Paint Thinner

Paint Thinner

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I have become
a caricature
of myself.

I splash paint at the mirror before me,
trying to match its beauty.

I am a dove
gathering fallen feathers on the moss,
trying to fashion wings.

I am a fish wearing swim trunks.

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Opening talk from "Transformative Ecstacy: a night of kirtan exploring the inner essence of the devotional mood." This event was recorded live, and the audio, including the talk and chants, will be available for free download in a few weeks. Next weekend I'll be with @kripa.kirtan and we'll be joined by the fabulous @lilycushman108 for two nights of kirtan in the San Fran Bay. On Friday we'll be at San Quentin State Prison, and then Saturday we'll have a public kirtan at 4th Street Yoga in Berkeley. I have been learning to sing the Hanuman Chalisa in English thanks to the influence of @vasuji108 It is a work in progress, but I have been finding new avenues for devotional expression within it. I have been singing it daily, waiting to see how it wants to take shape. It will be a while before it's ready to be shared, but for now here is a little clip of the Doha at the end. . . . . . . . . . #hanumanchalisa #hanumanji “When by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into one, you will find Her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart.” ~ (from: 'Mother of Bliss: Ānandamayī Mā') ~ "Regular prayer purifies the mind and the heart...Prayer never goes in vain. So long as no response is received, prayer must be continued. Repetition of His Name makes everything possible." ~ "Perform all work as God's service. Since you seek ownership of the garden, you feel unhappy. Be the gardener instead of trying to be the owner, and then you will feel happy." ~ (from: http://shreeshreeanandamayeesangha.org/matri-vani.html) ~ "Either melt by devotion the sense of separateness, or burn it by Knowledge - for what is it that melts or burns? Only that which by its nature can be melted or burnt; namely the idea that something other than your Self exists. What will happen then? You come to know your Self." ~ "When established in Pure Being, one does not stray from it anymore. However, before one’s status has ripened to perfect maturity, one may have occasional lapses; but what has once been realized will, as it were, draw one back to itself." ~ "Gradually, slowly, because you are rapt in the contemplation of your Beloved, He becomes revealed to you in every one of them; not even a grain of sand is excluded. You realise that water, earth, plants, animals,’ birds, human beings, are nothing but forms of your Beloved." ~ (from: http://www.anandamayi.org/books/atmnda.html)
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