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Christopher Hansard:[ in solitude]

when the world around seems too much

look inwards

slightly

for there is solitude within the crush

of noisy thoughts, emotions and unresolved imaginings

whatever pain that you know

look beneath it

for there is solitude

for what is solitude?

it is the communication of all your doubts with your inner love

your wisdom with your breath

your worries fears and anguish soothed

by listening to your inner voice

which in solitude

speaks

October 15, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard: [ The Prayer Cycle]

There dwells within your life and every life, the prayer cycle. It is that process of  consciousness that occupies everything we are, do and feel, hate, love and are bored with.

Even without us knowing it, the prayer cycle continues, the prayer cycle is wordless has no sound, does not praise any god or humankind, but actualises itself through the experiences that make us who we are and gives the gift of dissatisfaction and the desire for knowing. If you stop for a time, you can feel the prayer cycle going on within you and all living beings, some slower, some faster, some louder some so quiet as you think nothing is there, but the prayer cycle is everywhere and everything.

July 31, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard: [ there is only one word]

there is

only

one word

that can express all that you can be

regardless of where you have come from and imagine that you are going to be

and that is:

love

July 21, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ the path to your Self]

there is a

path to your

Self

it is not straight

but winding

for it occupies

acts of randomness

and a myriad of thoughts

but if you look

gently but constantly

you can see the path

its edges covered by the

overgrowth of life

and then once you know it is there

it clears and shows you the way

July 13, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ the nature of nature]

the nature of nature

is to express itself

as information

fragments spliced by time,

cooked by space

offered up for its own delight

the nature of nature

is to be

July 6, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ Presence in all things]

no  matter

where you are

no matter where you think you are

no matter what you believe yourself to believe

in matter

in thought

which is matter

there is

presence

in

all things

the ever knowing

You

July 3, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ the impulse]

So comes

the impulse

from the deep

before the ancient times

to make each thing

into form

and by having form so display its nature

from the deep

in the essence of

the

deep

came

the

impulse

making and remaking

each event for itself

in this time of year

pause to see

through the stories and the myths

the consumerism and the gloss

into the deep

there all those that came  and come

come to light the way

are but parts of the same fragrance

unknown, known, not known, yet to be known

those few who ever dwell

in the deep

in the impulse

stop,

pause,

breathe

you can smell the deep

taste it, touch it,

hear it

see it, if you want too

the deep

the impulse

the ever

December 24, 2010   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ seeking truth and meaning]

So you want to seek for truth

and meaning-for what life is all about?

sit, be still and hear meaning start to shout

first distant it will seem

the voices and the words

but in time they will be calling

singing

divine words

that can inflame your heart with love and balance

simple and serene

there dwells the making and the unmaking

of truth and meaning

so give your self

the chance to be

be,

be

happy with your own company

and then seeking

for truth and meaning

becomes a receiving

and a blessing

and the mind’s dividing

of truth and meaning

will cease

December 16, 2010   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ time,space, place]

where are you now?

where do you sit

on the seat or in your thoughts?

are you mind and body

or thought and the thinker

in time, in space, and in the place you are now

all of these are actively seeking you

you who are timeless

you who are beyond space yet made it

you who need no one place

but are in all places

November 15, 2010   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ discrimination]

discrimination

based upon first impressions

is not the best lense to view

the world as it seems

May 31, 2010   No Comments