haiku: the sister’s ‘so longs’
Author’s note: My wife, Cathey (in gray sweater) saying goodbye to her sisters, after a day of reunion following a long separation.
haiku: the sister’s ‘so longs’
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Monthly Archives: June 2021
poem: giving way, letting go, surrender, redemption
poem: giving way, letting go,
surrender, redemption
surrender, redemption
have you surrendered
your success and privilege
of the ego’s personal greed
and swelling pride
and the imperialistic empire’s
power, control, and violence
for the life giving way
of empowerment, liberation, and peace
the noisy mind
in its cloying
sentiment and deceit
does not give way easily
all our self indulgence,
hubris, demanding,
pleading, and panic
finally must be relinquished
thus sitting silently
contemplating the void
of dependence arising
listening for the next right thing
the spirit seeks the balance
that the mind and body
cannot bear alone
in this world
now arising in our
organic, holistic, unified
heart of knowing
preparing us for right action
oh divine cosmic one
awaken in me
this practice that
ultimately redeems us
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
June 9, 2021
art by RSRLive Arts
‘Mind Body and Soul Kundalini’
poem: friends gathering for spiritual practice
After weeks of struggle, this poem comes to me to share with you all dear Beloveds
I offer this original poem today for all, who like myself, have been out of sorts and out of balance lately with worldly desires and worldly challenges which can result in attachments that distract us from a more holistic and healthy way of being. As both beings of immanence and transcendence I believe we must seek the middle path of health, wholeness, grace, and love. What better way to do this than to gather in circles as Beloveds with the intention of balancing our lives and life together.
presently gathering our selves in sadhana
aligning our very being as one
balancing satchitananda
friends, let us sit still and quiet in the circle focusing on the breathe (discerning)
concentrating on the breathe (witnessing)
contemplating the breathe (knowing)
meditating on the breathe (being) opening to the object breathe
as the action breathing
through the seer breather
one with all the Cosmos balancing the spiritual energy incarnated
now dormant in our root chakra
with the Cosmic pool of Creator God universal
available at our crown chakra emptying, dependence arising
opening the heart chakra
energy flowing root, heart, crown
non-doing, non-achieving we pray silently
our being at One with the spiritual energy
of the Radical Love of all lying in the bosom
of the Universal God of the Cosmos just so
let it be
so be it
satchitananda Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
June 6, 2021 photo of author and wife Cathey
at Santa Rosa Beach, Florida in the dunes Author’s note: Satchitananda is sanskrit
for ‘truth, consciousness, bliss ’ describing the
experience of the highest reality of existence.
Sadhana is sanskrit for the intentional practice
of attaining higher consciousness. Chakra is
sanskrit for ‘wheel’ and refers to the
focal points of energy systems throughout the
body. Balancing the chakras involves proper
alignment of the energy in the seven main
body chakras so that the energy at our
root chakra located at the tip of our spine
flows unimpeded to the crown chakra at
top of our head allowing us to experience
the truth and bliss of the highest reality of
universal God consciousness.
aligning our very being as one
balancing satchitananda
friends, let us sit still and quiet in the circle focusing on the breathe (discerning)
concentrating on the breathe (witnessing)
contemplating the breathe (knowing)
meditating on the breathe (being) opening to the object breathe
as the action breathing
through the seer breather
one with all the Cosmos balancing the spiritual energy incarnated
now dormant in our root chakra
with the Cosmic pool of Creator God universal
available at our crown chakra emptying, dependence arising
opening the heart chakra
energy flowing root, heart, crown
non-doing, non-achieving we pray silently
our being at One with the spiritual energy
of the Radical Love of all lying in the bosom
of the Universal God of the Cosmos just so
let it be
so be it
satchitananda Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
June 6, 2021 photo of author and wife Cathey
at Santa Rosa Beach, Florida in the dunes Author’s note: Satchitananda is sanskrit
for ‘truth, consciousness, bliss ’ describing the
experience of the highest reality of existence.
Sadhana is sanskrit for the intentional practice
of attaining higher consciousness. Chakra is
sanskrit for ‘wheel’ and refers to the
focal points of energy systems throughout the
body. Balancing the chakras involves proper
alignment of the energy in the seven main
body chakras so that the energy at our
root chakra located at the tip of our spine
flows unimpeded to the crown chakra at
top of our head allowing us to experience
the truth and bliss of the highest reality of
universal God consciousness.
poem: bodhicitta, bodhidharma, bodhisattva
poem: bodhicitta, bodhidharma, bodhisattva
clarity of mind and reality
Self realizing
in solidarity with all diversity
ally of peace and justice for all beings
companion on the journey
Cosmic beings walking the Earth always
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
June 3, 2021
image unattributed
The Monk Bodhidharma
Author’s note: Bodhicitta is enlightened mind,
bodhidharma is embodiment of awakening, and
bodhisattva is a being on the path of enlightenment.
Bodhidharma is a 5th. or 6th. century Buddhist monk
who traveled to China and introduced Buddhism there.
bodhidharma is embodiment of awakening, and
bodhisattva is a being on the path of enlightenment.
Bodhidharma is a 5th. or 6th. century Buddhist monk
who traveled to China and introduced Buddhism there.
