this Spring.
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A bee, it’s said, in its whole working life
treasure of obedience:a teaspoon-full of honey.The scholar, spooning honey from the jarinto his tea-cup,pauses.*[A viveku (‘we-way-koo’) is an Indian-Japanese informal verse which carries an awakening thought]
O Sun,
shining with a wintry discontentgrey-yellow on this dustthat dodged your viewuntil todayor perhaps, you are yourselfthe brightest fiery metaphor of all
Lakshmi, in her silken veil
free as birds are free, around our world…veiled in stillness; her lovely armsbestowing, secretly, invisiblyher wealth;her step so light, her being so, so still…she passes you every day;has never forgotten you;so if you think she has neglected you –consider, instead, her reasons:she may be holding back to teach(do you hear her laugh so lightly?)pure grace,…
Boundless… yet, it can formulate
to help itself and us; to callto our imagination, bounds,and boundlessness, in thought…out of sleep and dream, leapsto our assistance as a faithful houndeager for the hunt; in a puckish momentoffers us the world.. all that isand all that’s not (and it’sparticularly strong on what is not…)is it greater, then,than its Creator? No, that can…
When you were a child, where was it? For there’s always
is just to be yourself – becauseit’s all too much, or not enough;you’ve lost what matters most, ornot sure just what you’re really looking for;and so there’s nothing else to do but goto that friendliest place on earth, that’s all your very own;the myself place.Street cafes, bars, can sometimes be that place:the sun shines; relaxed,…
evolution is no rogue elephant –
and the rain-forests of mercy, alike –trampling temples, churches, mosquesin some apparent iconoclasm –scattering and shattering equipmentin the laboratories of men –seeking a wise mahout who will tameand understand its wildness,or a Darwin who will zoo it,watch it tenderly, take notes…no, evolution is a precious golden glimpseinto the mind of – name That as you…