Posted on June 3, 2008 by judy24
Today the corresponding Tao Te Ching reading is #34:
The Great Tao flows everywhere, both to the left and to the right.
The ten thousand things depend upon it, it holds nothing back.
It fulfills its purpose silently and makes no claim.
It nourishes the ten thousand things,
And yet is not their lord.
It has no aim; it is very [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by judy24
Oh how I love this poem. I very much identity with what he is talking about.
Do Not Ask Me
Some people ask me that human affairs
with names, surnames and laments
not be dealt with in the pages of my books,
not to give them space in my verses:
they say poetry died here,
some say I should not do it:
the [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by judy24
In yoga today Courtney shared this poem during shivasna.
the small man
builds cages for everyone
he knows.
While the sage,
who has to duck her head
when the moon is low,
keeps dropping keys all night long
for the beautiful rowdy prisoners.
- Hafiz
I really love this poem. To me it is about lifting up your fellow human to be the best they [...]
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