Category: rambling mind

All The Things That Man Has Made

Catch the Bird of Heaven, Lock Him in a cage of gold. Look again tomorrow And He will be gone Lock Him in religion, Gold and frankincense and myrrh Carry to His prison, But He will be gone All the things that man has made Cannot hold Him anymore. Still the Bird is flying as …

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Beauty Undefeated

My dear brothers and sisters, May undeserved kindness be shown to you, and may you reach a peace of mind that surpasses all logic and reason. I wish these for you beyond all things, for I know you have been doing your absolute best in this world that seems to have gone mad with all …

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I Am Not Christian

I am not Christian. I am one who will stand with the outcast and the judged But I am not Christian. I am one who has to defend the defenseless But I am not Christian. I am one who offers my hand to any color height size orientation caste But I am not Christian. I …

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Face to Face with Death

On this Dia de los Muertos—Day of the Dead—it is the perfect time to pull out and begin re-reading the beautiful and inspiring Tibetan Book of the Dead, something I’ve been wanting to do again for a while now anyway. The following is the opening chapter of my favorite translation by Gyurme Dorje, edited by …

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The True Constant

  When I was younger, and first learning I could feel the presence of the Earth, I would get SO annoyed and upset with concrete blocking the way and covering up so much of the ground everywhere I went. I became anti-cement nearly to an extreme anti-civilization frame of mind, until I grew a bit …

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Insight Lights! Observation Camera! Action!

  I have got to help make changes. I’ve watched and observed and contemplated and felt and cried over the pain and suffering in this world—needless pain and suffering—for long enough. My focus is seriously beginning to shift now toward more action-oriented questions. I am asking the Universe to begin showing ways to help The …

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