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The day is coming when our greedy grasping old nature will fall to its knees at our spirits final victory.
INNER MAN
What wonder this
This something draped in flesh
This ageless essence morphing time by time
Changing shades of greed and love swirl with eager heart
Splashing tears of joy and sorrow rush to add their part
Never changes this ever changing Zoe
For soft it rolls neath slumbered eyes to alter even then
And starts afresh when flesh arise to finish what has been
Kneading the heart of unseen man
Seeking to make him all it can
Color and fragrance changing shape behind the outer wall
Longing the morrow though upward climb oft precedes a fall
Marching on together their clock's tick not the same
Both may bask in waters tame or guest abound and walls decay
But Inner Man's encompassed all paths these walls assayed
When shell has cracked
This something birthed, undraped by human flesh
Alone ascends transcendent to ageless reign
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I love, "When shell has cracked This something birthed, undraped by human flesh"
no body = nobody
-Mark
Blessings ~
Rene
Marianne, thank you so much for that encouragment. It was the 2nd poem I'd ever written I believe. A story of the two of us ... me and me :) The old and the new.
"The uninvited is given birth" Very different poem & different meaning ... but it still came to mind.
Actually, my poem could be fitted into very different philosophys; I just noticed that today. Thanks for coming by and commenting.
Magi ... Thank you. You're exactly right. The nature of being is far more complicated than it appears at first glance :) You can't make it to adult hood without realizing that :)
You're right. The truth that your entire life is preparation for death unto life eternal puts a purpose behind it all.
Thanks for coming by and commenting.
Somewhere ... and it is; in that final glorious moment when the unbelievable happens; your own day arrives :)
But thanks for coming by ... even if you are just being ornery.
Thanks for being so encouraging. I really appreciate it.
I'm getting so sleepy I keep slipping away ... I'll finish there tomorrow.
if we are conscious at the time of death/ last breath then
the 'Ultimate merger/union with "self or God or Truth or Bliss" !!!
Meditation Lord Buddha taught find the centre by visiting web : www.dhamma.org or
www.vri.dhamma.org and know about 'Vippasana meditation' by experiencing
'Who am I' Near your place/ city Centre discovering the reality as duty
of every human being after his birth and remain stabilised in its 'Wholeness' !!!
I have another friend who thinks as you do ... you probably know her; it is Sue, the little red bird that flits around Gather :)
The suggestion comes from your heart and I will go to the sites you suggest. She did send me something to read that also sent me to one site regarding this belief. Thank you so much for caring.
Thank you for coming by and for commenting.
Like Janet, your response tells so much about you. It is strange that our outer shell tells so little about our inner man. For instance, I'll bet you don't look like a puppy dog at all inside.
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U
thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers...
U wishing you laughter
You're probably like us. We have a large family and have had many things happen. But as the years go by, time works for truth. I can't think of nearly anything we would go back and change.
But, unfortunately, it takes years for years to go by.