To discriminate virtue

[Who] knows others the one,
is intelligent.

Himself [who] knows the one is enlightened.

[Who] conquers others

the one has force

Himself [who] conquers the one is mighty.

[Who] knows contentment the one is rich.

[Who] dares to act [move]

the one has will.

Not [who] loses his position the one,

lasts.

[Who] dies yet not perishes

the one is lived [immortal].

so it is

never far away

never near enough

in the heart

in the mind

ever, or never

who claims all

tread knowingly

take boldly

it's mine, it's yours too

enough!

july2024

Flame of life

Flame of life

Running wild

Burning, but

not burnt.

Intrusion, violation

Bird moment:
Intrusion, violation
An unsettled mind,
recognises is its own perpetrator.

"I said to my soul ...."

I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you

Which shall be the darkness of God….

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope

For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love

For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith

But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting….

We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

T S Eliot

"Take more time ...."

Take more time, cover less ground.

Thomas Merton