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"mysticism" poems
Earned under great spell of segregation, With luster grand and blinding glimmers of false hope, Standing like Trajan over his land, twice the spoils of war. We must now thwart the hatred, We must now look our brothers in the skin and decide if we can shoot them in the mouth. Where lies the liberty in mysticism? Why is this culture facilitating our schism, And how now will we draw our party lines, or be done with them for a line in the sand? Let us not fold in the face of dictatorship.
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 7:52 AM UTC
Donald Trump's Plutonium Crown.
Goodnight. The evening has arrived and the Sun has become weary Goodnight                                                                                                         The stars have come to reclaim the deepest blue                                                                           Speckling across the dark wide blanket of the cosmos                                                                       Goodnight                                                                                                           The daylight has faded and your energy has been taxed                                                                   Perhaps it was a productive day....                                                                                                                                                               perhaps not But the evening calls and the night follows                                                                                         The mysticism and superstition is heralded by cricket calls                                                               Reality becomes enervated  now, rest your head on the pillow.                                                         Nirvana inside of the null............................                                                                                           Finally, Goodnight.
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Jul 25, 2012
Jul 25, 2012 at 3:40 PM UTC
Goodnight. Goodnight.
Goodnight. The evening has arrived and the Sun has become weary Goodnight                                                                                                         The stars have come to reclaim the deepest blue                                                                           Speckling across the dark wide blanket of the cosmos                                                                       Goodnight                                                                                                           The daylight has faded and your energy has been taxed                                                                   Perhaps it was a productive day....                                                                                                                                                               perhaps not But the evening calls and the night follows                                                                                         The mysticism and superstition is heralded by cricket calls                                                               Reality becomes enervated  now, rest your head on the pillow.                                                         Nirvana inside of the null............................                                                                                           Finally, Goodnight.
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Like a meme of activism This women's coalition Mothers Sister Friends Pioneers and heroines There's courage in their convictions A guild of collectivism They hold luncheons in their kitchens Talk of abolition Mysticism Feminism Of heroes and magnetism Seduction Love Eroticism They scream like banshees at a crucifixion About injustice Dereliction Terrorism A tradition underwritten With symbolism Drums Violins Musicians They may be sitting They may be knitting Baking muffins Folding linen Running errands Stuffing chickens A juxtaposition to their ambition Of inspiring the unwilling Turning derision to optimism Their fire and brimstone Will have history rewritten Freedom of reproduction Liberalism Animism They have wisdom Intuition Rhythm They are fearsome This women's coalition
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Jan 2, 2014
Jan 2, 2014 at 4:07 PM UTC
The Women's Coalition
I observe you, infatuated with your subtle mysticism. My eyes lay on your verdant beds like a swallow tail butterfly dancing to the melody of your vibrations. I feel you breathe with me. I admire your crystal garden, dripping down your coiled vines. In each leaf, a reflection of your life. Your origin is you as much as it is me. We are sister and brother. We are God. Together we transcend. Together, we become one entity as we experience the beauty of consciousness. You are my natural friend. You thrive and stretch your veins outward to kiss the hands that caress you. Alive, with me, We coexist fluenty
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Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017 at 5:51 PM UTC
Julio
I'm writing this poem to be ignored like many of you I enjoy being a poet of keen irrelevance a literary luminaire of solitude a lost writing ghost a megalomaniac haunting himself a waiting oracle waiting for the occult muse door mouse to tap dance whispering night  babble or having a cooked chicken fly into my mouth while i take searing snapshots of erratic images puzzling them into words from boundless burdens of heaping intestinal bluesy aftermaths exodus of conscience   bruising my self like a ********* in heat on out of control run-on rants and blood razor drenched mysticism while real men drive earth movers drink bruskies and kick *** hustling time share Chinese handcuff contracts and up sell social justice platitudes fit for pie in the sky levitating hysteria lives shatter like red ice in endless cacophonies of skull clobbering effacement I'm writing this poem to be ignored and no one lets me down
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Mar 20, 2019
Mar 20, 2019 at 3:32 PM UTC
Ignored
In Spain - where cheese-making stretches back to centuries is a medium sized lump of Sweet ******* Christ blessed is the ****** whose womb merited to carry our small herd of hand-milked cows providing milk, cheese, butter, and ice and to Christians, the lamb is the symbol of when the pope and all the christian leadership will be succeeded by Moo Jesus The Good Shepard draws not milk not liquid from his sheep but an overview over Greek pagan and Christian pastoral deities then Christ went and made the exorcism and he sold in town all his rriegitha cheese, his curds, his milk I mentioned that The Green Sheep had an ad coming out in the body and blood of Christ how could the shepherds resist the temptation? I was refusing the sacraments mysticism is cheese Christ is cheese better still, mountains of cheese! Is your cheese killing the planet? The Wedding of the Dead: Celebration and Restraint Christ stopped at Ebola
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Nov 10, 2014
Nov 10, 2014 at 10:17 PM UTC
Christ Cheese and Sheep
If there were a formula for the way her lips seek out for mine while I am still attached to those of a boy, I would plug it through with the determination of a scientist, feeding it back and forth through the machines until someone could give me an answer. She visits me in my sleep, bleeds through the walls of our separate dimensions until she finds a way into my heart. From there, she rides my bloodstream up into my brain, she puts her hands on my controls and guides my dreams through to her childhood home, where she knows I'll fall in love with the gap between her teeth and the way she practices the word "kindergarten" when she thinks no one can hear her. I could never find her through the keys of my Macbook, she calls to me through typewriters in store windows, when I think I've lost her, I go into bookstores and flip through the pages in the poetry section until teasing she gives me a word, just enough of a puzzle to hold me until next time. I think when it's completed it will look like her freckles, the eyeshadow she spreads over her heartache, the lipstick she wears to feel like a woman on the days when she needs to act like a man, if I were a man. I'd no longer be captivated by the mysticism of their skin. No longer see the revolutionary twisting through their spines. But if I were a man, I wouldn't have the same parts as my lover. Maybe then we'd be just different enough for me to tell her how I feel.
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Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 at 12:59 AM UTC
Gap-tooth
Psychedelics are akin to Mysticism but that does not at all begin to mean that one must do Psychedelics to be Mystical; it simply means that in the proper context Psychedelics can reveal the importance of things the significance of "it all"; the inherent Mysticism to which we ourselves are akin.
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Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013 at 8:43 PM UTC
Mysticism [Psychedelics]
Do you know me now As I travel alone.... The road I travel I want all of you Like the sea itself Flowing beautifully Endlessly.... From your own shores If you knew me then Will you know me now.... Like the land itself Something hard No lack of mysticism Flood my lands with seas.... Not my mountains Would you want to know more My wandering tides My wandering mind Changing oh so silently So vigorously Never stop the flowing of our fragrant emotions.... As your rivers flow through me’ I have built dams’ Not to ban you away To retain you’ When a time We no longer exist If only we meant the world To each other.... As travel alone.... Debbie Brooks 2014
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Oct 16, 2014
Oct 16, 2014 at 5:54 PM UTC
I Travel Alone
Every thanksgiving, My family gets smaller. Gone to college. Gone traveling. Gone to another woman. Gone to Florida. Gone to prison. Gone to see the lord. Funerals are how I visit the lord. God is drawn to eulogies. He’s there, a fixture, almost a cliche, like a great aunt with a black veil weeping into a floral handkerchief. Today, at this funeral, a thin layer of snow and ice has frozen the ground. Black dress shoes press ridged footprints into the snow. Every funeral I’ve ever been to has been cold. Dress clothes and peacoats aren’t thick enough to keep me warm during a funeral. I keep my hands in my pockets and hunch forward, watching my breath hit the winter wind. The winter wind is an evaporated sadness, like god. During thanksgiving, the gravy boat on the counter let off hot, thin steam. While pouring it thick on my potatoes, A shadow in the corner of the room caught my eye. The days after a funeral are filled with a confused, hopeful mysticism. Every moving shadow, every unexplained noise is a visitation. So I ****** my head towards the corner of the room. Nothing. Glancing back at the table, I look at his empty seat, reminded how much I’m him. I’m quiet, like he was. I laugh like he laughed. My teeth are as bad as his were. I drink like he did when he was my age, days, nights at a time, stumbling home from dark pubs, watching, with blurred vision, my whisky breath hit the winter wind, and evaporate, almost as fast as God. After the turkey and the pie and the coffee, I go down to the basement and I pour myself a stiff *** and coke. I drink, in silence, to the gone.
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Nov 27, 2014
Nov 27, 2014 at 6:13 PM UTC
Thanksgiving
Every thanksgiving, My family gets smaller. Gone to college. Gone traveling. Gone to another woman. Gone to Florida. Gone to prison. Gone to see the lord. Funerals are how I visit the lord. God is drawn to eulogies. He’s there, a fixture, almost a cliche, like a great aunt with a black veil weeping into a floral handkerchief. Today, at this funeral, a thin layer of snow and ice has frozen the ground. Black dress shoes press ridged footprints into the snow. Every funeral I’ve ever been to has been cold. Dress clothes and peacoats aren’t thick enough to keep me warm during a funeral. I keep my hands in my pockets and hunch forward, watching my breath hit the winter wind. The winter wind is an evaporated sadness, like god. During thanksgiving, the gravy boat on the counter let off hot, thin steam. While pouring it thick on my potatoes, A shadow in the corner of the room caught my eye. The days after a funeral are filled with a confused, hopeful mysticism. Every moving shadow, every unexplained noise is a visitation. So I ****** my head towards the corner of the room. Nothing. Glancing back at the table, I look at his empty seat, reminded how much I’m him. I’m quiet, like he was. I laugh like he laughed. My teeth are as bad as his were. I drink like he did when he was my age, days, nights at a time, stumbling home from dark pubs, watching, with blurred vision, my whisky breath hit the winter wind, and evaporate, almost as fast as God. After the turkey and the pie and the coffee, I go down to the basement and I pour myself a stiff *** and coke. I drink, in silence, to the gone.
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Dear friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that one of my favourite Hollywood actor Richard Gere had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen, I composed in a simple format about the same. Hope you like it. Thanks, - Raj.                     ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practised in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an Elusive After-Life’! The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolising Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, when, or how? ', For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi.
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Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 at 11:17 AM UTC
ZEN PHILOSOPHY
Dear friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that one of my favourite Hollywood actor Richard Gere had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen, I composed in a simple format about the same. Hope you like it. Thanks, - Raj.                     ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practised in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an Elusive After-Life’! The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolising Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, when, or how? ', For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi.
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Crowns embellished with ebony bewitching. A sliver of gold pierces the veil. Stalemate defined by velveteen seas. Eyes of steel incandescent under the blacksmiths hands. The finest sapphires inlaid. A woman in hand the mightiest of weapons. Snowy mountains nourished the victory of Man. Gravid in mysticism keeper of seeds bloomed the Kings strength.
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Apr 18, 2016
Apr 18, 2016 at 11:05 PM UTC
A Kings Strength
*to further my point, as an eager reader in a catholic school, reading about the gnostic heretics, wondering with my theology tutor upon the question asked: don't you think the gnostic heretics influenced mohammad on the sly? i mean, they too believed a phantom walked among men, and a phantom was crucified?* my confirmation didn't take place in a cathedral, as was due course for all of us in being schooled, by a bishop in brentwood cathedral, i opted out... my confirmation came in a russian orthodox cathedral, in st. petersburg, when i watched people standing for a scrap of iconoclasm, with the priest mumbling toward a golden altar, as typical in the tradition, buttocks towards the people or as in the western tradition reciting in latin, before the nationalists came and spoke the gospel in each designated tongue so people understood, a bit like having your back turned against the people - speaking in latin - and when i sat i the church to listen to the choir singing, some lesser ecclesiastical prompted me to stand up, and pay respect to the golden altar... he told me to stand up! what cheek... what barbarism... only in russia... i had to stop being bewildered by the beauty of song and listen to a priest knock-down-ginger on a palette of gold... THEN i was confirmed... donkey's ******** to this **** i'm leaving! mind the fact that i've seen the greatest degradation of mysticism take place... the tetragrammaton was being defiled all along... in catholic bureaucracy it has been there all along, the idiots reminded me of it... you're born: first name, baptismal name, surname... you're educated: confirmation name... that takes four spaces of consideration... so by catholic definition of sharpening pencils, folding pieces of paper, filing the folded pieces of paper, bending paper-clips i'm god... but only in writing... first name, baptismal name, confirmation name, surname... a bit like a clone... a clone indeed in writing... same d.n.a., same bone mandibles of the jaw... but experience-wise... un-original to the **** not even a clone... not able to experience major historical figures... a soul in a twin body by itself... a twin without twinning, segregated by ulterior if not auxiliary motives... clone on paper... clone by experience? i don't think so... impossible... too many inter-actants along the way can't possibly replicate thinking in a clone... different mr. john smith... NEXT!
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Feb 4, 2016
Feb 4, 2016 at 2:18 AM UTC
"confirmation" of a "catholic" in a russian orthodox church
*to further my point, as an eager reader in a catholic school, reading about the gnostic heretics, wondering with my theology tutor upon the question asked: don't you think the gnostic heretics influenced mohammad on the sly? i mean, they too believed a phantom walked among men, and a phantom was crucified?* my confirmation didn't take place in a cathedral, as was due course for all of us in being schooled, by a bishop in brentwood cathedral, i opted out... my confirmation came in a russian orthodox cathedral, in st. petersburg, when i watched people standing for a scrap of iconoclasm, with the priest mumbling toward a golden altar, as typical in the tradition, buttocks towards the people or as in the western tradition reciting in latin, before the nationalists came and spoke the gospel in each designated tongue so people understood, a bit like having your back turned against the people - speaking in latin - and when i sat i the church to listen to the choir singing, some lesser ecclesiastical prompted me to stand up, and pay respect to the golden altar... he told me to stand up! what cheek... what barbarism... only in russia... i had to stop being bewildered by the beauty of song and listen to a priest knock-down-ginger on a palette of gold... THEN i was confirmed... donkey's ******** to this **** i'm leaving! mind the fact that i've seen the greatest degradation of mysticism take place... the tetragrammaton was being defiled all along... in catholic bureaucracy it has been there all along, the idiots reminded me of it... you're born: first name, baptismal name, surname... you're educated: confirmation name... that takes four spaces of consideration... so by catholic definition of sharpening pencils, folding pieces of paper, filing the folded pieces of paper, bending paper-clips i'm god... but only in writing... first name, baptismal name, confirmation name, surname... a bit like a clone... a clone indeed in writing... same d.n.a., same bone mandibles of the jaw... but experience-wise... un-original to the **** not even a clone... not able to experience major historical figures... a soul in a twin body by itself... a twin without twinning, segregated by ulterior if not auxiliary motives... clone on paper... clone by experience? i don't think so... impossible... too many inter-actants along the way can't possibly replicate thinking in a clone... different mr. john smith... NEXT!
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A life away You intertwined our fingers And whisper, this is fate It cannot be by chance. But little do you know, There is no guiding hand We are a combination Of one path that we took And the rest that were not taken And in this very moment I read a book in a café I watch a movie from my bed I ski across the Alps I breathe your scent Mingled with the aromas Of coffee, sleep and freshly packed snow And of many, many more And yet The braid made by our fingers Is duplicated countless times Through all these permutations You see The odds were therefore in our favor Alas, no mysticism here What you call fate, is chance The guiding hand of nature.
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Jul 14, 2019
Jul 14, 2019 at 10:18 AM UTC
Lyrical Physics #8: Fokker-Planck
She came to me within a dream Somewhere there betwixt and between Where all you see cannot always be believed And all is more beautiful than can ever be known or seen My eyes were amazed by the wondrous sight She standing before me as though devine Crying Her tears of golden light Her words were sure Her grief then true I could not begin to comprehend what I saw and what I knew In this moment She was perfect and pure She wept as She spoke of a great disgrace The destruction of an Holy Place where We once there were wed A sacred chapel where solemn vows were said Gone it's gone it has been destroyed Her cries of anguish tore at my heart I could not believe such tragedy occurred My words were They couldn't They never would This is just a rumor that you have heard The chapel is protected by law and truth and by the powers from all above She was there but just a little while My eyes then opened and I recognized She had been with me She had appeared This was the moment I knew it all was so very real I then heard the blast of horns from the great ship's on the LA Bay And knew I must find out I must go back and see someday I traveled far I journeyed high But still I wondered if the chapel stood Knowing I must go back there To know what must and should be seen to be understood Time then went on as several years they came and then went I remembered and decided I must go back to see if this Holy place might still exist As though on a mission sent My travels went beyond and then I returned to that city where my life there once was I went there to see If the chapel remained But when I arrived the chapel was gone Real and a fact The evidence seen A vision of an Angel who seemingly Devine therein descended within a lucid dream The purest of knowledge The absolute Truth. Mystery or Mysticism It is all just what it seems. -R. 2.22.17 -LA -4MAR
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Aug 13, 2017
Aug 13, 2017 at 2:48 PM UTC
-A Lucid Dream
She came to me within a dream Somewhere there betwixt and between Where all you see cannot always be believed And all is more beautiful than can ever be known or seen My eyes were amazed by the wondrous sight She standing before me as though devine Crying Her tears of golden light Her words were sure Her grief then true I could not begin to comprehend what I saw and what I knew In this moment She was perfect and pure She wept as She spoke of a great disgrace The destruction of an Holy Place where We once there were wed A sacred chapel where solemn vows were said Gone it's gone it has been destroyed Her cries of anguish tore at my heart I could not believe such tragedy occurred My words were They couldn't They never would This is just a rumor that you have heard The chapel is protected by law and truth and by the powers from all above She was there but just a little while My eyes then opened and I recognized She had been with me She had appeared This was the moment I knew it all was so very real I then heard the blast of horns from the great ship's on the LA Bay And knew I must find out I must go back and see someday I traveled far I journeyed high But still I wondered if the chapel stood Knowing I must go back there To know what must and should be seen to be understood Time then went on as several years they came and then went I remembered and decided I must go back to see if this Holy place might still exist As though on a mission sent My travels went beyond and then I returned to that city where my life there once was I went there to see If the chapel remained But when I arrived the chapel was gone Real and a fact The evidence seen A vision of an Angel who seemingly Devine therein descended within a lucid dream The purest of knowledge The absolute Truth. Mystery or Mysticism It is all just what it seems. -R. 2.22.17 -LA -4MAR
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We set out to honor Mary traveling the pilgrim's path from west to east We walked, we rode the bus entertained and enchanted by Cristina applauding Ramon along the way. Each day was one of prayer and song, sunshine and fellowship rosaries and novena we submitted petitions to Santiago we laughed with San Serapio From the grand and magnificent cathedrals to the humblest village chapel we grew in faith, hearing God's word in many languages. We marveled at the dedication and stamina of the pilgrims making their way on foot and bicycle at the warmth, generosity, and hospitality they receive along the way We picknicked alongside mountain streams enjoying good food, good wine,and good friendship we walked down the hillsides in the hot sunshine passing the pilgrims going the opposite way we quenched our thirst in a quaint and rustic village tavern. Ramon drove with skill up the mountains to Garabandal a remote village suspended in time and beauty there on the mountain top we sat among the pines where Mary had appeared. We sat in silence, in awe and reverence the only sounds, the whisper of the breeze and the cowbells on the hillside We prayed the rosary It was, for most of us, a most special memory From our bus we looked out at the mountains the green and rolling farmland at the rocky Atlantic coast at the rios and the rias. We walked in procession at Fatima and Lourdes by candlelight and moonlight and again in the brilliant sunshine The voices and the church bells carried across the plazas enveloping us in joy and prayer and mysticism It was at the grotto at Lourdes with my hands pressed on the rocky cave wall with the holy water on my hands that I felt Mary's presence Mary, my mother, my sister, my friend AVE MARIA September, 2008
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Dec 26, 2012
Dec 26, 2012 at 8:52 PM UTC
The Pilgrim's Path
We set out to honor Mary traveling the pilgrim's path from west to east We walked, we rode the bus entertained and enchanted by Cristina applauding Ramon along the way. Each day was one of prayer and song, sunshine and fellowship rosaries and novena we submitted petitions to Santiago we laughed with San Serapio From the grand and magnificent cathedrals to the humblest village chapel we grew in faith, hearing God's word in many languages. We marveled at the dedication and stamina of the pilgrims making their way on foot and bicycle at the warmth, generosity, and hospitality they receive along the way We picknicked alongside mountain streams enjoying good food, good wine,and good friendship we walked down the hillsides in the hot sunshine passing the pilgrims going the opposite way we quenched our thirst in a quaint and rustic village tavern. Ramon drove with skill up the mountains to Garabandal a remote village suspended in time and beauty there on the mountain top we sat among the pines where Mary had appeared. We sat in silence, in awe and reverence the only sounds, the whisper of the breeze and the cowbells on the hillside We prayed the rosary It was, for most of us, a most special memory From our bus we looked out at the mountains the green and rolling farmland at the rocky Atlantic coast at the rios and the rias. We walked in procession at Fatima and Lourdes by candlelight and moonlight and again in the brilliant sunshine The voices and the church bells carried across the plazas enveloping us in joy and prayer and mysticism It was at the grotto at Lourdes with my hands pressed on the rocky cave wall with the holy water on my hands that I felt Mary's presence Mary, my mother, my sister, my friend AVE MARIA September, 2008
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Dear Friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that Richard Gere, one of my favourite Hollywood actors had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen I composed this simple verse. Hope you like it. If you like it kindly re-post this poem. Thanks, - Raj.                       ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'Zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practiced in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an ‘elusive After-Life’. The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolizing Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, When, or How? ' , For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi. Mahayana in Sanskrit means 'Great Vehicle', and is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today. The other branch is called Hinayana, meaning the ‘Lesser Vehicle’.
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Nov 12, 2017
Nov 12, 2017 at 8:02 AM UTC
ZEN PHILOSOPHY IN VERSE!
Dear Friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that Richard Gere, one of my favourite Hollywood actors had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen I composed this simple verse. Hope you like it. If you like it kindly re-post this poem. Thanks, - Raj.                       ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'Zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practiced in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an ‘elusive After-Life’. The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolizing Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, When, or How? ' , For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi. Mahayana in Sanskrit means 'Great Vehicle', and is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today. The other branch is called Hinayana, meaning the ‘Lesser Vehicle’.
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Success is a mere construct that is subjectively incompatible with professed spirituality. Butter may spread with ease on a slice of bread, and it may not. There is something appealing about the grains of sand which lodge in obscure places. The texture of nature is truly fraught with the bliss and tragedy of North African mysticism. Geology may be ancient, but so are the sensual indulgences of Cleopatra. The construction of wonders remains to be perplexing; and I haven’t cleansed myself in milk. Cairo is the epitome of occult curiosity where Anubis reigns in contemporary economics. The All Seeing Eye promises safety at the cost of homage. Identify yourself. If freedom doesn’t exist, then why does the abode of the dead eagerly impose determinations? Fly the flag. God bless America.
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 3:24 PM UTC
Egyptian Prowess
She wore an air of mysticism Her memory bore prophetic visions From ancient egyptian And judaic traditions She knows every star system And every night is a mission Where she wishes and wishes For help from the legends Feeling the kundalini extension A timeless moment in meditation She rode a chariot of ascension With many faces Facing in all directions Interpreting new races There was Communication retention in Multidimensional dimensions And convoluted intentions Creating dense tension Leaving her in suspension Then, there was a call for attention And she witnessed the mention Of helping Earths' ascension Words whispered with foreign inflections Melted away her apprehensions With familiar definitions And promising space faring inventions
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Jun 2, 2013
Jun 2, 2013 at 11:44 AM UTC
Ascension
Pleasure for the eyes beauty is! Pleasure for the nose fragrance is! Pleasure for the ears music is! Pleasure for the lips kiss is! Pleasure for the body breeze is! Pleasure for the mind meditation is! Pleasure for the soul mysticism is! Pleasure for five senses they get themselves! Pleasure for five elements they get themselves! Pleasure for all Nature only gives forever! So, let us preserve Nature to make world better For the future generation to enjoy pleasure better!
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Dec 17, 2011
Dec 17, 2011 at 3:41 AM UTC
A Pleasure Nature is Forever!
i have plenty of dried leaves and hot water at home, but my winter self hikes four miles in the snow for a cup of tea. i know more words than i had ever hoped to understand, but i still shuffle them like tap shoes to place meaning on my notebooks. i have seen mountain views that make me weak in the knees, but i still need to see what else the world holds, and if that makes me reckless beyond being someone’s wife, then so be it. I understand that the life that I want is not one that should be kept up with or stood alongside, but one where I deign mystery into my own flesh and mysticism into my own sky
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Jul 11, 2014
Jul 11, 2014 at 12:11 AM UTC
winter
*The end, Felt every bit as sudden as the beginning There wasn't any magic, No mysticism to evoke comparisons of the divine It was simply an instant reality That no amount of prayers or wishes could change* __________________ And I will never find the words, They elude me each day Mocking me from their unattainable perch with glee- People write of love that is Everlasting by definition, Beautiful in it's absolute distinction And worthy of praise and adoration in it's splendor Somehow, They fail to mention that love, Pales in comparison to the sorrow that follows I miss you © 2014 Peach
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Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014 at 12:17 AM UTC
One Year, One Month, and Too Many Days
my neighbour came over, quick impromptu into the dog collar and you have your murderer and the priest; guilt ridden as if by small pox she sat on my bed: no ulterior motive, no auxiliaries of conscience to back-up now; a clear would-be **** victim... jewish so i had to stress my fascination with the jewish mysticism of kabbalah; and i did so in all earnest asking whether i said i am eh yeh correctly: also the whole bit of original interpretation the secrecy of the rabbinical aHa aHe males as rigid as consonants women as fluid as vowels ******** missing accents on eden's language of globalization that's short of tartan english of glasgow with key stress punctures of trans-punctuation crafted for either serious distinction on consonants, or ridiculous aesthetics when given to vowels of parisian stilettos: fancy ah fancy nah fancy a mistress in fishnet leggings? yes? no? maybe? undecided i see. trophy wife material... next!
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Dec 31, 2015
Dec 31, 2015 at 10:59 PM UTC
it feels like: http://tiny.cc/pm0r7x
Waterfalls Are A Magnificent Force of Nature, Formed over Softness, And Hard rock- Creating New life, And it Flows down And continues All the time. There is A mysticism That surrounds- Standing Behind It as it Rushes down To the bottom; And wouldn’t It be surreal; And, I wonder What it would Be like to be That water In another life, Becoming alive In another form, Resplendence, Shining Forever. The wind Carrying You, In this life And the next one... Don’t be afraid, I dreamed this.
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Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 3:55 AM UTC
Waterfalls
Your physical contact makes a mystical impact And your eye contact leaves me barely intact So when I see your indifference I want to attack The emotions my brain has foolishly stacked But new information enters Around you it's centered To you I'm indentured Mysticism is endured On the end of your lure There is no magical cure For the thoughts you deem impure So you drag me through the water Morphing me into your unwilling otter I'm pushed beneath the surface in your wake I'm trapped in the penitentiary of your lake By the spells I'm bound In the hell I've found Where my mind is a barbaric battlefield Those I'm attracted to hide behind a shield Those attracted to me I've buried in the sand In between the two lies no man's land Where a wandering mystic travels I live in fear of his arcane gavel That judges all things Dematerializing kings He searches for someone to elude His magic bubble blocks the crude Yet I'm magnetized to the magician Who holds the key to my ignition And although I'm just a misfit I traverse toward mystics
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Sep 30, 2017
Sep 30, 2017 at 6:58 AM UTC
Mystic