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Rumi~ Poet of the Heart

Posted on Jul 31st, 2009 by hrtScholar

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from... More »

Wage peace with your breath

Posted on May 12th, 2009 by hrtScholar

Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of redwing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children and freshly mown fields. Breathe in confusion and... More »

imagine when the heart of the Sun goes supernova

Posted on Apr 19th, 2009 by hrtScholar

the Sun incandescent sphere permanent explosion its core pouring itself out for us source   to a hamlet of planets asteroids and comets human trajectory unfolds in this orbit between wandering stars and the invincible Sun... More »

only Breath...

Posted on Oct 8th, 2008 by hrtScholar

"We are all Related - We Interare..." thich nhat hanh

Posted on Jul 6th, 2008 by hrtScholar

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/thichnhathanh/ Walking Meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh by Tess Gallagher Fifty of us follow him loosely up the mountain at Deer Park Monastery. We are in the slow motion of a dream lifting off the... More »

"I am in the heart of God..."

Posted on Jun 27th, 2008 by hrtScholar

On Love When love beckons to you, follow him,  Though his ways are hard and steep,  And when his wings enfold you yield to him,  Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. ... More »

Peace in Every Step...Thich Nhat Hanh

Posted on Jun 13th, 2008 by hrtScholar

"Becoming a Buddha is not difficult because "Buddha" means  someone who is enlightened, who is capable of loving and forgiving" When I first saw Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, I was confronted with a harrowing... More »

kinds of Love...

Posted on May 19th, 2008 by hrtScholar

near the  birch  bark river trail i remember  you  clasping my hands   and energy   flying from my     core.   light encircled our sacred  treehouse,   In the  companionship of a   generous August moon.   this trust, this love, this joy ... More »

only Breath...

Posted on Apr 28th, 2008 by hrtScholar

in the forest of your Soul..

Posted on Apr 16th, 2008 by hrtScholar

may the earth bless you   in the forest of your   soul...        may you anchor in the green of  interconnectedness and gratefully acknowledge,          you are never       alone   ... More »