Episode One Hundred Fourteen, Hafiz
When I began these posts from The Gift in March of 2022, it never crossed my mind to do research on Hafiz or Daniel Ladinsky. I did not...
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Apr 3, 20233 min read
Episode One Hundred Thirteen, Counting Moles
Intimacy means different things as we journey through our lives. There is a taboo about discussing this as a person grows up and ages and...
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Mar 30, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred Twelve, Now Is The Time
Living in a state of grace. What does that even mean? There are certain aspects of being a human that require our having a certain...
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Mar 27, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred Eleven, Faithful Lover
This poem makes me think about the masculine and the feminine within all human lives and how it involves relationship and devotion. The...
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Mar 23, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred Ten, I Hope You Don't Sue This Old Man
From Wikipedia: Syrinx was a beautiful wood nymph who had many times attracted the attention of satyrs, and fled their advances in turn....
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Mar 20, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred Nine, The Clay Bowl's Destiny
It seems hard to imagine, given how we raise our young with such protection from any displeasure, that we would find it to be a necessary...
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Mar 16, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred Eight, Out of God's Hat
That which is of nature shall not be denied. Much of what is natural in humanity is deemed unsanctified, if not abominated, bastardized...
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Mar 13, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred Seven, The Heart is Right
Most people think of grief as a heavy hitter of an emotion that only overtakes us when we have lost a loved one. The truth is we...
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Mar 10, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred and Six, The Fish and I Will Chat
There is a natural law of abundance that exists energetically. It comes from the planet earth who is, contrary to most existing belief...
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Mar 7, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred and Five, An Old Musician
This poem reminded me of something. Sometimes we are shocked into remembering things and we recall that we failed to define them...
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Mar 3, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred and Four, Elephant Wondering
Is the universe capricious? How vulnerable are we? These are the questions this poem inspires me to wonder about. We are anxious when in...
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Feb 28, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred and Three, Too Wonderful
I do not have the disciplinary nature required to be an artist. I'm too much a traveler of airy dynamics and a devoted commissioner of...
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Feb 24, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred Two, That Lamp That Needs No Oil
I read this poem and it makes me wonder why we even try so hard to understand ourselves and the world when we know all along what we seek...
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Feb 21, 20232 min read
Episode One Hundred One, A Still Cup
What is reasonable to expect if we cultivate in ourselves constant unrest and fatigue? How does a qualitative life engage and dance with...
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Feb 17, 20234 min read
Episode One Hundred, Burglars Hear Watchdogs
If there is nowhere safe, how do we live with the terror of the sense of being annihilated at any moment? When we have been taught safety...
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Feb 14, 20232 min read
Episode Ninety Nine, Who Will Feed My Cat?
I confess. I've never considered myself good at riddles and this poem reads like one to me. I have pondered what Hafiz may have been...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
Episode Ninety Eight, This Talking Rag
Some days are better than others. All days have their gifts yet some gifts that are ours one minute suddenly go. They disappear without...
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
Episode Ninety Seven, When You Can Endure
The truth begins at the edges of the known... or so suggests Hafiz in this poem. Taking things to the limit of our comprehension is where...
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Feb 3, 20231 min read
Episode Ninety Six, This Union
This poem suggests an invitation to bring experiences in life to the Divine Whole of consciousness. It is what we do whether conscious or...
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Jan 31, 20232 min read
Episode Ninety Five, Tiny Gods
Nothing seems to bring out the panicking, reductive inclination of humanity like needing to make a change. Hafiz warns in this poem to...
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