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Meditating in Darkness

September 14, 2011
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Glow of gliding trains
Illuminate your dark paths
Silent Wanderers

Ghosts who fall in love
A thousand times, without end
Warm transparency

Meditate until
Orbs of light are gathering
In the nighttime woods

Ancient neighborhood
Of spirit houses, built near
The most sacred trees

Unfold your palm, child
The Blessing of a Lotus
Is your open heart

© Garrett M., Port Angeles, WA

The author's comments:
Peace be with you, you beautifully conscious souls. And a Lotus Flower for you, Buddhas to be.

And all of this breathing, and all of this heart-silence shall take place when the Sun is on the other side of the Earth. It's not the shadows that I love, but the stillness and the quiet, for they illuminate what the light does not.
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This article has 35 comments.

savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 8:14 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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Oh I will, but it's slightly mature... Just saying.  I don't know what to name it thought and it might take a while to post.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:46 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Shakespeare in love?

Oh, are you going to post it here? Please do!

Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:44 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Que significa 'LMAO?'
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:44 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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I'm very much a romantic so anything that has to do with love is my thing.  SO OMIGOD.  I watched Shakespeare in Love again yesterday, and fell into a Shakespeare obsession.  I started writing a romantic poem in like the Shakespearean style with Old English.  IT'S SO COOL.
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:42 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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Modest cough? LMAO
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:41 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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I rather like that one as well, now that you mention it.

I'm so very grateful, Liz.

Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:41 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Ooh, what's Ghost Adventures? It sounds exciting!
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:40 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Thanks, friend.

I'd be delighted to check out your work, but I'm on a bit of a tight schedule tonight. If you'd like me to comment, I strongly encourage you to reply to this comment, to remind me, in a couple of days. I offer (modest cough) pretty good feedback. ;)

Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:39 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Why do you have to type fast?
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 7:38 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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What a wonderful compliment! I'm always hoping to be an improved raven, verbally speaking. Tao is the stream from which I take my drink; and it's always changing, for something immortal.

"Heart parching." (smiles).

If ever my words became too obscure for the reader to understand, I would hire you in an instant to translate, working your enchantments on the hearts and minds which I might not be able to touch.

Maybe not a person. But the person. The one we need to be, in order to really 'be.'

The blessing of a lotus.

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 4:43 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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I can hardly type fast enough.
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 4:42 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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Oh Raven! I think this is your best ever! 

It's so you, I think; it's beautiful and all inclusive and so Tao. 

Enlightening, heart parching, heaven-wising, dimension changing. 

It shines, pure droplet of dreams.

Outreaching, giving, living, kind and gently smiling. What I imagine your smile to be like. 

This poem is a person, rather than a story. The lotus becomes the heart of the reader, full-blooming, the gift of the speaker. 

bpjrobert SILVER said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 3:09 pm
bpjrobert SILVER, Wakefield, Massachusetts
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&quot;Veni Vidi Vici&quot;-Julius Caesar

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 This is great. I love it. Can you check out my writing even though it`s a little rusty.
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Sep. 25 2011 at 10:58 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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That's so beautiful! :) BRAVO! Magnificent! What can I say about you, you're so great! :) This poem reminds me of something I can't remember, some movie or book, or anime or something. And Ghost Adventures, a favorite show of mine. It's so much fun to watch! :)
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 25 2011 at 7:20 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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My favorite stanza: "Ghosts who fal in love..."

 

Wonderful!  As usual, I'm beginning to run out of adjectives for your works Raven.