Poems, Quotes and Parables
Love Notes XXXV
Care deeply about the world—but remember, you are not required to carry it in your bloodstream.
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Field Notes
No Dumping: On Pain, Responsibility, and the Field We Share.
Pain does not disappear when we dump it on another — it circulates. In a shared human field, what we discharge returns, amplified. Healing begins not by transferring hurt, but by holding it with enough awareness for it to transform into depth, clarity, and compassion.
Field Notes
Telling Truth to Power
What people usually mean by “telling truth to power” is really speaking truth into fear, ego, and separation — not into real power at all. True power doesn’t need to be confronted. It can listen. It can bend. It can change. What resists truth is fragility dressed up as authority.
A Lament for the Children — and for Us
Shajareh Tayyebeh all-girls primary school. February 28th 2026
Love and Presence
Seventy-Seven
At seventy-seven, I feel less like I am ending and more like I am ripening — softer in body, clearer in heart, and more available than ever to let love move through me in service.
Love and Presence
Nearer Than Your Own Breath
Remember: Love is not distant. It surrounds you as a living field and rests within you as your deepest essence. Every breath is precious, every moment alive with meaning.
The Dark Night of Becoming: Psalms of The Cave
We often speak of the dark night of the soul as if it comes once, passes through us, and then gives way to light. But for those on the deeper path, it is not a singular event. It is a rhythm. A return.
Sacred Lullabies
Lullaby For An Aching Heart
Come now, aching heart, you have carried enough for one day.
When the Body Cannot Tell the Difference
The human body does not know what the word global means. It knows only near and far, safe and threatened, held and exposed.
The Body Remembers What the Mind Cannot Heal
Trauma is not only what happened — it is what the body could not release. When overwhelming experience is suppressed, it lingers in the nervous system, shaping how we feel, think, and live.
Tea and Zen
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Love and Presence
Love Notes xxxiv
Surrender and Truth