This may be the last day of my life.
I lifted my right hand to wave at the sun,
but I did not wave at it in farewell.
I was glad I could still see it - that's all.
~ Fernando Pessoa
translation by Richard Zenith
14 hours ago
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When I love I become liquid light —Nizar Qabbani - .One day, I realized that the world is transitory,And therefore, I decided not to build a house.Another day, I realized that I am just a traveller,And t...
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The Challenge of Illness - John O'Donohue - We never value or even see some things in our lives until we are just about to lose them. This is particularly true of health. When we are in good health...
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Chinook – Teach us, and show us the Way - Teach us, and show us the Way by Chinook (Anonymous) We call upon the earth, our planet home, with its beautiful depths and soaring heights, its vitality a...3 days ago
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Matt's spirituality and psychotherapy online group - NEW quarterly open May 1 - Dear friends, * My Spirituality & Healing group and community will open for a new quarterly membership, beginning May 1.* You can learn more about the gr...
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Mansur al-Hallaj - Amazed and dazed - O You who are the object of my perception And the hidden desire of my heart! O complete Being, the Whole Whom I love with all my parts. I turn to You i...
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The Last Post - I know. I know. The last post appeared over a year ago. And the post before that was . . . a year before that. Now it's obvious: this blog has run its cour...4 years ago
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A runaway lover, text problems, and dinner duties - Dear Mr. Blue, I’m a single 51-year-old who’s been enjoying the outdoorsy life in Denver for the past fifteen years. I have a nice condo, good friends, a...6 years ago
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Kenshō. In the Zen tradition this signifies the first insight–... - Kenshō. In the Zen tradition this signifies the first insight– the moment that one intuitively perceives their true nature.9 years ago
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The Morning Reading: "somewhere on the earth, freedom is learning to walk, trying not to fall" - *du bois in ghana* - Evie Shockley at 93, you determined to pick up and go— and stay gone. the job nkrumah called you to, to create, at last, your *ency...9 years ago
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2 comments:
Yes, a new appreciation for "the cosmos" arises...For the whole of the Cosmos. At least it did for me... :)
such a fabulous miraculous miracle to be, and with eyes to see.
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