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End Of The Line
END OF THE LINE
Caution for hopes may easily
Expand themselves interminably
And without astute management
Arrive at that terminal station
Known as disappointment
HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M HAPPY?
Inner wind in a speedy world.
How Do I Know If I’m Happy?
If we are neither unhappy nor indifferent, then we are happy.
The nice feeling of being happy comes about when everything we are doing drops away.
If we are neither unhappy nor indifferent then we are happy – but there may not be a feeling of being happy.
The feeling of being unhappy usually comes from the inner energies rising in the body from just below the navel area. We feel out of place, and to rebalance and relax, these energies are to be taken down to just below the navel by using the subtle breath exercise (see video below).
Try it and see.
Conscious chanting or singing does the same thing.
Being happy is being in tune in body and mind … !
😀
Only For You
ONLY FOR YOU
Do not bewail your fate at crossroads
Nor shirk the choice of either/or
But singing both/and search for the lost notes
The key to pick is neither/nor
Let us pray for the seasick sailor
Stormswept, becalmed upon the sea
The hero’s bold venture doomed to failure
As Jonah also tried to flee
Uncertainty made him a dancer
Who once had been so far from shore
And no single key can be the answer
Just as no road can be a door
The crossroads never have a signpost
The ship that sinks will reach no quay
The road is dark – devils take the hindmost
And Know Where is it plain to see
I do not write to give directions
The distance or the trials in store
These are the milestones of my acceptance
And they pretend to be no more
The Perils Of Social Isolation
The Perils Of Social Isolation.
REMEMBER. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
REMEMBER. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
REMEMBER. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
THE ISOLATION ILLUSION
Each WE a finger.
Without others no more WE!
Many fingers > one hand.
REMEMBER. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
REMEMBER. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
REMEMBER. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Portmanteau: Shadorma
PORTMANTEAU
I carry
Enjoyment with me
Wherever
I wander
And very seldom fail to
Find a use for it
The Daily Round: Shadorma
THE DAILY ROUND
Cliff hangers
New every morning
Is the love
Open eyes
Rein in those expectations
Moment by moment
Self-sufficiency: Four By Six
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Sexual expression
Sometimes appropriate
Other times not so much
When it’s best kept in hand
Our Best (26a)
OUR BEST
We struggle
Gamely, unobserved
Not often
Successful
Still there’s always tomorrow
Until there isn’t
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The Wound We Wind
THE WOUND WE WIND
Round and round we wind
The wound we wound around us
Tight in our own grasp
History is history
The present we give ourselves
Ben Naga 