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God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

A creative, open and playful discussion group on God, spirituality, art, politics… in other words, on life, the universe and everything. Yes, the answer is 42 but what is the question? All are welcome, and invited to engage in  dialogue with love, mindfulness, and respect.
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Herbie's Beloved's Teahouse was a place of beautiful poems, pictures, sayings... maybe we can re-create part of it in miniature here by sharing what inspires and illumines us, including spiritual practices...
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pj I imagine God suffers from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder); just look at the absurd detail of Creation! And what a perfectionist! (2 months ago)
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  siafu : si@fu

those silent letters

siafu said May 20, 2:06 PM:
 

like those silent letters
within words
which inform meaning
yet have no aural substance,
do our illusions
obscure ‘reality'..


how we blind ourselves to these!
or is it that familiarity, that comfort
which so deadens our response?
why then do these silent beasts
so perturb me?


today poses more questions
than answers..

 
 is it so within our innate
constitution to complicate
what is merely simplicity?
 I tire of elaboration,
wish merely to get to
the crux of things..


 I have no time for embroidery,
but like simple patterns
which speak unadorned truth;

delay is a crime, detour pointless..

 
sing me the sounds that speak
directly to my heart,
my soul, and I will mouth
praises for eternity!
even learning to love
the clumsy, burdensome,
myriad manifestations
which form the rich,
unexplored tapestry
of my waking dreams..
 
  Nicole : wakingdreamer

Re: those silent letters

Nicole said May 20, 5:13 PM:
 

fascinating, silent letters as metaphor!