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Tesla

Tesla

time to retreat now
time to reverse
slow down to stillness
still to the core
stop all the motion
’til there’s not any more
and then at that still point
be with it and feel

it is time to reverse
and wind in the reel
letting it out
expanding the field
has led to inventions
and increased the yield

now is the time
to pull back and refine
keeping only the aspects
that support the divine
gentleness, beauty
commodities pure
friendship, kindness
what is the allure?

as the fisherman checks
his line that’s reeled in
check now your relationship
to what’s without and within

pull in that picture
of how each day is spent
watch it, examine it
what has it meant?

simplify, refine
find some joy in the doing
giving credit to the heart-links
in what you’re reviewing

capture the oneness
the true purpose of life
going in, deeply inward
to that universal light

that spark of creation
the melding pot of form
ask now to wear it
as a mantle to be worn

and only by pulling inward
will the vision be born
of the new world creation
you’re as a kernel of corn

ready to absorb
the love and the light
waiting for conditions
to be perfectly right

to sprout and take root
to grow with new life
into a life form
of renewal and might

and imagine a plain
newly planted with corn
each stalk unique
each with potential unborn

ah, the potential
the potential to be
that is the future
to which you will seed


gagi      12/30/14

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Copy No One

Copy No One

the message again appeals for such strength
copy no one
be who we are
copy no one
be each a star

a star in our own play
a lifetime of learning
experiencing the scene changes
as we continue our journeying

sometimes the hero
sometimes the clown
sometimes the action verb
sometimes the noun

Plutarch once told us
“I don’t need a friend who changes
when I change and who nods when I nod
my shadow does that much better”

and in this lifetime of scenes
does a pattern emerge?
has an opportunity arrived
with a new storm surge?

call on the wisdom
ancestral or divine
we can change the script
and the message this time


gagi     12/20/14

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness

when we suffer from pain or an illness
could that too be an illusion?
from a different perspective
could we achieve a whole state transfusion?

the power of our thoughts and of our minds
affects all that we are all of the time
by practicing mindfulness we can all learn
to live aware of the present and thereby discern

how we are feeling within and without
what is affecting us and what that’s about
then shifting responses and intentionally changing
our thoughts, our emotions, our physical rearranging

sitting up straight and lengthening our spines
noticing we’re thirsty, being aware of the signs
removing ourselves from a noise that’s disturbing
not responding to a provocation that was previously disconcerting

seeing blades of grass and not just the lawn
noticing the awakening of all with the dawn
tasting, hearing and smelling with intent
to discover the wonders for what senses were meant

knowing what we want and constantly reasserting
responsive awareness with the ability for converting
challenges on all levels of body, mind and spirit
using love as our language so every cell can hear it

evolving ourselves into all we can be
simply by practicing how we respond and we see
knowing how and when to act or observe
affecting the outcome so we consciously serve

serving a purpose for which we all live
connected to others and wanting to give
knowing we share in the suffering that exists
and doing our part so it no longer persists

to create a future that will be our children’s
bringing balance to all, we are the pilgrims
where beauty and love and mindfulness blend
and the suffering of all beings comes to an end


gagi     12/04/14