Sadly, Robert and
his wife had lost
their unborn baby,
and then Carrie
died within five
months of their
arrival in China
as missionaries.
They had been
prepared to face
anything together,
but now she
was gone.
Robert was so
grief stricken
that he stopped
being a missionary
for a while and
got another
job in China.
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Openness to the
devoid of narrow-mindednessand ghetto mentalitywill always helpa seeker of truth.
Let not negative thoughts rule over you.
Let not your brain rule over you.You rule your brain.If your thinking faculty rules over you,You will be considered mad.Let not your thoughts control you.Thoughts are only thoughts.
Contemplation
The reason for the self-annihilationis not that the person looseshis metaphysical or even physicalstatus, or regresses intonon¬entity, but rather thathis real status is quite otherthan what empiricallyappears to be his status.
Sitting in our deepest centre
but also we care for all souls.Each experience is a separatespoke of the wheel.They are unique spokes.All these spokes meet inthe common centre of the hub.Into that centre, we comeand reconcile ourselveswith all who came into our liveswith positive or negative experiences.That is the purity of forgiveness.
The little hand once said to the big hand:
I feel your hand when I wake up and you are with me;when I’m hungry and you feed me;when you help me to grab something and build it up;when I try my first steps with you;I can come to you because I’m scared.I ask you: stay close to me and hold me!Thank God that you…
Can the ‘I’ know itself?
Can the tooth bite itself?Can the eye see itself?Can the ‘I’ know itself?(This was published in Poetfreak under the name of Genovamaaa. Genova was my beloved mother. She died at the young age of 38. I want to keep her name alive as long as I am alive) .
However, when
he met two
Christian traders
from Korea,
his commitment
to spreading the
gospel was renewed.
Few Koreans
followed Jesus,
and the leaders
at the time hated
people and ideas
from other countries.
But Robert was
more zealous for
lost people than
he was for
his own safety.
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Enjoy your time.
You live only oncenow and on this day.You will not be able toget back yesterday.Yesterday disappears for ever.Do not think thatyou can enjoy later.‘The later’ may come earlierthan you imagine or hope.
God honoured the
who carried outthese unbiblicalpractices, by puttingtheir ailing loved-onesinto the streets andplacing them onmattresses, soPeter’s shadowmight fall on one of them.There is no evidencethat healing took place,on these occasionsand nowhere inScripture are wetold that healingoccurred as a resultof these practices,which were borrowedfrom non – believers.
Poetry uses form to reveal and heighten
that gives meaningto a wide range of experiences.Such art may be thought ofas the incarnation ofthe genius of rhythmmanifesting the living spiritof things with a clearer beautyand intense power.Poetry is a record of experience.The poet sets out to communicatesomething that transcendsfact or opinion.An obscure intuitionis expressed by a combinationof words and structures.
We do not realize
they are in ourlife until for anyreason they disappear.Life is made of bits,instants and fleeting.Friendship isvery important.In togethernesswe live alwaysin love and humility.
There exists a common beat
It is the one voiceless mystical songour hearts want to sing.O hearts in the universe,come together to find this song of life.Our hearts beating in unisonshall sing it with all that is alive.(This was published by me in Micropoet under the name of my beloved mother Genova Maaa who passed away at a young age….
We cannot attain
must live in theinspiration of ituntil it accomplishes itself.We get so busy with lifethat we forget the vision.At the beginningwe saw it but didnot wait for it.We rushed offinto practical work,and when the visionwas fulfilled,we lost the graceto see and understand it.Waiting for the visionthat tarries is the testof our loyalty to God.It is at the…
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When the two Korean
Christians set out
for their return trip
to Korea, Robert
joined them.
Officials threatened
severe punishment
for anyone who
talked to foreigners,
but some listened
to Robert’s preaching
and accepted
his gift of a
Bible anyway.
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Sense of rejection
Being unwantedis terrible.The thoughtI am unloved,and not cared for,will kill you.It is suffering.It is much more thanhaving nothing to eat.
The Holy Spirit is
of all our peace –and imparts Hiseternal peace byHis Spirit of Peace,which flows out of usto others as we restin Christ and permitHis peace to floodour heart. ‘Peace I leave with you;My peace I give to you;not as the world gives,do I give to you.Do not let your heartbe troubled, norlet it be fearful.’
In the innermost
sits someonewhom I do not know.The songs of thisunknown beingechoes and reechoesin me and i wake upwith whispers inmy brain wonderingabout the sweet songand its melodious clang.(Graphic: Mamma Grim gerettet, um für die Seele zu tanzenpinterest)
A mystic poet is conscious
the christian faithand the Asian religions.Despite inconsistencies,contradictions, and differences,a mystic poet is sure thatsuch a communicationbetween the Christianand Asian religiousthoughtand practices is singularlyenriching and essential.
He is the fountain
is the well-springof satisfactionfor the weary soul.He is the God ofcomfort and thePrince of peace,Who alone cancalm every poundingheart and stillevery fearful thought.The living waterthat sustainsthe soul of a manonly comes from God,Who alone cansatisfy theexhausted saint.
The metaphysical foundations
and mechanical materialismwith the Cartesian cogitoas the epistemologicalcondition of intelligibility.From these followthe separation of mindand body and the dualismof subject and object.
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Later, Robert found
a way to take the
gospel to Korea
as a translator
aboard a Chinese
trading ship.
On a trip to Korea,
the ship’s crew
fired cannons
on hostile Koreans
on the shore.
Fearing they
would lose the
battle and the
Bibles would
be lost, Robert
threw the Bibles
into the water.
He managed
to get some of
them to the
shore himself,
in his final
effort to reach
the Koreans.
But just after
he reached
the shore, he
was beheaded
by some angry civilians.
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Studying Vedanta
a western mysticto ascent to all thathis heart craves fora mystical unionwith God the Almighty.
Once Satan
man to sinand seizeddominion overthe world fromAdam, heImmediatelybegan toinfect thehuman racewith everyflavour andcolour of evil,which finallyresulted inthe worldwidejudgementof Noah’s flood.
The ego tells me a lot.
All that my intellecttell me, may not be true.I can be misguided by my ego.Whatever happens in my lifemake me rich in experiences.I believe that there isinfinite love around mein my soul and in my existence.There is nothing to fearwhen i always seek the truth.
The critique of
of the world is nota gloomy anddespairing anti-modernity andanti-technology.It is based upona profoundly hopefulphilosophy that isapable of discerningthe ideal thatis immanent.(Leaning on Heidegger’s thinking)
If we want to heal,
our knees, onpraying ground.That is based on arelationship, madepossible throughrepentanceand redemption.Prayer is coming intoperfect fellowshipand oneness with God.
Shine through us O God
and lead everyone we meetto you and to your presence.Help us to be your angelshere working on the earthfor you and you alone.Give us the greatnessand nobility in words and deeds.
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Years later,
missionaries
discovered that
Koreans had
come to Christ
after reading
the Bibles.
Today, about
one-third of
South Koreans
are Christian,
and Christian
missionaries
from South
Korea serve
God all over
the world.
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The beginning is unknown
yet there is no instability in mindbecause every believerleave the dimension ofbeginning and endingon GodGod isFirst and Godis Last, Godis Alpha and Godis Omega,enough line forthinking human nerve.(Written from the comments of Poet Mahtab Bangalee)
A true poet wants to
to rediscover for himselfand for all, themahakaruna,the great compassion.
May God be born in our soul.
God steps into the soul.and the soul is possessed by God.When God abandons the soul,it becomes fruitless.(Graphic: thecontemplativeearth.com)
Abide in Me,
As the branchcannot bearfruit of itself,unless it abidesin the vine,neither can you,unless youabide in Me.I am the vine,you are the branches.He who abidesin Me, and Iin him, bearsmuch fruit;for without Meyou can do nothing.(Ref. To St. John’s Gospel)
Divine Mercy is God
of humanity, enduringwith each personthe incredible painand sorrow thatmarks human existence.Christian spiritualityis an invitation toenter into this mysteryof love by our small sacrifices.
Good God,
what concerns us,what pleases usor what bothers us.The days that lie behind us,we bring to you.So much is concerned aboutthe people we met,with whom we live together;those with whom we livein harmony, but also thosewith whom we haveconflicts;We come to you withthe worries that concern us,the worries about the spouse,the children, the friends,the worries about…
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Robert’s passion
for reaching the
people of East Asia
was more important
to him than even
his own life.
Sometimes
God is glorified
when Christians
die for their
faith in Him.
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Can right thoughts
not be broughttogether in an integralapproach that closesthe gap betweenknowledge and will?
Is There an
storehouseof Ideas,knowledge,and power?Many greatthinkers ofall ages havebelieved that man’sstored informationis not limitedto his own memoriesof past experiences,and learned facts.There is one mindcommon to allindividual men.It is the universal mind.
‘At the foot of the cross,
of the new creation,Christ led us to Mary.He brought us to herbecause he did notwant us to journeywithout a mother.’ (Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium#285)(Graphic: the-foot-of-the-cross-GoodSalt-dasps0259 google pics)
There is a self-made
enclosed by Reason.The rational universeis a very different notion.Our meaningfulengagement withthe things of theworld enjoins usto respectfully andresponsibly disclosetheir values in reality.
Come back to me
Do not procrastinate.Come back to mewith all your heart,fasting and weeping,mourning for your sins.Let your hearts be broken,turn to the Lord your God again,for he is all tendernessand compassion, slow toanger, rich in graciousness,and ready to relent.(Poets may read The book ofJoel 2: 12-13 in Holy Bible)
When youtruly
You find yourself.
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At other times
He is glorified
when He delivers
people from the
hands of their
persecutors.
No matter what,
we can trust that
our lives are
in His hands,
just at Robert
Jermain Thomas did.
(I am so taken up by the life of this great Missionary)
Lesson to learn:
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.’
(Rom.12: 11)
Acknowledgement to
Our lives are in God’s hands
Revelation Media
i have taken the whole story of this great missionary from
Revelation Media.
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I AM the Door
I AM the Lightof the world.I AM the Breadof Life.I AM the Resurrectionand the Life.
A mystical poet should
conceptualization,but resort to literarytechniquesdesigned to expandthe reader’s consciousness.A mystic poet shouldcreate a mosaic of humour,meditation, irony,and fast-paced allusion.The whole shall move,though with hintsof ambivalence,from the center ofMystic‘s mysterious mind.
Eternity is right now.
Are you ashamed of your past?Just forget the past.Do not repent of your past. Be awake! ! !Eternity is now; just now.(This was published in Micropoet under the name of my beloved motherGenova Maaawho passed away at the young age of 38. I published for a long time underthis second name. i write to keepher…
As long as man has
identify evil,then he is likelyto feel the urgeto transcend eviland seek goodnessand beauty in hispersonal relationships,his artistic creations,his religious lifeand his social andpolitical organization.
Note that what
as connectingto the hubin this meditation,refers to a processthat has beenreferred to asdecenteringreperceivingand deautomatisationin the scientific literature.
‘Human beings cannot
We cannot live without meaning.Everything ever achieved weowe to this inexplicableurge to reach beyond ourgrasp, to do the impossible,to know the unknown’.(Anonymous, The Upanishads) .