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Il pleure dans mon cœurComme il pleut sur la ville ;Quelle est cette langueurQui pénètre mon cœur ? from “Il pleure dans mon coeur” by Paul Verlaine My heart fades within me Like the rot on those blooms. From where … Continue reading Poem: The Lilacs are Wilting From the Trees
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How much hurrying is ever really necessary or frutiful? Isn’t hurrying just a way of mindlessly obeying an infantile, clamoring ego, either ours or someone else’s? If hurrying ever does create “extra” time, we hardly know what to do with … Continue reading Journaling: On Hurrying
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Deep, conscious breathing is among the simplest and most rewarding forms of meditation. Mantras help by giving your mind something to focus on so that it … Continue reading Breath Mantra Meme for the True Self
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When I look out upon this earth and see These breathing things so seemingly self-making (Oh, how they burst and sprout and raise their faces!), These quickened things so solemnly sky-staring (This sky with lights and waters overspilling!), I want … Continue reading Poem: God Seeing
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Image: Anonymous, Marcia Painting Self-Portrait Using Mirror (detail), in Giovanni Boccaccio’s De Mulieribus Claris, c. 1403. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. NOT ME What looks back What wallows in pain, seeking more pain What seeks to justify itself What clings to the past What feels … Continue reading Journaling: Not Me, Me
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