Just the other day, i posted "For a New Beginning" by John O'Donohue.  And today there is this:
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There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places
and desecrated places.

Poetry Chaikhana | Wendell Berry - How to Be a Poet

( I am reading a book called Quest, whose author a) gives workshops on how to do a vision quest (from which she seems to make a pretty good living) and (b) claims American Indian heritage. It is starting out to be a pretty good book which i may eventually journal about... Read more... )

O most noble Greenness, rooted in the sun ( Read more... )

David Whyte ( Read more... )

"...his poetry was consistent in its seriousness of purpose. In Thomas's eyes the modern world with its technological conveniences was a dangerous distraction from our spiritual existence. Sometimes this aversion to the 20th Century could take on Luddite-like proportions - Thomas's son recalled sermons in which his father railed against fridges and ( Read more... )

Poetry Chaikhana | Arapaho (Anonymous) - Arapaho Ghost Dance SongsWe have the attitude that "whoever dies with the most toys wins ( Read more... )

English version by Coleman Barks

Whoever finds love
beneath hurt and grief
disappears into emptiness
with a thousand new disguises

-- from The Essential Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks
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Poetry Chaikhana | Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - Whoever finds love

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Surreal Stars: After 25 Years NASA's Hubble Telescope Still Unlocks Celestial Mysteries - weather.com

Thank you to jblindsight for posting this!