Wednesday, May 15, 2013

YOU and ME


Have you found your soul mate yet?

Words found in old St. Paul's Church Baltimore dated 1692

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, remember what peace there maybe in silence.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, remember what peace there maybe in silence.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser person than yourself.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser person than yourself.
Exercise caution for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to virtue there is, many people strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Exercise caution for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to virtue there is, many people strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Do not feign affection, neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
Be yourself. Do not feign affection, neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength fo spirit to shield you in sudden misrortune. Be gentle with yourself.
Take kindly the counsel of years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength fo spirit to shield you in sudden misrortune. Be gentle with yourself.
You are child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have right to be here.
You are child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have right to be here.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspiration.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspiration.
In the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
In the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
You and me, hand in hand, standing in front of this ancient church, silent.
You and me, hand in hand, standing in front of this ancient church, silent.
Rumi words comes to my mind, when we fimally move on, leaving our footsteps in the soft sand below.
Rumi words comes to my mind, when we fimally move on, leaving our footsteps in the soft sand below.
There is a thread from the heart to the lips, where the secret of life is woven. Words tear the thread but in silence the secrets speak.
There is a thread from the heart to the lips, where the secret of life is woven. Words tear the thread but in silence the secrets speak.
You take my hand and we climb up the rocky slope and we both know it will be long and hard journey...
You take my hand and we climb up the rocky slope and we both know it will be long and hard journey...
 and we know, once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing...
and we know, once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing...
To always feel the  presence of your soulmate next to you...
To always feel the presence of your soulmate next to you...
That special someone who finally makes you appreciate the body that houses your  soul, the soul that makes you.
That special someone who finally makes you appreciate the body that houses your soul, the soul that makes you.
That special someone who tells you, I love your body and soul. Something about those words brings you peace and love and appreciation for all that you are.
That special someone who tells you, I love your body and soul. Something about those words brings you peace and love and appreciation for all that you are.

There is a thread

that binds us together
into an invisible knot
woven from the words
and silence...

Every individual is free to choose
what their heart wants to experience
and want to feel...

You and me
know that our age
is not really different
from all other ages
because what works
what brings happiness
is eternal.

My Fellow reader,
let us open a book of poetry
by the Sufi master
written 800 years ago
to see
the real cause of suffering,
the way to stop suffering'
always remain the same.

My fellow adventurer,
my own personal mission
is to nurture and empower you
this is what turns me on
keeps me up often writing late into the night,
let us put our thoughts together
and go for a good life...

My fellow human being,
in your world
love is tender
kind
compassionate
and respectful
it is not about you
it is about us
and the magic of the moment
when two people
share from a good place in their heart.

My fellow member of the rat race,
we both have commitments in our lives
that we have to honour
and still we are breaking away
from old patterns of conditioning
that have told us
we are born to survive
at all costs,
that in order to be happy
we have to be something,
achieve something,
prove something.

There is not enough time in the day
to complete the tasks we need to do
there is no room for a breather,
no space just to relax
and feel our heart,
the spirit deep inside us.

My fellow traveller,
let us walk together
and cut through
all those conditionings
that tell us to be
who we are not.

My friend,
we are able to see
through those ideas
as false,
and what remains is love
itself.

My fellow companion,
we get so in touch
in our inner feelings
when we talk
it is unreal
we know
no one person can give the other person
everything
and yet....

When we are alone,
we feel lonely,
we don't feel we are loved,
just depressed and sad.

The sadness is such a beautiful emotion
but when we are trapped in it
for hours, weeks or months
that leads to emotional suffering.
No one person can give the other person
everything
and yet it is enough
to offer the hand
to walk the path
towards love and beauty
together.

My fellow writer,
you and me
have such a creative side,
we can not put it in a box
to wither and die
it has to be free
to be alive and well
talking to you from my soul
in poetry, music, stories or songs
caring so deeply for each other
it is just hard to believe.

My brother in pain,
we both share
our true feelings
and are not judged by it,
love each other dreams
to hope that life is a story
that all that sadness,
vulgarity,
pity,
jelausy and sacrifice
add up to something somewhere....

It is the same with our great stories
of life,
of misery, hate and love,
make us believe in each other,
cling into each other
in the same hope
that there is some reason for it.

In life you meet someone
that fills a need in your life
that only that person can fill
or fulfill your life in a special way,
you become truly blessed.
We are that to each other.
You pour your soul out to me
and you feel that healing is a result of this.
Our hearts have connected,
in a beautiful way,
let it have the wings it deserves.

My fellow dreamer,
hand in hand
we walk,
every day
on our own distant shores,
you along your rocky lake,
me along my sandy beach.
Mind in mind
we write
every day
about a romantic bay
sharing afterglow
of the setting sun,
to stirr our emotions
but we know,
imagination takes us only so far,
we need something to hold on to...

Poems that reflect on human emotions,
Songs that seek the universal truth
that is hidden in everyday individual encounters,
Let us talk, let us sing, let us write.....

We are always here
to steer each other
in the right direction...

When I am lost
your words show me the way
that lead to you
and I see you
from the distance
coming home
to me...

Note: Three wise men
and their beautiful words
were the source of inspiration
for this hub: an ancient poet,
an unknown thinker from middle ages
and the poet of today, my soulmate...

Saturday, April 6, 2013

LOVE AND PAIN


What attracts you to other people?

In reality life involves pain

Happiness, we all want it, we all crave it, we all strive for it...but what is this elusive thing we are looking for?
Happiness, we all want it, we all crave it, we all strive for it...but what is this elusive thing we are looking for?
A sense of pleasure, gladness or gratification, that doesn't last?
A sense of pleasure, gladness or gratification, that doesn't last?
The harder we pursue pleasurable feelings the more likely we suffer from anxiety and depression.
The harder we pursue pleasurable feelings the more likely we suffer from anxiety and depression.
What does it mean to live a rich, full and meaningful life?
What does it mean to live a rich, full and meaningful life?
Does it mean take action to cherish the things that truly matter deep in our hearts?
Does it mean take action to cherish the things that truly matter deep in our hearts?
Does it mean to move in directions that we consider worthy?
Does it mean to move in directions that we consider worthy?
Does it mean to clarify what we stand for in life and act accordingly?
Does it mean to clarify what we stand for in life and act accordingly?
It is a profound sense of a life well lived and such a life give us the full range of human emotions: pleasure, fear, sadness, anger and pain...
It is a profound sense of a life well lived and such a life give us the full range of human emotions: pleasure, fear, sadness, anger and pain...
As human beings we are all faced with the prospect of getting sick and die, sooner or later we all will loose someone close to our hearts through separation, rejection or death...
As human beings we are all faced with the prospect of getting sick and die, sooner or later we all will loose someone close to our hearts through separation, rejection or death...
We wil all come face-to-face with crisis, disappointment, failure and painful thoughts and feelings will follow us....everywhere...
We wil all come face-to-face with crisis, disappointment, failure and painful thoughts and feelings will follow us....everywhere...
We can't avoid pain, we can learn to handle it much better...
We can't avoid pain, we can learn to handle it much better...
to make room for it, rise above it and create a life worth of living.
to make room for it, rise above it and create a life worth of living.
If you love somebody deeply, you know you will feel pain, there is no way to avoid it and you still open yourself to your feelings and accept the pain as a natural part of love.
If you love somebody deeply, you know you will feel pain, there is no way to avoid it and you still open yourself to your feelings and accept the pain as a natural part of love.
Accept the painful memories, do not fear them, they happened in the past and can no longer hurt you.
Accept the painful memories, do not fear them, they happened in the past and can no longer hurt you.
No one wants to feel pain, everyone feels it. Menancing shapes half glimpsed from the corner of your vision are far more disturbing than the things we see clearly.
No one wants to feel pain, everyone feels it. Menancing shapes half glimpsed from the corner of your vision are far more disturbing than the things we see clearly.
Observe your pain, breathe into it and allow it.
Observe your pain, breathe into it and allow it.
If you are breathing, you are alive. It never stops until the day you die, use it to help you stay connected with life...a breath of fresh air, a deep sigh of relief after a stressful day...
If you are breathing, you are alive. It never stops until the day you die, use it to help you stay connected with life...a breath of fresh air, a deep sigh of relief after a stressful day...
Connect fully with your environment what can you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?Abandon the search for pain free existence, the more you try to avoid the basic fact that all human life involves pain...
Connect fully with your environment what can you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?Abandon the search for pain free existence, the more you try to avoid the basic fact that all human life involves pain...
...the more you struggle with that pain when it arises and thus you suffer even more...accept the pain just like you accept the love that inevitably comes with living...
...the more you struggle with that pain when it arises and thus you suffer even more...accept the pain just like you accept the love that inevitably comes with living...
I am coming home to myself, layer by layer, the painful issues of the past soften and resolve.
I am coming home to myself, layer by layer, the painful issues of the past soften and resolve.
I listen to many stories that are riveting, inspirational and moving. Most people have a more difficult journey that mine has been.
I listen to many stories that are riveting, inspirational and moving. Most people have a more difficult journey that mine has been.
Pain and love,
Pain and love,
not angry pain, not tearful pain, not reproachful, nto desperate...
not angry pain, not tearful pain, not reproachful, nto desperate...
Pain and love...pain and bliss.
Pain and love...pain and bliss.
As in birth as in death.
As in birth as in death.

To David J.R.


When I was a little girl,
Grandmum told me a secret:
"If you really want something,
there will be a way."
Is it angels or the power of positive thinking?
Is it determination to act
or the courage to be guided?
Between these impulses the adventure is born.

The roaring of the ocean never stops
almost everyone is struggling
colours so sharp
hot, fluffy sand
with dry, salty crust on top
the taste of tears in your mouth
the pain just doesn't go away
and you are not alone
this realization comes
when you open your eyes,
your ears and your heart
and you hear other people out.

You stop and ponder,
why should this be?

Sunshine breaking into trilions
of fragments
in the shallow
the power of money,
love and creation
living so high
falling so low
rocks meeting water
sand meeting grass
blue meeting blue on the horizon
human meeting perfection
the perfection of the human mind.

On a damp,
fog-shrouded morning
a paleoanthropologist from Madrid
stands before the entrance to El Sidron
and gingerely lowers himself into the black hole.

An underground river
had hollowed out
a deep vein of sandstone
ten minutes into the cave
he discovers 'the tunnel of bones',
the last nine Neanderthals,
five young adults
two teenagers
a child about eight
and a three year-old toddler.

All showed signs of nutritional stress
in their teeth
not unusual in young Neanderthals
late in their time on Earth.

But a deeper desparation is etched
in their bones,
they were cannibalized
by the first humans.

Whoever ate their flesh
for whatever reason
starvation
or ritual,
within days they died
the ground bellow them
suddenly collapsed
leaving little time for hyenas
to scatter the remains.

The scientist picks up
the mineralized bone
of our closest prehistoric relative
who dominated Eurasia
for 200,000 years
and with the large brains
and enormous strength
seemed equipped to face anything
on Earth,
except those modern human migrants
from Africa,
us.

Why did one kind of human being survive,
and the other disappear?

With each generation
the humans
became increasingly
skilled
at predicting
and avoiding danger,
even now
when the wilderness
was pushed away
by the modern world
our foreheads are wrinkled
by any of a million
and one other
common worries
because our mind
keeps assessing
and judging
almost everything.

We are living
in quick earning
and spending times,
most people deal with their money
the same way
how they deal with their feelings.

The lucky ones
give and receive
graciously
with a hug and a smile.
They waste money
as if not worthy
of holding onto anything
precious.

Others are insatiable,
greedy
for more and more.

And some are as tight
with their purse
as they are around their heart,
the flow of giving and receiving
is awkward
and embarrassing for them.

In the early human times
the tight ones would not survive,
if your group rejects you
it won't be long
before the wolves find you.

Is it why,
so much energy
is spent,
worrying
whether people will like us?
Always looking for ways
to improve ourselves
or putting ourselves down
because we don't measure up.

We are so sophisticated
now
we can dream up
a fantasy of a person
we would like to be
then compare our real self
to that impossible
perfect image.

Think about the ambition
of any Stone Age man,
the more
the better chance of survival,
the more food
keeps him alive
through times of scarcity
the better shelter
protects him from weather
and wild animals
the more children
gives him a chance
that some of them survive...
and our modern mind
continues to look for more:
money, status, love
new car or new house
if you succeed
you are content
for a while
until you want more....

Thus evolution has shaped our minds
that we are almost inevitably
destined to be never satisfied...

The stories of a happy childhood
are all the same,
the parents love each other,
there are children to play with
and there is a bit of nature
to have adventures.
The stories of an injured childhood
are all different,
unique,
tragic
and complicated,
just like most human lives.

When those children
will grow up,
almost half of them
will at some point
be so overwhelmed
by misery
that they seriously contemplate suicide.

With all the professional help,
advice and wordly wisdom
we can not rekindle
that sparkle of the great fire of life...

Love is radiating from every infant,
springtime,
the power of youth,
what will happen to them
at the end of summer?

We live longer than ever before
but with each extra year
we are loosing the hunger
to conquer the world.

Who knows what the future holds,
there is only hope
warm afternoon sun of mid-life
abundance of harvest
joy of sharing....