There is a strange contentment that comes from embracing the darkness. It’s a void of deep peace. A cave only the heart knows where to rest. The smoke is only the consequence of pleasure. That inhale of the cigarette that kills the lungs but awakens the soul. It’s the symbolic life that courses through my…
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All paths lead eventually to the centre
This existential longing that pulls the thread of my being… like a spider web that is weaved into the fabric of space-time. All paths lead eventually to the centre. To the confrontation with what is or isn’t impermanent… The continuum we created to identify ourselves with, must one day detangle by the force of the…
Read MoreWhere will all this longing go?
Where will all this longing go? Into the rivers of blood that stream down a body? Into the whispers of the wind that caress the leaves? Into the ashes of a dream that was once a raging fire? Into the sparkle of light that shines on the sea? Into the moon, stars, and eternity? Into…
Read MoreThere is no certainty
There is no certainty. Whoever we think we are, we are not. Whoever we wish we were, we are not. When the heart breaks, and the “I” dissolves, we can find ourselves stripped naked from the ideas that created a continuum through memories, dreams, longings… We are not those either. There is no certainty about…
Read MoreThe eternity of Being One
There’s an ideal that the body-mind wants to grasp and make real, but the Heart knows it won’t fill the Void. The only thing that can bring true peace is to rest in the arms of the Beloved. Can She hold me tight enough for me not to forget I am already Whole? She loves…
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