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Topic: Poems inspired by meditation or spiritual moments
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Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted July 22, 2017 06:03 PM
RibbonsRibbons of smoke rising seen through slitted eyes splitting soundlessly, tearing seamlessly their gray-silver transparence incense ghosts lines wandering heavenward folding in and out mobius strips revolving around the whimsy of space and time making their own paths away from my steps into my quiet breaths ------------------ The Declinations Guy: precise modern scientific astrology > Expert birth chart rectification > Rising Sign Descriptions ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ IP: Logged |
Ayelet Moderator Posts: 4025 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted July 23, 2017 03:57 PM
I didn't find 'mobius' in the dictionary, but otherwise it has a hypnotic vibe into it.IP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted July 23, 2017 05:15 PM
Google images for 'mobius strip'IP: Logged |
Ayelet Moderator Posts: 4025 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted July 23, 2017 11:00 PM
Thank you Kannon, I am reading about it. And I see Mobius was a person...IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 15191 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted July 25, 2017 01:43 AM
Love it! Nice image. I like how you ended it.Smoking? .. or meditating quietly with incense? IP: Logged |
Pearlty Knowflake Posts: 1965 From: Ohio Registered: Jan 2012
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posted July 25, 2017 05:44 PM
Feels peacefulIP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted July 25, 2017 07:31 PM
Meditating with Jasmine incense. Thanks for reading. ------------------ The Declinations Guy: precise modern scientific astrology > Expert birth chart rectification > Rising Sign Descriptions ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 15191 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted July 25, 2017 09:16 PM
Thanks for sharing! Next time I'm at my metaphysical shop, I'll go sniff the Jasmine incense sticks so I get the full sensory-effects here. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/laugh.gif) Maybe!.. I'll even get a stick, and burn it WHILE I read your poem?? ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif) Why do you use Jasmine? IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 191792 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 26, 2017 12:58 PM
Wow. Just wow. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif) IP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted July 26, 2017 07:30 PM
quote: Originally posted by mirage29: Why do you use Jasmine?
My choice of incense is based on either an intuitive feel for which one resonates, or I will literally do a muscle response test of those in my collection (Gonsesh #6, Jasmine, Dragon's Blood, Sandalwood, etc). When I did that recently Jasmine was the strongest. Jasmine, Sandalwood, and Gonesh #6 are the ones that most often benefit me. #6 is a blend of Jasmine and Sandalwood. There's a noticeable difference with the incense that works for you. It will help you enter an altered state of focus a lot more easily. Both Jasmine and Sandalwood are very sweet, soothing. Now Frankincense is really good for people who have trouble focusing. So if you a bit ADD/hyper, try it. Thanks for the 'wows' Randall ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/smile.gif) ------------------ The Declinations Guy: precise modern scientific astrology > Expert birth chart rectification > Rising Sign Descriptions ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 15191 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted July 27, 2017 09:20 PM
It's been ages since I tried Sandalwood. Sandalwood and Jasmine-- I'll give them a sniff! Thanks.Glad you've joined us. Did you see our YW Birthday Calendar? We'd love to add you, and celebrate your Special Day. IP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted July 29, 2017 05:30 PM
A Poem About Walking MeditationWalking ever so slowly like sneaking up on the future like sneaking up on peace like sneaking up on myself. How slow can I go? as slow as my breathing does This is how I slow down the time I cannot waste on mania, neurosis, fear. Sneaking up on the future sneaking up on peace sneaking up on the self I don't yet know I am. ------------------ The Declinations Guy: precise modern scientific astrology > Expert birth chart rectification > Rising Sign Descriptions ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ IP: Logged |
Ayelet Moderator Posts: 4025 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted July 29, 2017 07:20 PM
Interesting. Can you steal time? Or have a glimpse from what is to be?IP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted July 29, 2017 08:44 PM
I meditate because ... the more I meditate the happier I am I meditate because it creates peace which creates more happiness which creates more love. All that from just sitting. All that from just walking. All this from doing nothing.------------------ The Declinations Guy: precise modern scientific astrology > Expert birth chart rectification > Rising Sign Descriptions ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 191792 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 30, 2017 07:46 PM
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Ayelet Moderator Posts: 4025 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted July 30, 2017 09:36 PM
quote: Originally posted by Kannon McAfee: I meditate because ... the more I meditate the happier I am I meditate because it creates peace which creates more happiness which creates more love. All that from just sitting. All that from just walking. All this from doing nothing.
I always felt doing nothing is just as important as doing something... That you need the void in order to have meaning for what is there.IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 191792 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 31, 2017 05:28 PM
You're an artist, and words are your canvas.IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 15191 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted July 31, 2017 05:40 PM
Excellent, Ayelet!! You too, Randall... what you said is really poetic. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif) IP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted July 31, 2017 05:57 PM
This thread is for anyone else too. I'd like to read what you write. Doesn't have to be anything fancy or elaborate, just thoughts inspired by spiritual moments or feelings.------------------ The Declinations Guy: precise modern scientific astrology > Expert birth chart rectification > Rising Sign Descriptions ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ IP: Logged |
Pearlty Knowflake Posts: 1965 From: Ohio Registered: Jan 2012
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posted August 01, 2017 11:25 AM
quote: Originally posted by Kannon McAfee: [b]A Poem About Walking MeditationWalking ever so slowly like sneaking up on the future like sneaking up on peace like sneaking up on myself. How slow can I go? as slow as my breathing does This is how I slow down the time I cannot waste on mania, neurosis, fear. Sneaking up on the future sneaking up on peace sneaking up on the self I don't yet know I am. [/B]
The nature of walking is so self-reflective, this is beautiful. IP: Logged |
Pearlty Knowflake Posts: 1965 From: Ohio Registered: Jan 2012
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posted August 01, 2017 01:45 PM
* Not mine, but lovely for here I suppose How I go to the woods Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much. ~Mary Oliver IP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted August 01, 2017 04:44 PM
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posted August 01, 2017 04:57 PM
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Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 5121 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted August 01, 2017 04:57 PM
Drunken Monkeys*Nine drunken monkeys showed up for class learned and literate, they chattered about all the ambitions and insights they had. They had one job: count to nine while walking calmly, quietly, but they chattered on about all they'd learned; chattering at each other, at the walls, at the air, doodling pictures and pointing, grasping at straws for sucking at the air, for blowing paper thought darts at teacher. I patiently persist day after day. For all the learning and ideas are useless if consciousness remains uncoordinated. --- * "Drunken monkeys" is a term used in Zen to described the chattering of the deliberative mind and its thought streams. ------------------ The Declinations Guy: precise modern scientific astrology > Expert birth chart rectification > Rising Sign Descriptions ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ IP: Logged |
Pearlty Knowflake Posts: 1965 From: Ohio Registered: Jan 2012
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posted August 02, 2017 09:17 AM
![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/thumbsup.gif) quote: Originally posted by Kannon McAfee: [b]Drunken Monkeys*Nine drunken monkeys showed up for class learned and literate, they chattered about all the ambitions and insights they had. They had one job: count to nine while walking calmly, quietly, but they chattered on about all they'd learned; chattering at each other, at the walls, at the air, doodling pictures and pointing, grasping at straws for sucking at the air, for blowing paper thought darts at teacher. I patiently persist day after day. For all the learning and ideas are useless if consciousness remains uncoordinated. --- * "Drunken monkeys" is a term used in Zen to described the chattering of the deliberative mind and its thought streams. [/B]
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