it is not loving yourself that is selfish.

Self-love is necessary for a balanced and positive life and is crucial if you wish to undertake spiritual exploration.

It is a courageous declaration of the value and meaning of your life.

How do you experience self-love?

It is simpler than you think, for no matter how tough and unloving you have been toward yourself,

you have a deeper consciousness that continually experiences self-love.

All you need to do is to bring this into your upper consciousness.

When you do this, you will discover that it is your birthright and the spark of your humanity.
Loving yourself is the starting point and the very foundation of all human existence.