Category: Spiritualibus

Congruence
Of contrasts
Ma and Pa
In or out
Ex and con
Cave or hill
To and from
Ahead or back
Reg and pro
Duality meets
In every mix
Of harmony
And balance
Soul — spirit
Some call it
The divine
Moment now.

“Ma Sa Papa” — hearts long for peace

From “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy

“I’m so small,” said the mole. “Yes,” said the boy. “But you make a huge difference.”

“What do you think is the biggest waste of time?” “Comparing yourself to others,” said the mole.

“One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things.”

“When have you been at your strongest?” asked the boy. “When I have dared to show my weakness.”

“Sometimes I worry you’ll all realize I’m ordinary,” said the boy. “Love doesn’t need you to be extraordinary,” said the mole.

From “Big Panda and Tiny Dragon” by James Norbury

“I wish this moment could last forever,” said Tiny Dragon. “This moment is all there is,” said Big Panda.

“We’re lost again,” said Big Panda. “When I’m lost,” said Tiny Dragon, “I find it helps to go back to the beginning and try to remember why I started.”

“What are you thinking about?” asked Tiny Dragon. “Nothing.” said Big Panda. “It’s wonderful.”

“When you light a lantern for someone else, you cannot help but light up your own path.”

(pp. 45, 83, 95, 111)

Luck dragon surfing on a beam of light from above

Family life
All absorbing
Helping one another
Letting go of ego self
Some individuality
When collectively
Being together
Getting along
With growth
Unfoldment
And renewal
Of generations
Checking in
And — out
And in again
Cycles churn
Our lives
As family
Of friends
And blood
So sweet
At times
Or — not
I choose
Conscious
Somewhat
And with love
Alone at times
Then again together.

“कुम्भक Kumbhaka” — between in and out, out and in — for M-A

Shared love and commitment create sweet family life

“The word family… means something different to everyone. While one person may define family as the relatives who share their home, another may consider family to include extended relatives residing near and far. Still, someone else views their beloved circle of friends or their pets as family. Families are vastly different, but they all function under one single premise: shared love and commitment.”

— The Meaning of Family by Kristin McCarthy, M. Ed. on Love to Know

“Doesn’t it look beautiful?” — asked a humble family cook in the end

Dear, oh dear
Why did you do
What you did
After all you are
Just who you are
You made yourself
Were made as such
Soul with a body
A vehicle to travel
From here to there
Now there to here
The present moment
There’s no leaving
It happens by itself
All is left behind
Embrace the now
For whatever it is
Let go and let be
For it is either way
One stage to another
Lives all incarnated
Why then excarnate
When cycles churn
And spirals overlap
In harmonic pivots
Hold it all together
In a divine embrace
Left to arrive again.

“Go with God” — a final blessing — in memory of Stivensky

Ocean of Music and Dance

“Gold remains gold, regardless of the degree of its purity, and fire also remains fire, no matter what it burns. Sparks and flames are also essentially identical with it. In this sense, also a human being essentially forms a unity with the divine.”

— संगीतरत्नाकर Saṃgītaratnākara (Sangita Ratnakara), by Śārṅgadeva

Hear it, see it, feel it, and pass it on — oh dear

What can we do
When the very best
Mixes with the worst
And claims are made
That it is the only best
Confirming the worst?
Indeed, this is human
Though all are divine
Souls, sparks of God
But still also human
Not just wanting to be
But better, even best
Tipping over to worst
As the cycles close
And spirals overlap
Disclosing what is
Unified in harmony
Merging opposites
To be sorted out
Once and for all
Like in a garden
Many things grow
And some do not
Whatever reason
Known or ignored
But visible to all
And best left alone
In the harmony of nature
The light and sound
And love divine.

“As God Realizes the Moment” — in memory of Billy

— “Itz Hie” (Bernese-German), Alva Lün / Andrea Pfeifer — on Spotify and other platforms

What can we do — beyond letting go

Why an intermediary
When direct can be?
Do you dare step up
Or keep hiding more
In safe appearance
Where no safety is
Except divine love
Detaching freedom
Contrary to contortion
All too common still
Known as religion
Slapping the hand
Or more if allowed.
How can it ever be
In the name of love
The divine or spirit
Focused on just one
Instead of every soul?
God sparks everyone
Always opening up
In consciousness
To embrace and be
Ever in God’s love
However tough
It can indeed be
Direct and free
A realization
On one’s own feet.

“Calling the divine” — hearts connect directly

誠 MAKOTO — JUSEN BU GYŌ — NICHI NICHI KORE KONICHI

— 墨跡 Bokuseki / Tuschspuren, Tetsuo Roshi Nagaya Kiichi, pp. 68, 104, & 124, original in German