"All that was East is West of me now" - G. Hansard
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The Inspiration
Minutes, hours, days, weeks, months , seasons and years continue
to flow without
ceasing. Some cosmic philosopher once proclaimed
how when he wakes in the morning
that light at the end of the tunnel is get brighter.
Yogi's breathe "here and now" while
some self appointed motivational speakers promote
"success" by filling the silos and
other grandiose propositions concerning ego and
accumulating things and people.
Sometimes illumination about our Odyssey occurs
with the sound of a singing
blackbird or a distant ringing bell or chimes .
Their sounds carried by that mystical
wind of a mysterious source. Sometimes these
inspirations are rare surprises and sometimes
they come like the ocean of mercy's rolling
waves washing wandering souls leaving
no footprints on our beach.
A recent medical procedure that required a general
anesthetic for the seeker who woke
from a dream where his essence was lifted by a
magnificent force gently taking him
traversing the universe . Before he knew it the
solar system that he believed was
everything had disappeared . Bypassing solar
systems he was immersed in a light
bathing and consoling his spirit. And, just like
that he was launched back to from
where he came. In his waking everything was
the same as before but somehow
new and transformed.
The birds' songs seemed sweet, clear and purposeful
and the trees and flowers began to
show the buds of their forthcoming
explosion of beauty and serenity. For a
micro second he questioned,
" What is this place? What am I doing here and why?"
"Moksha...nirvana , serenity, enlightenment ,
impermanence and being " the
sound of the transformative mesmerizing
majestic sanctified song of the cosmos
filled him up.
The metanoia broke through the walls that had
kept him at bay from becoming complete.
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The Writing:
The Triumphant Journey : An April Fool's Lamentation
A sweet soft serenade of every bird singing at the first light
as that blue virgin canopy
redeemed all things as the cold rains of yesterday are forgotten.
Generous beneficent beauty bursts forth as the daffodils
hide the secret of their healing human diseasse as they effortlessly
provide nutrients in the earth where they reside
for such a short lifetime and just like that
they are gone until next spring.
"Everything dies someday one back" sings the boss.
Was the mystic Rohr right in his observation?
"The universal spiritual pattern is death and resurrection, or loss and
renewal , if you prefer."
A few believe that that these nano specks of the cosmos are
merely microcosms of coincidence and accidents that make up the
universe . Do the one of the million names of God provide the answer?
Contemplation of the now reveals the truth - illumination
of the sacred is revealed in the present .
- JF Sobecki
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Poetry and such:
"Poetry is an Act of Peace .
Peace goes into the making of a poet
as flour goes into the making of bread."
- Pablo Neruda
"Ring the bells that can still ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack , a crack in everything
That's How the light gets in"
- Anthem, L. Cohen
Poem
I know know you never intended to be in this world
But in it all the same .
So why not get started immediately.
I mean belonging to it .
There is do much to admire, to weep over.
And to write music or poems about.
Bless the feet to take you to and fro.
Bless the eyes and the listening ears.
Bless the tongue, the marvelous taste.Bless the touching
You could live a hundred years , it's happened
or not.
I am speaking of the fortunate platform
of many years.
none of which , I think , I ever wasted.
Do you need a prod?
Do you need a little darkness to get you going?
Let me be urgent as a knife, then,
remind you of Keats
so single of purpose and thinking, for a while,
he had a lifetime.
- Mary Oliver
The Blackbird and the bell - David Whyte
https://youtu.be/rEDAh4lQLfc?si=iicuSONntSnP6UK4------
The Music :
Some tunes to help for reflection:
Enlightenment - Van Morrison
https://youtu.be/pOUilsuZj1E?si=z1ae3iGqXMZ5ZwFX
A Human Touch - J. Browne/L. Mendelsohn
https://youtu.be/T9azpvOHBgo?si=sJ-sA-DgjBY6UFn3
