Long Equanimous Poems

wobbling
   earth
      Phoebus
          slipover
               &
...

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"You're lucky to have a daughter like her"
No she was not lucky
She alone knows the number of ribs her body broke over the years
She alone knows the amount of water her skin pores shed
She alone...

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3.07
“Strange that knowing lust
as an enemy of knowledge,
one so weak and nearing death 
should still crave sensual pleasure”

3.13
“Why should a person of steady mind, 
who sees the nothingness of objects, 
prefer one thing to another?”

3.14
“He...

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Written: June 30, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest

Quote by Aristotle "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom"

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When in verdant valleys or in verdure environs
When basking in birds, beauteous flowers, fruits
When in sunrise and sunsets splendid splendour you delight
Then despite sounds in surrounds you feel serene

When your faith in the lord is...

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Those who live an artistic life are genuinely soul-aware. 
It is as vital to the human spirit as is the air. 
Artistry, sculpture, and landscape design are creative,
That's around spiritedness that pulls and is probative.

Bury my heart...

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I celebrate the nimbus clouds
     stealthly gathering in a silent sky.
No great claps of thunder to shock
     my senses, no lightning bursts,
As the rain begins like tender...

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Joys,
sorrows , 
good and bad, 
are dualisms
present since eternity. We all seek
good sans bad, ever thought which is better?
Hardships strengthens,
shows life truths,
ends our 
sins.
~~~~~
When 
we think 
positive,
are calm even
in miseries, they vanish on their own.
Root...

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sitting motionless
mood meditative
awareness expanded
enveloping the universe
as I so became and felt
God’s breath as my own
indwelling all forms

emerging from the immersion
lower mind posed a simple question:
we cannot be where we already are not
which led to the...

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Conditioned to believe in this or that
Caste, colour and creed determines response
Narrow views and specious logic fall flat
Before the monk, who joy pulse does ensconce 

In all honesty, have we felt within
Ignition renewal continual 
As...

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“ego borne urges, simply follow base instinct
the monk may be found roaming the love throb precinct”

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Constant vigil of our reflex response
positions us at the crossroad of choice,
one instinct driven, the other conscience.
Hermit, to retain equanimous...

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