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Troubled Times

March 2nd, 2025|Categories: 2025, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I know your days have been troubled And your nights have given you no rest I know your heart has been heavy And your foundations have been shaken Remember always [...]

The Temptation of Solomon

August 26th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Look to my eyes Take in that which you see If at all given to you That there be oceans of heaven's light And in a blink The pit of [...]

Iluntasunean

April 2nd, 2024|Categories: 2024, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What shall we fear? What shall we deny? What shall we curse? What shall we destroy? What shall we put to death? There is no worthy fear, but only a [...]

Solemn Reflection

March 9th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In a world full of vain images, who remembers the source? In a world full of false noise, who can hear the sweet song? When our preachers defile their station, [...]

Resentment Prayer

February 27th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

None who practise violence are free. The world demands we conquer, we rise above others, we are better than others, we judge others, we condemn, we have more than others, [...]

Belonging

February 16th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

All things belong to God. Every talent we have, every breath we take, every beat of our heart, every step we walk, belongs to God. It is our existence and [...]

Seven Brothers

February 14th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Return to the spirit within For the terror of the eye Deceives Showing only the darkness And the hardship of the ear Blasphemes Sounding wickedness as truth Consider not the [...]

Living God

February 11th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Magnify Yourself my God For while I am weak It must be so What is a man if his God lives not? Or when torment comes, has not God? When [...]

Spiritual Awakening

February 9th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

How dark the sky before the dawn Released to dreams lost hope To test a man of faiths sojourn 'Til wakened comforts lesson learned Oh God of Gods thy Name [...]

Pride

January 5th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Name one among us Of the whole of mankind From the beginning until now Who created Love? Where can we find The man or woman Who fashioned Kindness? Show me [...]

New Beginnings

December 31st, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

What if I told you You don't need anything To find God But a desire to know God? You don't need a church, Nor an education Neither a custom nor [...]

Heartfelt

December 28th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The pains of the heart Cannot be eased with rationale Cannot be erased by determination Cannot be forgiven by consciousness They must be felt And accepted The sorrows of the [...]

Testament

December 22nd, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Greater are they full of fear When released from it Than they who knew no fear Greater are they full of torment When released from it Than they who knew [...]

Enemy Prayer

December 21st, 2023|Categories: 2023, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

God, please bless my enemies with serenity, peace, prosperity and Your presence. For if they had Your spirit dwelling within them, they would not be bitter, cold, demeaning, accusing, vicious, [...]

De la Muerte a la Vida

November 18th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

With eager blindness We strive for self deception With persona insensata magnified We master all manner of worthlessness For my enemies are older than man Superior to the realm of [...]

Believe You Me

October 15th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Feeble are we, and without wisdom For we flout our own power And promote our own understanding While directly reclaiming our gods What will it take For man to witness [...]

The Well of Souls

October 5th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Of what profit is there to my will When departed from my own mind? I am torn apart and in two While dwelling as one And what joy can be [...]

King Snake

October 3rd, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Who finds themselves in darkness While doing what is good? As he performs the will of life Does his heart sing with joy Even to his bones does he declare [...]

The Great Witness

September 30th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Who among us can claim to be Great And add even one coin to the world? Neither have we added value to ourselves, But just in an illusion are we [...]

In the Beginning

September 24th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The void was made to be considered A thought of creation awake A realm of its own, unlike the spirits The new temple empty Ready for the vastness to be [...]

Away

September 22nd, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

(A Psalm of Ryan) How far my God are Thee to me? Though always present and of everything Does my heart scrape against empty walls of lost visions and honourable [...]

Crusade

September 21st, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is not a frail journey that man would discover the nature of his wrath. As with known to unknown writ is merit set aside disclosed in agreement upon self [...]

A Matter of Heart

September 19th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Nothing I have done Is done of my own Nothing I have made Is made of my own There are no works or deeds No righteousness or holiness Neither greatness [...]

Oh, For Goodness Sake

September 5th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Who can say what is good without the establishment of goodness before it? What good can there be without an author of good who did create and ordain such a [...]

Codex

August 4th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The dragon that rises And the dragon that falls As from the sea he does lift As from the sky he does decline Worn armour as stone upon skin that [...]

The Gathering

July 23rd, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Upon awakening comes struggle And with illumination comes suffering For the world is aghast at the sight Of they who have broke bonds with her As one who is alive [...]

Mine all Mine – Son of God or Man

June 28th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The church laid the foundation of what God is and what God isn't, and then ironically departed from their Creator. The family laid the foundation of what is good and [...]

Starting Over with God

June 22nd, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sometimes I want to start over with this whole God thing. I think about all that I have learned and know today, those things that have transformed my life, and [...]

When the Time Reveals the Word

June 1st, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

For as many as proclaim their righteousness Speaking forms and tones and tongues Who then has given thanks? For as many as establish their doctrine Speaking riddles and mysteries and [...]

The Ladder and the Book of Life

May 4th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

My flesh was at rest contemplating the nature of life when a vision came upon me. Suddenly was I transported to a forest on the earth. The trees were all [...]

The Vanity and Blessing of Self

April 22nd, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I waited fifty years to be truly happy. There was a longing of sorts to enter into the years of jubilee. Before that I carried a great sorrow and sadness [...]

Fear Nothing

April 4th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We ARE going to have our hearts broken, so let no moment of your truth be hidden. Tell them how you feel, put it all out there, hold back nothing, [...]

God’s Table

March 7th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There is food to eat that is not of this earth. It cannot be seen, it cannot be shown, it cannot be given or taken. There is drink that quenches [...]

Speaking of Which

February 26th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Three times have I been questioned by others in anger and outrage this very accusation: “Who are you to think you can speak for God?” Well, I never thought I [...]

Only Two and a Third

February 24th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

There are only 2 Religions. The way of give or the way of take The way of love or the way of hate The way of faith or the way [...]

A Time for Rest – Love Returns

February 22nd, 2023|Categories: 2023, Intimate Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Turn my heart to love again For it hardened by great angers Turn my eyes to beauty again As I grew cold from lack of sight Open me again to [...]

The Shunning of Children

February 21st, 2023|Categories: 2023, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Who returns what is given? Who restores what is broken? Who replaces what is stolen? Who heals what is wounded? Who answers what is asked? My eyes cannot see before [...]

Peace is of The Spirit

December 17th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

My spirit seeks out peace While my flesh plots justice My spirit seeks out brotherhood While my flesh plots judgment My spirit seeks out humility While my flesh plots hubris [...]

A Kingdom Not of This World

December 2nd, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Who in earnest asks their Father for forgiveness and receives it not? Who in deceit asks their Father for forgiveness and receives it? Who cries out in the night, haunted [...]

From Failure to Faith

November 5th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Who is the solution to our problems? Is it the ex who has all our old life who needs to make things right? Is it the religion that stole everything [...]

God – My Father

October 16th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Who can say what will be done And what will not be done Except He who created it all? Who can say what will be spoke And what will be [...]

Into the Light

October 11th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Greater is a gift from God Than a loss from man For what is lost by tens Is replenished by hundreds And what is taken by greed Is replaced by [...]

The Faith of Children

September 18th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The cost of faith can be ever high Committed to without knowing the price Dearly we pay in human experience Quietly we wait often for meaning But that is not [...]

Royal Mercy

September 7th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I live in Your Word And dream in Your Spirit With holiness and peace Am I renewed by Your Love What am I that life should be found? Or that [...]

Trumpets – Atonement – Tabernacle

September 1st, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Near, draw near oh King and God Return this error to righteousness Take strong hold upon the dragon Lay low the pride of abomination Rise this earth with song and [...]

Return to Spirit

August 20th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

God would have us know We need not be afraid He said so many times while on earth He brought us good news, not bad For God did not enter [...]

Failure of the Flesh

August 15th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

God would have us know We are His children Indeed all life and all things Are God's Nothing which exists that we know Is outside of God's possession Nothing that [...]

As One, As All

August 10th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rise up Great Father Stand ready to defend Open the hearts of Your children Place Your seal upon them For wisdom has departed the earth And understanding has passed on [...]

Gratitude of the Living Dog

August 5th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The love of God is a mystery to man For He lifts up the fallen And brings down the raised What does it profit us at all If for our [...]

Grace

July 23rd, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Many speak of the grace of God For it is a most wonderful blessing That we receive an unmerited gift Because of the love of our Creator And the source [...]

For the Love of God

July 15th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Those who love God Love also their neighbor Those who curse their neighbor Also curse God. Who can curse a song Without wounding the song writer? Who can curse a [...]

Grave Temptation

July 5th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I was lifted up Shown all the world of glory Placed at my feet to rule Offered with praise and enticement If I would only accept it I was lifted [...]

Discovering God

July 2nd, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Can your brother tell you How to feel about your dad? Can your sister tell you How to feel about your mother? Does a dad treat a baby The same [...]

The Great Father

June 27th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rest inside the truth of truth Silence the doubtful mind Cleanse the heart of selfish reason Depart from the cry of the flesh Give ear unto your spirit Close the [...]

Time of Our Life

June 9th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

While the hour is at hand Does the time call the man Into life shall he go Making sure all may know Of the message of Peace At the table [...]

Endurance

June 7th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How do we endure a troubled world? For the spirit that lives in grace Also must dwell in darkness “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…” [...]

Light of the Forest

May 16th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is necessary at times To bring understanding Back under one roof For man often raises his voice Over a single tree Missing the forest around him Whereas the tree [...]

Life Upon Life

May 14th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Difficult is the way And fearful is the journey When the life of flesh Is all that can be considered For we are here as men a short time Raptured [...]

Prayer Omnipotent

May 12th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Who can mock prayer By claiming science? For science knows That thoughts are energy Which travels the world In the blink of an eye Enter a room as two had [...]

Man oh Man

May 5th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

What can a man be of his own? Do I draw my own breath? Do I beat my own heart? Do I cause myself to hunger and thirst? Do I [...]

The Poet’s Passion

April 20th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Oh that I would write only goodness! That my cross not be of foolishness! But of my heart I cannot count it guile Nor of my mind Does it seek [...]

Parable of Dominion

April 18th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Now the kingdom of mankind Is like a certain ruler Who thinking himself as the law Goes around charging & subjecting Talking and commanding Puffing himself up amongst others Rattling [...]

Honor Thy Father and Mother

April 15th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This eye does perceive My father in my brother And my mother in my sister This ear does hear My father in my brother And my mother in my sister [...]

Daily Cross

April 14th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Daily rise the denial of self Daily open the lesson of self Daily humble the offering of self Daily acceptance the receiving of God They who desire to walk with [...]

Father of the Scribe

April 3rd, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 15:3 I write not that it should be praised Nor do I speak to be heard [...]

Baptism of Elders

March 27th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Listen to the elders Who speak of natural things For they remember the making of life And the perfection of earth's balance Listen to the elders Who speak of peaceful [...]

Righteous Judgment

March 23rd, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

You have heard and so it is read Judge not unrighteously But judge with righteousness For these are the words of the Lord Time has lost its meaning Man has [...]

Begin Again

March 20th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

There is no end to the seeking of knowledge Nor can one find The boundary of wisdom As one layer is revealed Two more become apparent As one revelation wakes [...]

Kingdom of Man, Kingdom of God

March 16th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On shaken ground The world recoils To drown the sabres rattle In fire and force The world is aghast To witness the wages of war Who but our God may [...]

The Wheat from the Chaff

March 3rd, 2022|Categories: 2022, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Hear the wind of unrighteousness howl But fear it not within For the chaff rise up at its blowing Looking upon themselves as greater Knowing not they scatter away By [...]

Peace Inside

February 15th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The filling of my flesh Brought peace for a time In joy and revelry played With friends and laughter And goodness to share The passing of time took away The [...]

The Final Kingdom

February 12th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The final kingdom is at hand Of iron and clay it is With blood of blood unalike And seed of seed revealed The sons of Old return in haste To [...]

Loss of Fear

January 18th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

How shall I fear So that others are satisfied? How shall I obey So that others are comforted? How shall I believe So that others are convinced? How shall I [...]

A Look in the Mirror

January 10th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

As open as can be As honest as can be As vulnerable as can be As loving as can be Still one heart beats alone Still one experience is known [...]

Man’s Work and God’s Love

January 3rd, 2022|Categories: 2022, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I tried all things in seeking answers My hand was put to many tasks From one to the next was all given With effort and time and money There was [...]

Giving Thanks

November 20th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Whom do we give thanks? What are we acknowledging? Why be thankful if nothing is above us? Where did we learn to feel thankfulness? How do we have such experience? [...]

Give it to God

November 3rd, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Give to God what cannot be won. We pursue the darkness We pursue the rage We battle the war we lost We get up and do it again Give to [...]

Whisper Counsel

October 7th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Power is found in a whisper For he who has ears attuned No, there is no might in strength Nor wisdom in knowledge Truly strategy is easily frustrated And courage [...]

Not Lost when Lost

September 2nd, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

If I rise into a fine stage of prosperity My Father is there And if I mire myself in dark debt My Father is also there No matter where I [...]

The Journey of a Man

August 28th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I set my mind to being my own man Knowing that was the answer I sought How free I would be! I set my mind to performing music Knowing that [...]

Forgiving Spirit

July 15th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

When darkness falls on the land My spirit seeks the Great Spirit And when darkness falls upon my soul My spirit struggles to seek How long we do strive with [...]

Holy War

June 25th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is the unrighteous Who long for righteousness And the wicked Who seek true comfort As the deaf do wish to hear And the blind do wish to see So [...]

God’s Peace

June 9th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

What challenge we have with Peace! How unpopular it is with the flesh Since with man there is much to accomplish But with God it is not so Yet even [...]

The Father’s Gift

May 23rd, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Cherish the family God has given you Be they of blood or heart or spirit! Within them is all the knowledge you desire And the way of them is a [...]

Bone and Blood, Flesh and Spirit

April 7th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Here my cry oh bones and blood Set down thy imperious rage This spirit am I put forth within Beset the strength of thy insanity. For thee who suffer and [...]

A Prayer for Restoration and Guidance

August 29th, 2020|Categories: 2020, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Dear Great and Most Holy Father in heaven, Thank you God for hearing these words of Your son – that we all may join with You in this time of [...]

The Great Bowl and the Beast

July 18th, 2020|Categories: 2020, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I called out my Father in Heaven, that I may be comforted by His spirit. I looked an behold, a great white bowl was held in two hands It was [...]

Visions of the Great One

April 1st, 2020|Categories: 2020, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I cried out to the angel of He who comforts, And I looked and behold the earth! How beautiful she is - as if being healed And to the right [...]

Awakened Spirit of God

March 5th, 2019|Categories: 2017-2018-2019, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

God who is spirit Who is truth and spirit Seek not they who worship in flesh That before flesh it is known Or through tradition of ritual obey That before [...]

Who Desires to Seek a Lie?

November 6th, 2018|Categories: 2017-2018-2019, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I shall not succumb to the lesson of your disgrace nor shall my flesh worship you any longer nor shall my heart be within your grasp nor shall my mind [...]

In the Name of God?

August 23rd, 2018|Categories: 2017-2018-2019, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The greatest knowledge in all this world can be found in the heart of the peacemakers who know more of war than any warrior The greatest mystery in all this [...]

Assembly of the Hand

April 26th, 2018|Categories: 2017-2018-2019, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If even an eye could see the mystery of peace for a glance would it not know the settling heart? Whereas the idleness of words betray our senses so too [...]

The Unwanted Wisdom

July 15th, 2015|Categories: 2015, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Memories are not always about the past Visions are not always about the future Opinions are not always about the moment These ideas keep us from seeing a bigger picture [...]

Body Image

July 5th, 2015|Categories: 2015, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Some people take pride in their appearance Some people curse their temple Some walk in the ways of judgement Proclaiming their will above all as the word of the Most [...]

Parable of the Foreigner – Translated Imagery

June 19th, 2015|Categories: 2015, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sent down among the brotherhood of the agile warrior Placed down among the brotherhood of the soil Cast down among the brotherhood of the scales It does not ring within [...]

The Path of the Priest

May 12th, 2015|Categories: 2015, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I can travel to any time in my life in the whim of memory deep there I sit reflecting upon my own self many such times reclaim the present in [...]

Seekers

May 2nd, 2015|Categories: 2015, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Like a spear thrown by the arms of Algetor like a dagger revealed by the hidden hand like the unforeseen pit amidst the sand at the very moment of final [...]

Eha-lios Aware

March 12th, 2015|Categories: 2015, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

From Eha-lios To the solemn appointed Listen to the sounds Of the hidden memory Pursuing always See it upon the sky Between the stars Before the phrases of the human [...]

The Phoenix – The Source

February 19th, 2015|Categories: 2015, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How long does one walk Down the darkened path Of world discovery Of self discovery Of the discovery of mankind? We set ourselves above the land Though the land does [...]

The Carrion Dragon – 3 Days & Nights

June 13th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , |

3 days and nights The darkness did Ascend From its pit of the unholy Claiming Each day was as a nightmare Where doubts did cast their way Even into the [...]

After the Choice

April 11th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I have fled temptation All the days of my life Before the black pit of rage Have I found myself While surrounded by the vile of the earth Would that [...]

The Pillar and the Lamp

April 10th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I have to admit to my very self that almost all of what I write is like a blunt force instrument… my posts generally tackle subjects concerning our self-importance, our [...]

Beyond the End of Faith

April 7th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I write tonight not only for words to share But also for words that I shall listen to What is the value of our Faith When there is no work [...]

The Prayer of the Repentant Spirit

March 27th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , |

It has been said that a poet’s job is to write what is in the minds of the people. Indeed every important document throughout history is in many ways that [...]

Sacred

March 25th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Intimate Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There has been no stone left unturned In the life of the wandering fool Seeking all that is potent Meaningful Purposeful Eternal And Sacred Embrace thee therefore our Parents love [...]

Revelation Within

March 24th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , |

Millions came before us Million come after us Millions are with us Who will change the tune? I’ll have my way And you’ll have your way And someone will say [...]

Overture of Humanity

March 23rd, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

It doesn’t matter How far down into the depths We may travel There is still another Covetous of our life It doesn’t matter How far into poverty We do fall [...]

The Source of Wisdom

March 17th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What can I say to the horizon that it would obey my word? Can I speak that it should be moved So that it moves? What can I say to [...]

The Temple Staff

March 16th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I would not want the history blemished Or the origins buried too deeply I wound not want the Heavens forgotten Or the foundation of life lost I would not want [...]

Reverence

March 15th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Intimate Poetry, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

All the world advances As we revere the art of science As we revere the science of art As we revere the seeking of knowledge As we revere the wisdom [...]

Parasite

March 11th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , |

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 [...]

Spiritual War

March 3rd, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is what is to be expected When the mind dreams Of its dreaming of things That we would know this place or that From this time and then Around [...]

Awakening Hidden Knowledge

February 20th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Who can say what they saw Or write what they heard Or teach what they discovered Or fix what is broken Or break what cannot be fixed In order to [...]

Infinite Diversity

February 19th, 2014|Categories: 2014, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , |

We have before us unlimited examples Unlimited perspectives Unlimited experiences Unlimited reasons Unlimited concepts Unlimited paths Unlimited creations Unlimited interests So why have we chosen the way of our life [...]

Spiritual Evolution

December 25th, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Would it be that we live in caves? Yet the caves were life, safety, warmth, home. Would it be that we live in lean-to tents? Yet the tents were private, [...]

Out of Time

October 28th, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are memories Not mine And visions Not of my life And dreams Not of this world And ideas Not of my intellect And experiences Unknown to my days There [...]

It Must be Asked

August 18th, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Imagine a world without death. Imagine Our world without death. What would change? Think of the result Comprehend the meaning Discern the truth Grasp the reality The wisdom of our [...]

When the Righteous Spoke

July 23rd, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As each word is a picture of a phrase So too is the beginning as the end K’tol iaht dal To bless the memory of the Righteous (As the Righteous [...]

Before the Fall

July 12th, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Before when all I touched was gold and many came to visit and the earth I travelled at will I rose inside myself Before when I prayed to be humble [...]

Spoken Unspoken

June 28th, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I cannot write what cannot be written About the Riddle of the Shapes With 1 Foundation With 2 Perspectives With 3 Directions With 4 Corners And 5 Faces Or the [...]

Do No Harm

May 22nd, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We cannot put away the beast Unless the beast is first set free Those who war and those who rage Are those afraid to see what lies Beneath the glare [...]

When the War is Over

March 5th, 2013|Categories: 2013, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Crowds at home rejoice in song Angels pluck their harps in joy Trumpets sound to call for Peace And Warriors fall apart. Long and tragic battle leaves a mark And [...]

When God Met You

January 18th, 2013|Categories: 2013, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Your God What would you do if you knew Your God had met you? So here is the room Inside the house On top of the land Covered with grass [...]

Personal Revelation

July 12th, 2012|Categories: 2012, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I am grateful for the days of my poverty And everything it did provide I have known the poverty of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual All forms of hell [...]

Since the Beginning

June 26th, 2012|Categories: 2012, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Peace cannot be bought with lies Nor happiness with denial. No man or woman can stand in the face of truth and say they are Light. They who smile at [...]

A Prayer for New Beginnings

November 10th, 2011|Categories: 2011, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

That everyone should know a new peace each day that everyone should find something they lost that everyone should experience a new joy that everyone should share a private passion [...]

Someday

June 12th, 2011|Categories: 2011, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Someday I will touch the Sun without feeling the burn of its heat Someday I will create music without the limitations of my feeble fingers Someday I will comprehend serenity [...]

Missing My Father

March 11th, 2011|Categories: 2011, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Restore the heart of my youth Return the unknowing mind Repair the withered flesh Flourish in that spirit then Young, unimportant, without need. Blind these eyes to these worlds Deafen [...]

The Beast of the Mind – Revelations

February 24th, 2011|Categories: 2011, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The beast of the mind of the human experience. A box inside a box inside a box 6 sides of ourselves As the inner most box 6 sides of our [...]

That Which Survives

February 1st, 2011|Categories: 2011, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

What does one have when everything is impermanent? What does one know when everything is wrong? What does one see when everything is blurred? What does one hear when everything [...]

To End the War

January 14th, 2011|Categories: 2011, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Ask yourself why? What purpose there is to know a lie? I will say what I know War has been staged - FOR US Complete with weapons of Envy Hate [...]

Let God be the Judge

October 30th, 2010|Categories: 2010, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Throne of Power is within the soul of an individual life. The Seat of Grace is within the chambers of a single heart. The Hall of Fellowship is within [...]

Idolatry and Adultery: A True Commitment

July 2nd, 2010|Categories: 2010, Intimate Poetry, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I say, in my life full of error that I have found my steadfast belief. I shall not give it up, nor shall I condemn myself for it. It is [...]

Son of My Father

February 9th, 2010|Categories: 2010, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

All that I see that is beautiful, is my Father's All that I hear that is pleasant, is my Father's All that I touch that is blissful, is my Father's [...]

How Much I Miss My Father’s House

January 7th, 2010|Categories: 2010, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How much I miss the Father of my Fathers. How far I go to find his rest. How deep in debt is my heart. How my comfort displeases flesh. To [...]

Prayer of the Homeless

November 15th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Great most awesome and powerful and sacred God, He who is the Force, the Way, the Truth and the Reason of all life... With such gratitude my heart does feel [...]

Surrender of Man

October 15th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Though that I will to bring Peace, I bring destruction. Though that I will to bring Joy, I bring sorrow. Though that I will to be Love, I am of [...]

Prayer of the Wounded

September 12th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

God my Father in Heaven Most High, With gratitude I face each falling snowflake that another year has been given to my life. With deep earnestness I feel the history [...]

Wounded Warrior

July 15th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Inside my eye is the echo of battle of brother and friend standing together as one Outside my eye is the wounded warrior of brother and friend knowing not their [...]

The Sleeping Man

June 22nd, 2009|Categories: 2009, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was a man asleep. Not knowing. Every man knows his desires Every man knows the woman in his heart. Not every man knows he is asleep. How do we [...]

Oh, the Irony of it All

June 15th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Those who taught me religion, taught me to worship the devil. Those who taught me lust and filth, taught me to Follow God. Those who taught me to conform, taught [...]

The Days of New Prophets

June 1st, 2009|Categories: 2009, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Prophets shall rise in humility. He who shall walk the earth proclaiming greatness of man Over greatness of Law Shall be a false prophet. She who stands professing greatness of [...]

What Man has Forgot

May 19th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious, Visions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What man has forgot, his Father will reveal. Inside his own home, his work, his play, his sanctuaries are filled with confusions. There are principles of destruction for which man [...]

Brothers of Peace

May 5th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

"I look and see into my brothers, their eyes speak spirits of their intent." "I grapple with thee for untold reasons, I wrestle with thee since Adam." Give of your [...]

All That I Hate

May 1st, 2009|Categories: 2009, Meditation & Contemplation, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and [...]

Gifts

April 21st, 2009|Categories: 2009, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

You have given to me a wife. You watched over her, guided her, protected her. Four times did You restore her from death, So that she may be returned to [...]

An Opening Prayer

April 20th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

God in Heaven, most beautiful and Gracious, We thank You for this life of steadfast abundance and Possibility. I come before the throne of Your perfection this day to practice [...]

Prayer of the Animal

April 10th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Most Powerful Father and Lover of Life, Holy of the most Holy! How so many there are of life on earth. All creatures great and small as it is known! [...]

None Knoweth the Hour

March 26th, 2009|Categories: 2009, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In life we strive for principalities. Each has a darkened corner. Each has a terrible fear. Each has a merciless oppressor. If it were not for our hidden fears, we [...]

The Time of Justice, Mercy and Peace

December 19th, 2008|Categories: 2008, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Dear Father of all things living and all things dead. I will not give even death to another, for you rule over ALL things, and all things are under your [...]

The Eyes of Desire

September 8th, 2008|Categories: 2008, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

With the eyes of desire we do seek our own pleasure. With the words of love we do cast our spells. With the will of our spirits we force our [...]

Everyone Knows what Love is.

August 1st, 2008|Categories: 2008, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Everyone knows what love is. Some will doubt these words heavily, and this I understand to be common. Often in my past I too believed I did not know love. [...]

The God of Love

July 23rd, 2008|Categories: 2008, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What is a God? Who is the God of love? A god is anything you worship. To worship is to give adorning reverence to. In several of the sacred texts, [...]

This One Woman

July 20th, 2008|Categories: 2008, Intimate Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Thank you Father for the love of this Woman. Thank you for her heart, Thank you for her understanding, Thank you for her kindness, and thank you for her charity. [...]

The Virtuous Woman

June 28th, 2008|Categories: 2008, Intimate Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Neither the Sun nor the Moon could contain her. And all of the stars of Heaven cannot radiate as her. She is as Mother to all that is living, and [...]

The Idea of God

June 2nd, 2008|Categories: 2008, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

God in Heaven, Most Beautiful and Gracious, We thank You for this life of steadfast Abundance and Possibility. I come before the throne of Your perfection this day to practice [...]

Discovery of Belief

May 6th, 2008|Categories: 2008, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I believe the story and the message of the religions are far more intimate in nature than we have remembered. I believe they do not stem from a relationship with [...]

Lament of the Lost

January 20th, 2007|Categories: 2007, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

To Thee I lift mine eyes, oh Father Unto Thee I bare my soul With shame and sorrow I kneel before the Heavens With fear I tremble before Your universe [...]

Dark Night of the Soul Prayer

January 10th, 2007|Categories: 2007, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Oh God return Thy humble ways Seal up the doors of Rage Cast away the key to the pit Strip down the unrelenting sorrow Sooth the wounds of time Banish [...]

The Woman and the Man

September 15th, 2006|Categories: 2006, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How the woman and man make a picture of God, Nobody knows, nobody knows. The woman has lost belief in us, For we have lost belief in ourselves. The woman [...]

The Whispering Voice

August 16th, 2006|Categories: 2006, Meditation & Contemplation, Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The madness of my oppressor is overwhelming. He whispers when I am still, Cries when I am peaceful, Screams when I am free. He whispers such lies to me. Never [...]

Thanksgiving for Hope in God

March 14th, 2006|Categories: 2006, Meditation & Contemplation, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Friends, I have to believe in a life after this. I have to believe we shall all return to a place of everlasting growth, discovery and universal understanding. I have [...]

Fallen Angel

March 12th, 2006|Categories: 2006, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Why must I fall so far from my own heart? Why must I feel the awesome power of my own isolation? Why must I own such powerlessness of expression to [...]

Alas, I Am Man

February 11th, 2006|Categories: 2006, Intimate Poetry, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

She seeks the God within, She seeks the Warrior Soul, She seeks the Eternal One from the beginning. In the eyes of every man there lay the path to God. [...]

Forgotten

July 9th, 2005|Categories: 2005, Prayer, Spiritual-Religious|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Why have you forgotten me My God?  Why have you forsaken my heart?  Why have you asked me to carry this burden alone? Before my eyes you place all things.  [...]

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