Author Archives: Pasquale

Recommended Soundscape: Flying in the Clouds by Dmitro Khatskevych

There is an understanding of suffering such that you don’t invite suffering into your life but when it comes you work with it and transform it. The extreme of it is the Christian monk who is saying, “God, God give me more pain. Give me more suffering because I want to get closer to you.”  And Maharaj ji saying, “Do you like suffering or joy,” and saying, “I love suffering – it brings me so close to God.”

A word comes to mind for myself in a state of suffering and unknown circumstances. It says, “take the risk of falling in love.”

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Surrender

She’s every shade of blue.

The skies in her eyes

remind me of who I am.

She calls me from my bright warm tent 

and promises me solid ground.

Her brushstrokes paint my face,

and His likeness, cures in the moonlight.

She’s a star I have no wishes for,

the guiding hand to all my questions.

I’ll meet Her for a while,

then walk away with all my answer’s.

She brings me to the hilltop church

and whispers through the wind chime’s ring.

My voice is loud,

I’ve received a gift.

While thorns adorn Her stems,

and Her blossoms take their time,

She only yields ‘I love you’ petals.

I’ll pick them for my centerpiece,

as my arrangement is uncertain,

but I surrender.

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For J.D.