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Mother Mother Ocean

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you callWanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tallYou’ve seen it all, you’ve seen it all

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Sacred Glass in God's House

At the entrance to the temple, the Way is illumined

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Right Understanding:First Step on The Eightfold Path

In my last post, I reflected upon a lovely Buddhist mantra, an invocation for peace and happiness for all beings (Lokah Samastah Sukhino). We discovered along the way, that it is no ordinary mantra: it actually amounts to a solemn promise to contribute to the peace and happiness of others (and Self obviously). Then we thought about how to actually go about acting on this promise: Be kind. That’s…

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You're the Voice, Try and Understand It

One of the things I like about our ‘regular’ coffee shop is that they play a nice wide selection of music. Mostly popular songs from pretty much every decade back to the ’60s. I think they have one of those looping playlists you hear sometimes in shops and cafés. It must be quite a long list because you don’t necessarily hear the same songs repeated at every visit. Which is a nice thing…

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The Hermits Visit a Coffee Shop

Namaste and Greetings Welcome to another poetic sharing post. There have been a few lately haven’t there? I had thought that once I had the new page Poems of Devotion up and running that I would only feature one every now and again in its own post. However the one I feel inclined to share with you today is slightly different. Well, not really: it’s still a devotional piece, but for some reason…

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Out Beyond Capricorn: Poetic Offering

Namaste and greetings It’s been just over a week now since the new page on the blog went live. I have to say that it’s been very satisfying setting it up, then uploading some of my devotional poems. Actually, it was while uploading one yesterday that I thought, I’ll feature this one in its own post. I did mention that I would like to continue this occasional practice. There’s not too much to…

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It's Dhal Day Today

This morning I announced here in the Hermitage to anyone within range, that today, I would be making lentils. No, I thought, I can’t ‘make’ lentils; my job is to cook them so they might become Dhal.  Jokingly to myself I stated by way of correction in my best mentally affirmative voice ‘It’s Dhal day today.’ Dhal is an important staple for us here at the hermitage. Please don’t imagine I’m…

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Cause and Effect: A Poetic Sharing

Greetings my friends, and welcome Another poetic sharing today. My resolve, my prayer, to write more devotional poetry does indeed seem to be bearing fruit, and I am deeply thankful. With gratitude and with humility I make this offering to You. Love and Peace CAUSE AND EFFECT Every moment is a cause in which lies a potential effect Spiritual growth. This is the effect. Yet, as we grow, our…

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