The Beautiful Mind (#3) - The Concentric Circle

A great philosophy, Aman. May we all stand in this larger circle for much time to come!

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Yes, it is, isn't it, Nan! So simple and so profound at once - but then all eternal treasures are that way, aren't they. I hope your wish comes true, for the whole world - it's one way I think we can escape the mindless violence so intrinsic to this age.

Thanks for coming by and helping to make that outer orb a little bigger!
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I have heard this saying before and often think of it...it is beautiful and wise......

It truly is beautiful and wise - it has uplifted and helped me stay rooted to what's true and precious , on more than one occasion in my life, Kathsie.

Thanks for joining the circle dance, my wise, talented friend.
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Featured in the Triple Name Club.

Ooooh, you've made me a Feature-Creature again, thanks Kathsie! You're such a generous and loving friend, really.

Thanks for the honour - it's gratifying, as always!
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That's so practical! Thanks.

Thanks for swooping down and picking up on the utility value , my dear, dear, friend! And thanks for caring to comment ... the pleasure is all mine!

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I know someone who should heed this advice. I shall remember it, too. Thanks for sharing your rockin Sufi wisdom.

Ah Jenny, not mine , not mine at all! The wisdom of the ages, dearie, and me merely an insignificant instrument....

Thanks for drinking from these humble streams, and caring to comment, too!
Hugs.

Wonderful and wise words

Thanks, Alison! Do you notice that you just created a wonderful alliteration?!!!
And spontaneously, too ... Wow! My pleasure at your comment was amplified by your word-play.

Thanks for stopping by and letting your heart and soul imbibe these philosophical waters....

I am still thinking about this saying. It is truly great. Thanks for sharing it.

Oh wow, thanks, Alison. Nothing can ever be moe fulfilling fo a writer/artist than when one of their works continues to provoke thought and feeling , long after it's been chewed and digested! Thank you for telling me this ... it feels great, and I feel so happy that I posted it.

Till the last moment that I post something, I continue to feel that it has no intrinsic merit or value - so thanks so much for boosting my confidence, my friend! Hugs.

I often feel the same, Aman. It is so nice and helpful to get feedback.

Ohh, I absolutely love feedback, and will often go online at absolutely ungodly hours , in a fever to read what people have said about something I posted or commented upon! It's a little like sitting physically beside another soul for just that little while that you're reading their comment.

Some of course make a home in your heart and mind with what they leave behind for you, don't they!

Sorry for such an awfully delayed response, Ali, but I'm a man who just never bothers to look at his Gather feed in the mail - there's just too much of it, and just seeing the numbers brings on the fever! hehehe

Of course, I could change my friend settings to omit most inputs from most friends - but that doesn't sit well with my soul. I hate to discriminate between people for any reason.

Sometimes, so much time elapses between my posting something and reading the comments to it - and by then, all interest in my reply must surely be dead . But I do care, and I love to reply! Hope your interest in this thread is still breathing, kicking... :)

Thanks for this continuing dialogue! ((((((((((((((Ali))))))))))))))))))))))))

Wise words that resonate for sure.

Thank you, JM. Our traumas become the source of wisdom, but often, wisdom turns on its tail and helps one embrace our traumas... it's a fascinating circle-dance, isn't it, my friend?

Thanks for passing by these pages, and for letting the resonance grow ....
Hugs.

Wisdom indeed!! thank god for our beautiful moms. Yours is as proud of you!! blessings!!

Ah Gaedith, the wise, winsome, loving one. Such a beautiful surprise to see you on my page, my friend. Thanks for reading and caring to share your heart and mind here. Thanks for the thumbs up and the blessing, too! Hugs.

all beautiful words comes from mothers.I salud to her thoughts...Well explained this Sufi philosophy...most of the times it makes life easier.

Ohh Bhawna! I've been completely bowled over that anyone could ever go on a spree, reading my humble posts. I noticed it the very day and the very moment you began leaving those beautiful comments, but only now have I found the repose to actually reply to them with all my heart and soul. I felt it would be a tremendous insult if I merely responded with a stock reply like "Thanks", so I've waited, and ached, and burned to come back and tell you how much I've thrilled to your reading and commenting!

From the depths of my heart, thank you for all your feeling, sensitive and appreciative comments - this is the first post in my Spotlights section, so I'm responding to this first. But I'll get to all your comments and reply to each one of them individually, okay?

Moms truly are a limitless fount of wisdom - the most natural teachers in this world, and probably the most under-appreciated, aren't they?! I love mine - she is an incredible woman, both immensely talented and incredibly wise, part of this material world in the best way possible and yet managing to remain her spiritual self.

From her I have received many, many gifts - all my talents are hers and *from* her- but the one I cherish most is the ability to feel the soul of things. It helps me reach out to people in a way that my friends say they haven't seen anyone else do - and I love that, because I have a tremendous love overflowing from my heart for all humanity and all creation.

All the treasures of the heart - the eternal treasures - that I possess are my Mom's gift. My abilities of the mind are from both, but it's my Mom who bestowed me this heart, I feel.

One of her most incredible talents is her ability to rise above the pettiness, the sheer small-mindedness of people around her, and all the trauma they inflict on her almost daily, and continue to remain her noble, joyous self. She's truly a beautiful light.

It is one of the many gifts she has bestowed on me - to always remain attuned to that eternal joy, the seed of which lies within us all. In that sense, she is a natural Sufi - and made me one long before I ever knew what faith or religion meant.

Sorry for such a long-winded reply to your comment - but your words, simple though they might have been, were powerful and wise enough to release this torrent! :)

Thanks again, my loving, wise, beautiful friend. You truly live up to your name - the emotions are a rich dance inside you, I sense that so strongly! And please keep singing - your voice has a sweetness and richness that is not of this world - you have that rare ability to lift hearts and souls!

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A great philosophy for sure! I know your mother is a very proud lady because she has a son who is kind and full of wisdom himself.

HI Diana.

It sure is - a very uplifting and calming philosophy that has helped me remain sane and rooted to my natural self in times of trauma and unnatural stress.

Thanks for that comment-closer thumbs-up - and the feeling is mutual , mon ami, for I know you are a very kind, wise soul. Just one poem - the words, the love, the humanity behind the act - was enough to tell me all I ever needed to know!

Now guess which poem and I'll land up at your doorsteps with a hundred-flowers bouquet come Christmas! heheheh

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A hundred-flower bouquet! Decisions, decisions, which poem should I choose?....You have made my morning, Aman, and thank you for that!

I don't think I do that often enough, and for anyone..so thank you , Lady Di!

For the poem, a hint, and only one - else it'll be all ends open :) It's something to do with Moms...now even that's too close! Sheesh! I'm no good at games, you see... Hugs to you on Fabulous Friday ...

And here's some silly word play I'm hoping you'll like ... it struckme just as I was closing the comment above ...

Every time I would read your name, something about it had this sense - "She's made for writing poetry" , and I would be left with this mystical feeling as to where that sense came from. Now I know why, Miss Diana (who) Doles-Out-Poetry... (as benediction, maybe?!!) hehehehe

Like it? Even if you don't, that flower-bouquet is still on!!! Where word goes, I'm always engaged in front-gears.... heheheheh

Aman, you highlighted exactly my thoughts about Dianna Doles-Petry's name. When I first saw her wonderfully fresh and beautiful face and read her name I thought that she must surely write poetry and if she didn't she should begin simply to signature her work with that beautiful name.
I feel honored that someone as artistically creative as you had a similar thought.

the freeing philosophy~ I concurr and practice~

Hey PurrtyPie! Hello, ravishing one.

I know a bit about you from your poetry and comments, S, so I can imagine how you must be natural at this practice...and it is , indeed, a very liberating thing in the truest sense.

It releases all the most wonderful natural energies inside you once you give up trying to fight, to claw, to manipulate or otherwise to go against those situations, and instead, smoothly find another , bigger and nobler one to embrace!

Thanks for this surprising peek at one of my simplest, shortest posts! :) Hugs.

I totally love this and think that it will inspire one of my future paintings - I am forever painting circles - I thought they represented the sun or the full moon for me but I always
am attracted to the action of creating them - thank for this beautiful saying - your mother was very wise. Blessings. Salud

Very cool way of seeing things, I will think of this often when I am there in that viscious circle of life! Make a ring, and then another ring!

lovely verse
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