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we are all connected ~ stars we see and rivers returning to the sea

 To be a hero of one’s own life is to live its preciousness when all seems too painful to bear.

It is Christ carrying his cross.
It is Buddha under the Bodhi tree and the Bodhisattva waiting...
It is the mountain coming to meet Muhammad,
It is the burning bush speaking and the emerald forest listening.
It is the desert temptation in its dream of separation.
It is the solitary walk inside the monastery's silence and the body's eternal sleep amoung the stars.

It is you and I ~ We.
It is love alone that sees and feels, rises and falls, recognized as the living breath of life.
It is bliss and ecstasy.
It is mine and yours.
It is ours.

It is the song of the universe,
It is the eternal Om.
It is.
I Am.




— Kailashana, Jan 23, 2010

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

Of course I am brilliant,

Of course I am brilliant, how could I not be... after all... ;-) ~Mum "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
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magics02

16 years 4 months ago

GREAT

You know you should send this one to a literary magazine Anna. This is wonderful. Nothing more to say Love Mona
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

We’ll see Mona. We’ll

We'll see Mona. We'll see. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Glad it rang clear as a bell. Love, Anna "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
Seren

Seren

16 years 4 months ago

X X X CONGRATES on spotlight

X X X CONGRATES on spotlight dear one X X X big smile I loved this one had to come back for another read lol love you Jayne-Chloe x x x
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

I’m not even going to

I'm not even going to look, every time I do, that 15 seconds is gone. And someone I know and love is there to take my place. ;-) ~A "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
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ziggy

16 years 4 months ago

hi

IT IS , hello there i was about to look at your page and found you here , good stuff , my fav line " it is desert temptation in its dream of separation " brill line really well worked out ,,,,,,,,,,ziggy
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

Only on the net can I seem

Only on the net can I seem to be more than one place at a time, Zigs... thank you for gracing my pages with your presence. ~A "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
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ziggy

16 years 4 months ago

hi

" ONLY ON THE NET can i seem to be more than one place at a time ." so so true i never looked at it that way , well said i wonder could a poem be written around that , interesting or not ? , lol ,,,,,,,,,ziggy
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

O my, Theo. You liked it

O my, Theo. You liked it THAT much? lol. Thank you all for reading. Love is a choice, and it is choiceless. ~Anna "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 4 months ago

This is the richly coloured brocade prayer mat

This is the richly coloured brocade prayer mat of this generation spread out by our Anna of the celestial thoughts. Anna in the rooms of our minds where love guides our steps throws us off balance and into the wondrous arms of love, where all engrossed in its magic mysterious powers we know that this is heaven's bliss, is what is, it is so wonderful, so majestically beautiful that this must be the reason we all exist, our meaning, our creed, our never ending participation in this most astounding thing called LIFE. Amen Anna Kailashana of the wings of the golden eagle on which rests the Bible, the Koran, the sayings of Buddha all great thought that man has created in honour of this world, its living beings, we bow to your goddess-like speech and are at one with your every utterance. Bar those who are not free. "amoung the stars." I knew here was something wrong with it AMONG? Or am I wrong?
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

A richly wowen intricate

A richly wowen intricate tapestry, this human story... this prayer rug. Thank you dear sister, you are eloquent and rich with the goodness of the Goddess. ~A "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
hugo la rosa

hugo la rosa

16 years 4 months ago

Dear Kailashana:

Amazingly true, and very well said! We are all the precious inhabitants of an still Universe, that beautiful serenity which doesn't need our belief or approval to be profound and eternal. What a difference does it make to be a willing, a conscious participant of this perennial miracle! Thank you very much for your words. Respectfully, Hugo
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

Indeed, Hugo. The Universe

Indeed, Hugo. The Universe is ever present should we want to sing its song of beauty. It has nothing but time to wait. ;-) With love, Anna "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
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RobertKnott

16 years 4 months ago

Love it!

Congrats on the spotlight! Worthy and well said. (strangely, must be on a similar wavelength, as i wrote one something along these same lines, last night and this morning.) xo! R
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

Perhaps flatulent minds

Perhaps flatulent minds think alike Robert? "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
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Orphani

16 years 4 months ago

You are the affirmation of

You are the affirmation of the eternal principle of love focusing and radiating inward and outward to find balance in all things. The beautiful song of the universe of which a few notes belong to the little we. I bow to the princess of words. we
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

A moment ago, when I looked

A moment ago, when I looked at you picture, you looked like you were going to break out in laughter... was I wrong? Or were you going to shed my tears? we "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
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Orphani

16 years 4 months ago

“Unwritten”I am

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD LYRICS "Unwritten" I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned Staring at the blank page before you Open up the dirty window Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find Reaching for something in the distance So close you can almost taste it Release your inhibitions Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten we
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jloQ6xsx3bE Thank you darling, reminds me of one of my first poems... which I love. It Is So Written: 2005 You take my Soul you dip me in Magellan Blue with utmost care for you have found my hiding place behind an ancient timepiece shamed into abeyance where shadows reach not. Now you ring me out with both your hands, strong and chiseled I feel your purpose You have made me ready Now you write, this fine perfect Writing tool I am my feet a feather tip, I am the swirl of your letters, the crosses of your words, Oh, what writing we write! And now the parchment yellows it crumbles in your hands it blows away in your exhale Return me gently to my hiding place. You have used me well. "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
SR

Stuart Reiss

16 years 4 months ago

We are all One in the end

What a deep understanding of what IS you have dear ~A I think that whoever created you would be most proud... Best regards Stu
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

You look like

You look like Lao-Tzu. ;-) ~A "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
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Rolwright

16 years 4 months ago

Wow

Great one That was so gripping to someone slipping missing fizzling... Thanks
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

My first friend at Neopoet.

My first friend at Neopoet. Thank you for coming back and reading. I worry about you, you know. Be well sweet Rolwright. ~A "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine