It’s all in my head
this imaginary life
imposing itself
in its form
upon the universe.
This imaginary life
flies from the brain
onto page after page
tweaking your own
imaginary life.
Thus you write your own
tome of a life imagined
in line and verse.
And the universe
remembers.
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My Imaginary Life 2
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics on September 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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Fairies in fields….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics, Spirit on September 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Three little Fairies sat in the fields eating breakfast;
each among the leaves of her favorite flower, Daisy, Primrose,
and Violet, were happy as Elves need be.
The morning wind gently rocked them to and fro, and the sun
shone warmly down upon the dewy grass, where butterflies spread
their gay wings, and bees with their deep voices sung
among the [...]
Happy?….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Quotes, Spirit on July 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“Why aren’t you happy?
It’s because ninety-nine percent
of everything you do,
and think,
and say,
is for yourself
and there isn’t one.”
– Wu Wei Wu
Quotes SpiritQuotes Spirit
Remember….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Spirit on July 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This, spontaneous recalling during meditation group tonight:
Remember who you really are and be that!
Remember the vast, radiant emptiness
from which you came
and from which all things arise.
Remember, you are that.
Not that you are one with all….
you are all.
Remember the sun that shines from
your eyes.
You are that.
Remember the moon that
gives you your dreams.
You are that.
Remember the love,
the [...]
A Teaching Story…
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Spirit on July 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
An old Rabbi once asked his pupils how they could tell when the night had ended and the day had begun.
“Could it be,” asked one of the students, “when you can see an animal in the distance and tell whether it’s a sheep or a dog?”
“No,” answered the Rabbi.
Another asked, “Is it when you can [...]
from anonymous email….
Posted in Everyday Stuff on July 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this:
What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up [...]
your irresistible glance….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics, Quotes on July 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
With your irresistible glance,
you captured my heart and soul.
Having robbed me of those,
take away my name and accomplishments too.
If any trace of me remains in this world,
please, don’t delay — take that too.
‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani in Love’s Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition translated from the Persian by David and Sabrineh Fideler
the paradox of being….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics on July 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
i am nothing
that is, no thing
i am all things
everywhere
at all times
and yet the vessel
is empty
that is, pure, clear
radiant emptiness
empty of form
yet full
of that which is
of life and love
that is, love
expressed
in giving all
yet receiving all
being all
i am
you are
.
ron russo
6.28.06
The Arches….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics on July 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
That day we floated down the brownish river
in a makeshift ship, a construction site derelict
stolen in the half light of dusk.
We were maybe twelve in wet blue jeans and tee shirts
rolled at the sleeves according to local custom
in those placid fifties.
The tainted shallow water was no hindrance that warm August day;
to us it [...]
Save the Internet….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Political Quagmire on May 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The CEO of AT&T said: "The internet can't be free". I don't know the context in which the comment was made but on the face of it, it's just a little scary coming from one who wants to profit from it in ways that would take control of the whole structure of what makes the [...]
Man Writes Poem….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics, Quotes on April 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Poem: "Man Writes Poem" by Jay Leeming, from Dynamite on a China Plate. © The Backwaters Press. Reprinted with permission.
Man Writes Poem
This just in a man has begun writing a poem
in a small room in Brooklyn. His curtains
are apparently blowing in the breeze. We go now
to our man Harry on the scene, what's
the story down [...]
Love And Sleep….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics on April 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
"Love And Sleep" by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Public Domain.
Lying asleep between the strokes of night
I saw my love lean over my sad bed,
Pale as the duskiest lily's leaf or head,
Smooth-skinned and dark, with bare throat made to bite,
Too wan for blushing and too warm for white,
But perfect-coloured without white or red.
And her lips opened amorously, [...]
Another gem from John Squadra….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Quotes, Spirit on April 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
If someone says, “To be enlightened you must
fast and pray all night.”
Have dinner and go to bed.
If you see a sign, “This way to salvation,”
run the other way.
If someone says,”This Book is the truth,
you can buy it from me.”
Take your money and buy grapes and roses.
If someone says, “He’s talking tonight,
thousands will be saved.”
Go for [...]
Legalism reigns….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Quotes, Spirit on March 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Here's another example of biblical literalism run amok where Phariseeism (legalism) raises it’s ugly head once again. This is not a slam on the Catholic Church. It is the principle of ‘the norms’ (law) overriding the Spirit which is prevalent throughout the Church of whatever denomination or even most other major traditions around the world. [...]
Tequila and Salt….
Posted in Everyday Stuff on March 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it every day. [...]
Alan Watts on faith….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Quotes, Spirit on March 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, [...]
On the beach….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Poetics on March 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
watching,
among other things, the youth.
Teens we thought, but
were probably slightly over 21,
tramping about in the sand,
their hands constantly touching (groping?)
each other.
As I read APR (American Poetry Review)
I wondered if they wondered why
I’m sitting here reading stuff that appears
indecipherable and intellectual and
no doubt to them totally boring.
And I think….
who is the smarter? They
who are totally experiencing [...]
Star Connections….
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Quotes, Spirit on March 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“I think we would be able to live in this world more peaceably if our spirituality were to come from looking not just into infinity but very closely at the world around us — and appreciating its depth and divinity.?
– Thomas Moore
“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery [...]
Christ is Coming?….
Posted in Everyday Stuff on February 6, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Sign at local church:“Christ is coming, perhaps today!?
And I wanted to say, but it’s not about him coming at some future time, it’s about the reality of this moments presence and that this presence is yourself being Him in this form, in this world, now.
To wait for some future manifestation of the Christ is to [...]
