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To all my Brian-loving pals, TGIF!
What Are Years?
by: Marianne Moore
"What is our innocence,
what is our guilt? All are
naked, none is safe. And whence
is courage: the unanswered question,
the resolute doubt, -
dumbly calling, deafly listening - that
is misfortune, even death,
encourages others
and in its defeat stirs
the soul to be strong? he
sees deep and is glad, who
accedes to mortality
and in his imprisonment rises
upon himself as
the sea in a chasm, struggling to be
free and unable to be,
in its surrendering
finds its continuing.
So he who strongly feels,
behaves. The very bird,
grown taller as he sings, steels
his form straight up. Though he is captive,
his mighty singing
says, satisfaction is a lowly
thing, how pure a thing is joy.
This is mortality.
this is eternity."
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LISTENING TO A WANDERER'S "WATER MELODY"
By: Wang Ch'ang-ling (?-756)
A lone boat, a sliver of moon facing the maple woods-
A wanderer's heart is entrusted to his flute.
Mountain views merge with thousand sheets of rain,
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(I hope you all are enjoying reading these as much as I am enjoying posting them.) Let me know...:;:
VISITORS
By: Tu Fu (713-770)
"I have had asthma for a
Long time. It seems to improve
Here in this house by the river.
It is quiet too. No crowds
Bother me. I am brighter
And more rested. I am happy here.
When someone calls at my thatched hut
My son brings me my straw hat
And I go out and gather
A handful of fresh vegetables.
It isn't much to offer.
But it is given in friendship."
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I am 
"I used to play my guitar as a kid
wishing that I could be like him
But today I changed my mind
I decided that I don't want to die
But it was a normal day for Brian
Rock and Roll's that way
It was a normal day for Brian
A man who died every day"
Pete Townshend |
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Thank you kind sir that is much better - whew!
EBB
by: Sorley Maclean
(1911-1996)
(translated from the Gaelic by the author)
"I am not striving with the tree that will not bend for me,
and the apples will not grow on any branch;
it is not farewell to you: you have not left me.
It is the ebb of death with no floodtide after it.
Dead stream of neap in your tortured body,
which will not flow at new moon or at full,
in which the great springtide of love will not come -
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THE SOUL SELECTS HER OWN SOCIETY
By: Emily Dickinson
(1830 - 1886)
"The soul selects her own society,
Then shuts the door.
To her divine majority
Present no more.
Unmoved she notes the chariots pausing
At her low gate;
Unmoved, an emperor be kneeling
Upon her mat.
I've known her from an ample nation
Choose one.
The close the valves of her attention
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With special thanks to Irina!
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Ooo la La - I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy!
Ta Fellows! IMHO, Brian would have participated in the following...I wonder if Jimmy Page with his heavy interest in the occult will be...LOL
Subject: [PPVDeep] VENUS TRANSIT June 8
A WorldPuja Global Meditation in honor of the Venus Transit
Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 12 Noon (New York time)
Here's more about the event:
In all likelihood not one single person alive today has ever experienced what will occur on June 8, 2004. It has not occurred in approximately 121 years. Venus Transits always come in pairs, eight years minus two days apart, and so Venus will grace our skies in this occultation again in eight years, at the end of the Mayan Calendar, in what some are calling "the end of time as we know it," the operative phrase being, "as we know it." It is a six-to-seven hour process in which the planet Venus cuts a swath across the face of the Sun, transiting between the Sun and the Earth.
In the past it seems to have signaled a tremendous breakthrough in communication or an advancement that altered worldviews. Magellan planned his around the world passage during a Venus Transit, which ultimately proved the world was not flat. Postal systems were first inaugurated during Venus Transits, advancing mass communication. The first astronomical worldwide scientific experiment, based on viewing the "eclipse" of Venus from many vantage points around the world occurred during the Transit itself. The Suffragette Movement emerged as a force during the last Venus Transit.
Some are saying this Venus Transit, upcoming on June 8, 2004, will herald another shift in the Return of the Sacred Feminine and the characteristics implied, integrity, truth, balance, harmony, love, intuition. Some observers also speculate that the Transit will bring an increase in collective telepathy. They say that such a massive increase in human telepathy could bring governmental and corporate institutions to their knees since lying to the public would not be possible. No one really knows, yet, what the effects of the Transit will be, but it is being viewed by many, as highly significant at this time in our collective history.
To a world dancing ever closer to mass destruction, this Transit is being viewed with increasing interest by many around the world. Interestingly, some commentators on this Transit see associations with the feminine-based goddesses of ancient times-including Isis, Hathor, Mary Magdalen, Kuan Yin, and Tara, as well as White Buffalo Calf Woman. Indeed, at a mythic level, we could speculate that this Venus Transit is a portal, or an opening, for those who feel a calling to honor the feminine and to engage in her restoration in balance to the male principle, which is so over-dominating the world. Returning to the mythic for a moment, the disenfranchisement of the feminine principle has left the male principle bereft and impoverished, though he does not suspect this. Without the balancing effect of the feminine in relation to the male principle, our culture has become divorced from wisdom and an "interconnectedness" with life. And thus, at this level of collective myth, the upcoming Transit can be viewed as an opportunity to reconnect collectively with the inherent creative potency of the feminine principle (as the Creatrix or goddess/creative power) to re-create our collective destiny.
We have entered a most critical time in our history. And it is time for humanity to create a new world vision and attitude-a vision and an attitude that benefits life, rather than destroys it.
What impact might this Venus Transit have? Perhaps nothing if we don't intend it. In metaphysical terms, thought creates. This Global Meditation, then, is a calling for those who feel aligned with this vision-to re-create our world, to call down the restorative powers of the feminine to heal and re-balance the Earth. How this will express itself will depend upon the choices each of us makes now and in the near future.
www.tomkenyon.com
The Pacific time for this webcast is 9AM...on Tuesday the 8th..
We are very excited and inspired to announce a special webcast honoring the Venus Transit this coming Tuesday. The energy around this webcast is awesome and we encourage you all to come together for this live webcast during this rare, cosmic event.
A WorldPuja Global Meditation in honor of the Venus Transit Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 12 Noon (New York time)
With Tom Kenyon and Judi Sion LIVE, online at
http://www.Worldpuja.org
This is a FREE, GLOBAL, LIVE WEBCAST - Please join us!
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(Sorry, didn't mean to engage in an actual dialogue
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
By: John Burnside
(1955--)
"It was late on a winter's evening:
travelling home from work on a crowded train
and stopping from time to time at a quiet station
to wait amidst the nothing that was there
between the darkness and the platform lamps,
and I'll never know quite who it was, when a single
thread of my being stood up and opened the door,
the night air chilling his skin and the smell of water
finding its own dark level in his lungs
the entire train groaning and throbbing as it drew
away from the empty platform, leaving
only this stain of blood-heat on the snow;
a not-quite-human creature, all regret
and muted terror seeping from his throat
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http://www.paulb.com
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Thanks for those FPW - SWEEEET! |
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