Raven/rewriting

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Dan: Your rewriting

has made me anew.

>Raven: Reminds me of how I've taken poems

>that I related to from one continuum

>of being and rewrote them to fit a

>new continuum reflecting my "letting

>go" of the aspects the original poem

>expressed; aspects I no longer wanted

>or needed in the new domain I was

>embracing.

>

>For instance, this poem by Rilke:

>

>It is possible that I am pushing through solid rock (I am being

carried though the secret river)

> in flint like layers as the ore lies, alone. (in

undulating waves as the river flows, alone, yet joined)

> I am such a long way in, I see no way through (I have traveled

so far, I have forgotten my way)

> and no space;

(only space)

> everything is close to my face,

(everything close to my face reflects God)

> and everything close to my face is stone. (and

everything close to my face is soft moss)

> I don't have much knowledge yet in grief, (I have such

great knowledge in grief)

> so this darkness makes me feel small. (that there

is always light emerging from the dark)

> You be the master, make yourself fierce; (I am the

master, ruthlessly loving self as God)

> break in and then Your great transforming will (break out and

the great transforming will)

> happen to me and my great grief cry (happen to

others and my great love song

> will happen to You."

(will happen to me)

>

>Love

>raven

>

>

>> quotes are fun,

>> but I have none.

>>

>> tiger never sleeps -

>> bird never lands -

>> human being has nothing to understand -

>>

>> love, Dan

>>

>> > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Nowhere is Now Here. All

paths, places, and sights and perceptions exist only in the Space of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Here. You are not

"in" the now. You Are the Now! Here is Home. Home is where True Rest Is.

Home is where the Heart Is. It is the Seer resting in the Seer, the

Self-Nature, the Buddha Nature, or call it what you will. The Radical Truth

is Radiance of Awareness. It is both the path, process, and the goal. It is

Finality of Being without any support. It is Total Independence and Ever

Present. The Truth of the Self needs no psychological or spiritual

crutches. It needs no philosophy, no religion, no explanation, no teaching,

and no teacher, and yet It is always their support. A true devotee relishes

in the Truth. The Truth of Self-Knowledge which is Pure Intelligence.

Welcome all to a.

>

>>All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Nowhere is Now Here. All

paths, places, and sights and perceptions exist only in the Space of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Here. You are not

"in" the now. You Are the Now! Here is Home. Home is where True Rest Is.

Home is where the Heart Is. It is the Seer resting in the Seer, the

Self-Nature, the Buddha Nature, or call it what you will. The Radical Truth

is Radiance of Awareness. It is both the path, process, and the goal. It is

Finality of Being without any support. It is Total Independence and Ever

Present. The Truth of the Self needs no psychological or spiritual

crutches. It needs no philosophy, no religion, no explanation, no teaching,

and no teacher, and yet It is always their support. A true devotee relishes

in the Truth. The Truth of Self-Knowledge which is Pure Intelligence.

Welcome all to a.

>