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New Zealand Poetry
Fierce nature
On Wakapuaka
Beach, South Island - January 2011
The rocks of time
speak
Monuments of
petrified forests lie scattered on the shoreline
Reminders of past
storms
Fierce nature giveth
and taketh away
Glory in its
majesty, it draws us home.
Speaking in tongues
we cannot understand
Only in our souls do
we know
We too are part of
time - before
Silhouettes of
ourselves
Shadows that follow
on the path
Step by step we
honour each
rock spat out by the unforgiving earth
Erupting into our
lives
Crashing into our
souls
Never ending.
Are we listening?
Can we meet our past
and
honour
our future?
Do we
honour
the rock on which we build our home?
Or crumble like
sand?
Neti Neti
On Wakapuaka
Beach, South Island -January 2011
Wave after wave
Breath after breath
With wind in my hair
& sun on my back
Step after step I
tread lightly on the earth
This land where
forests meet the ocean and skies are ever changing
Where raw nature and
wild seas pound the shore in magnificent glory
and remind me of who
I am.
As waterfalls
cascade from the mountains and fill The Sound
I know I am alive
I breathe
I too am part of
what is
Part of the whole
Not this, not that
Not divided
I am the wave
I am breath
I am the forest
I am life
Note: Neti Neti - "The Divine is not
this & it is not that"
In the end, the student must
transcend words to understand the nature of the Divine.
Brhadaranyaka Upanishad
The Sound of Silence
At Dharma Gaia after morning meditation -
December 2010
S = silence
O =
oneself/ourselves/ the One
U = understanding
N = nature
D = divine
In Silence we
find Our self,
Understanding
our true Nature and purpose,
Bringing us toward
the Divine.
And in that SOUND we
resonate OM
The Sanctuary -
Gateway to Paradise
Dharma Gaia & Mana Retreat Centre - December 2010
I can fly
I am free
Heal the spirit
Release the pain
Beauty in its
ultimate form
Sacred in every way
Open is the doorway
to Bliss
Paradise is calling.
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