I seek
that,
beyond name
and form

Which is
all
that is

and all
that
I am

God free me
from my illusions...

Love, Kristin

Cool, I was talking about the expecting the unexpected yesterday. Must be that Quantum Entanglement stuff.

"I gave up being omnipotent and became human so I could experience suprise and mystery"

God love a good mystery.

Love and Blessings
Richard

Spontaneity is the spice of life.

Love,
Sharon

Creativity is about opening up the gate, so it must be on the edge of everything. All the rationality on this side does not apply. Even this reasoning I'm doing here about it is a laugh to "it." The rules of craft are great, as an agent for this impulse, but if they serve to trap it, then there's another dragon to be slayed. Writer's block comes when the person brings the critical factor in before they've let the lyrical factor out.

Lines for 35

Deeply then I walked the warn paths
Under hickory, oak and elm.
In a trance my feet would not still dance
Since I had fallen to the ground.
I'd worked so hard morning and night
But the traces no longer beckoned,
Intimidated into blurs.
Bright green the pear tree was waving.
The spring wind had no scent of sin.
Out here was where it all began
Where the Purple Martins were bathing.
As silently as crows eating
This new life stirred from its old house.
Golden hairs did it rouse.

give up seeking
and just be

Aurora, perfect. You said in two lines everything I've been thinking

All this pain
Is on this side
All this suffering
Is on this side
All this wanting
For someone to say,
"Great Poem you're a genius"
Is on this side
All this reasoning
And asking, "Why?"
Is on this side
All of this wondering
"Should I do this, should I do that"
Is on this side.
The words of poetry are like a compass
One leg on this side
One leg on that side
They are like Theseus' wax string
leading out of the labyrinth
On this side the ego and the shadow
Feel like you
But they are not you
That's the challenge
The dragon of "This is you"
Tries to keep you on this side
Slay it.
On the other side is the real you
Trapped by thinking and emotions
Is on this side
Using thinking and emotions
Is on the other side
The angry cherubims
Are life on this side
You're life is through them, past them,
To the inside of the temple

This side, that side... an imaginary wall separating the temple.

Creativity is necessity for those who are in the middle of a resource crunch.

Live a creative life. :) That is a luxury now!

Dear Stephen ... You wrote what I have been thinking about the last 24 hours, but couldn't put it into words ... and so very beautiful is your song. Thank you. Love, Char

In the search I became lost
as I begged God for the light.

In the search I became lonely
as I pleaded with God for a friend.

In the search I gave up
as God embraced my soul.

In the search I found myself
as God showed me the mirror.

I love your poetry Shekhar as your heart is so very beautiful and passionate at that ... keeps it interesting! Please don't stop!!! :D Love, Char

Thanks Char! Yeah, for some time now I've been wondering why I'll be terribly depressed at times and then a little later totally exhuberant about life and it's possibilites. But it seemed the depression would always crush me so that I would stop doing what I know I needed to do when I felt englightened. So I thought what is going on here? What is the truth. I decided that the depression was from thinking like people think on this side, and the transcendent is on the other side, where true life is and the true me. I still get depressed, but I'm able to step back from it and say, "I know this is some kind of trick"

Wow! So beautiful is your lyric too, and meaningful!
Thanks for sharing!

I'll do this
I'll do that
People say it's either this or that
I like to create
People like to debate.

Right now
I seek
sleep.

I seek
to be
free

Yet
I seek
others.

I seek
peace
quietness

yet,
I seek
music and friends.

I seek
goodness and honesty
purity and kindness.

Now
I must
sleep.

Joanie

Hi Joanie! How was NYC? Dave

Hi Dave!! Read Mallika's post.....you might be sorry you asked LOL :) Joanie

Hi Shekhar,are you over your jetlag?It takes me a few days to feel like a normal human after I come back from India.YOU are a creative person.Creative people are not run of the mill people.They are different.They are unique.Although entire creation of God is unique.Each one of us is unlike any one else in the universe.One can be more creative by materialising the deepest psychic,spiritual,and physical inclinations.One can be more creative by being intuitive and by tuning into intuition.Great creativity is multidimensional. it originates from different realities.All creativity and consciousness is born in the quality of play,not in work.Creativity is seen in intuitional spontaneity.God bless you Shekhar.

gjiyaram

thanks,

but I need to everyday break the cling of the mind
asking me to be habitual
i need everyday to do something wild
to unsettle my mind
to not allow it
to feel comfortable

all that in the name of creativity
and like a traveller caught in a long snow storm
sometimes you just want to give in
and go to sleep
but then
the panic sets in
and u fight the clinging mind again
the sticky mind

shekhar

Hi Shekhar,you do need to cultivate spiritual,intuitive inclinations.A good dose of meditation might settle your mind down so you can create something artsy.God bless.

Yes, the mind likes to settle, but does it have to be a fight? The mind is not an enemy, it is our tool. Without the mind there is no human existence. We can love the mind, and gently reassure it that it's allowed to do its job, and that it doesn't have to cling to feel safe.

This is a test.

lovely poem...

I realise I might be out of topic but check out this collection of best song lyrics http://www.lyricshosting.com

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