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Grace Got Confused
One maddening drop, then another. You pour wine like that for us now. Remember when you poured full light, all at once, a whole day? You...
davidsmith208
Jan 13, 20181 min read
Zen, tea, one taste
How Tea became the symbol of enlightenment. The great Zen master Zhaozhou (Joshu)’s advice to seekers of the Way was “Go drink tea.”...
davidsmith208
Jan 13, 20182 min read
Gigantic Gaps
David Smith Poem: Gigantic gaps All systems fail Without gigantic gaps The anxiety ridden mind Needs gigantic gaps. Efficiency obsessed...
davidsmith208
Jan 12, 20181 min read
Now sixty-two
Breaking Loose A Rumi Poem Page 304 BREAKING LOOSE I have broken out again, escaped from the tricky, wiry shamans of ecstasy. Running...
davidsmith208
Jan 9, 20181 min read
Beatrice
a woman showed herself to me; above a white veil, she was crowned with olive boughs; her cape was green; her dress beneath, flame—red....
davidsmith208
Jan 9, 20181 min read
In one of my poems I say my car is me.
Lately perhaps my phone is me. It has been lately telling me what my New Year Resolutions are and what to do. My car is me I am stripped...
davidsmith208
Jan 6, 20181 min read
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation by Nyanaponika Thera
Is considered by Jon Kabat-Zinn as “the book that started it all” Although written in 1954 it seems a current book as almost everything...
davidsmith208
Jan 6, 20181 min read
Fire and Fury
John Climacus in The Ladder of Divine Ascent in step three: On Exile - we are supposed to be exiled from the world. He says: To...
David Smith
Jan 5, 20181 min read
The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John Climacus
Step 1: A bold and eager soul will be spurred on by the memory of its first zeal and new wings can thus be obtained. p. 76 Who, then is...
David Smith
Jan 4, 20181 min read
Whiteness
388 Take your Heaven further on— This—to Heaven divine Has gone— Had You earlier blundered in Possibly, e'en You had seen An...
David Smith
Jan 4, 20181 min read
Remembering 2017
Summarizing 2017: Hariclia had her art show on Orchard street. Taylor took a vacation to Cuba. Taylor changed jobs from Cofco to DWS -...
davidsmith208
Jan 3, 20181 min read
Kirpal is like the body of the cake, Darshan is the icing, while Rajinder is the candles
Kirpal Singh’s writings are like the holy scriptures in English, which makes the cake, while Darshan Singh’s poetry adds the elegance of...
davidsmith208
Dec 30, 20171 min read
Madness for Liszt
That is a list of classics of western spirituality: The complete list: Classics Titles Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to...
davidsmith208
Dec 27, 20176 min read
Christmas Past
Alice with a sweet dog named Devil
davidsmith208
Dec 25, 20171 min read
Bach for Christmas
I celebrate the holidays by staying in bed and listening to Bach Wkcr 89.9 Columbia
davidsmith208
Dec 25, 20171 min read
Zen Santa
Zen Santa says forget about the past and forget about the future and also forget about the presents. Layman Pangyun (740-808) was the...
davidsmith208
Dec 25, 20171 min read
I would like to be the arucula
I used to say I would like to be the arucula. That’s how much I like a rucola. Alternatively, I also say I want to turn green. What I...
davidsmith208
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Good Friday
The fearless girl bronze sculpture that is standing defiantly in front of the Wall Street Charging Bull strikes me as perhaps too...
davidsmith208
Dec 23, 20171 min read
My Winterreisse this Year
My winter journey or winter vacation this year is to explore the 51 states of the mind of Chopin as in his 51 Mazurkas on youtube Poland...
davidsmith208
Dec 21, 20171 min read
Beach Poem
One of my poems: Beach Poem july 18 The sea was calm as could be For as far as I could see So in I did dive And swam to the count of...
davidsmith208
Dec 20, 20171 min read
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