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How could I, all evil personified,
Have been drawn finally to Your darshan,
Unless I did some sorcery on You
To make You madly fall in love with me?

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One must be wary of friends and foes alike,
But You are of a different order, Mother,
Like the myna that is not like other birds,
Whose love flings open doors you never knew.

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This parrot who so deeply dislikes me
And looks me unflinchingly in the eye
Goes into transports of love with others,
But it is I who laugh when I go by.

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I worshipped Yogananda and still do,
But then, I know not why, something happened,
You were there, Mother, Oh my God,
You were the One I wanted all along.

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I have to say that as bad as it is,
My karma really is fascinating,
Allowing for the possibility,
Unlikely perhaps, that I might get out.

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I don't know why I had expectations
Of Bharata where it can never be,
Unless the Suns that blazed on the seashore
Blinded me to the darkness on the land.

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There will be no need for future lifetimes
With a visiting teacher up the hill,
Once a friend, but who did not invite you,
Whose sudden distance makes you very still.

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Thinking about this place for a long time,
I finally stopped in to meditate,
A Buddhist temple, beautiful inside,
Lovely even to the point of genius.

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Just a few guys talking about practice,
The minister how infantile church is,
All of us still in the game but weary,
Me having a meditation on sex.

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For deep wounds there must be medication,
As there is water for birds to bathe in,
And with each bird who flutters in that dish
My soul is strangely rejuvenated.

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I have to say that as bad as it is,
My karma really is fascinating,
Allowing for the possibility,
Unlikely perhaps, that I might get out.


oh, I love this verse….so true, not only for you, but me too I think…. Thank you. 
I am hanging out with my family roaming around the Osler Bluff in Collingwood…. there is redemption here too in strange measure….this same possibility, unlikely perhaps, is hovering around…. and it is sweet. 
lots of love to you. 
Jane

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Yes, you never know. If animals can be liberated, there's hope for us all.

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Mountains can crumble into the ocean,
Continents crack and rivers run lava,
The universe shimmy in a time warp,
My dearest darling has come back to me.

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Your distant singing is so beautiful,
Why have You punished me with near deafness,
I who am heart and soul a musician,
Pain's embassy to drag me by the roots.

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Why indeed?

Walking in the Empress rose gardens the other day I cried for my mother, who sees little more than shadows now. Roses were for her a constant source of joy.

Did she lose her sight so she could better nurture what blooms in her heart?

I love your music, Mr., [y]our distant singing is so beautiful!

Ruth

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It's a mystery. We just don't know. But you may be on to something.

Thank you very much.

Chris

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His sister weeping in a rainy pond,
With rainbows, thunder and golden-eyed frogs,
The beloved hovering near, silent,
Enjoying the conversation of friends.

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My jaw drops as usual when I read what you write.  I am gaping like an idiot at the wonder and the beauty that flows from you.

My Heart.

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Thanks, my friend. More about this here:
http://brucealderman.gaia.com/blog/2009/7/elegy-and-remembrance#comment_426809

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thank you Chris

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Electricity when lovers come in,
The woman in black, entranced with her man,
He so gentle and innocent in shorts,
She in killer high heels and a tight dress.

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Hot and bright in the darkness on Front Street,
Traffic trying to make turns against the crowds,
Everything happening in drunkenness,
A Shaka from someone, you don't know why.

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After thousands of years I awaken,
Randomly it seems, to catch this beauty,
So rare, so infinitely elusive,
I could search forever and not find it.