Tag Archives: Wisdom

THE THIRST FOR INDEPENDENCE

Posted on November 24, 2018 by C. Subramania Bharati

What can sharpen this thirst for our freedom? What can help shake our love to be beaten? When will mother earth break our shackles free? When, in her love, will we and things be? Wasn’t there once another spirit in … Continue reading →

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TAO TE CHING – VI

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Lau Tzu

The earth spirit will never die As she bears the mysteries of love. Love being the only gateway to truth, That timeless truth of beings and things. Those who see fleetingly feel her joy Yet never extinguish the eternal flame.

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TIMELESS TRUTHS

Posted on October 10, 2018 by David Scanlon

I awake in the silence of her majesty And see beyond the thoughts that drive me Towards the life which we seek and, In those moments of pure ecstasy, Time stops and the whole world Is as sharp and clear … Continue reading →

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OFFERING HER SONGS – Number 15

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Rabindranath Tagore

My joy is to sing .         poems to the World. When her song is deep .         I sit and hear her voice. .                  In a world of working things, .                  where everyone lives but me, .                  my heart finds her … Continue reading →

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EVERY TIME I THINK OF A THING, I BETRAY HER

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

Every time I think of a thing, I betray her. Just having a thing before me I must think of her. Not thinking, but seeing, Not with a thought, but with the eyes. A thing that is visible exists to … Continue reading →

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