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Sacred Beliefs

Ahavati
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Poetry Contest

Get your Hoodoo on

I want to know about your system of belief, what it is you adhere to, be it religion, spirituality, atheism, agnosticism, witchcraft, voodoo, hoodoo, or even nihilism. This is your chance to educate us here at DU about your sacred system of belief.

Yes; sacred. Because regardless of what you believe, your path is your experience, and all experience is sacred to knowledge and growth.

I look forward to reading and educating myself in regards to your personal truths and the path you tread.

A few rules because DU:

New entries only

No erotic entries

Two entries per DU profile

No dissing anyone's beliefs. This is about YOU.

All forms acceptable ( visual, spoken word, and song included )

I don't want to cap a length on your personal beliefs; however, I also don't want a manifesto. So, let's say around 300 words max.

Any style: poetic, prose, song lyrics, whatnot.


I think that's it. Feel free to ask for clarification.


Numer90
Numer0-un0
Thought Provoker
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Afterlife  

Only now am asking my Lord  
to make me steadfast in His religion..    
Now that am possessed  
But still not yet invade..    
I can't find my aid
Covered in a cob web..  

   
What's wrong with my brain?    
So much pain in my head..    
Pool of my own blood  
Soaked in a drill hole..    
I must have gone sane .. or is this insane?..    
What's up with my change?
I might have exchanged..    
What's this am feeling?    
How can I engage?
How far can I live?   
I need not an answer   
I don't need a back up..    

   
If so am living    
Still on the sidewalk   
Submitting my homework..    

   
Voices from far away..    
People so nearly..    
No one will stare at me..    
Pretending not to see me..    
Am not understanding..    
This might be the hard way..    
Some got the soft way..    
   
It is stated that I know Marie Claire..    
Also reported that I know Fowler Sia..    
I am not a foreseer..    
   
I don't know Mary Claire..    
I only know the name Fowler Sia..  
I might not sound very clear..    
This is me reporting from the afterlife..    
I can only hear the sound of a baby yelling Mama mia mia
..
Written by Numer90 (Numer0-un0)
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Ahavati
Tyrant of Words
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Thank you for kicking this off, Numer90 and RiAN.

javalini
Fire of Insight
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CLUELESS

kindness  
is my guiding light  
my blessing  
and my holy fight  
and all the gods  
can have their time  
dispensing hope  
in hearts and minds  
because we're lonely  
out in space  
trapped inside this scary place  
where mayhem  
always takes the reins  
and lovers leave  
and sickness pains  

and i can't guess  
what all awaits  
when my body  
meets it fate --  
something?  
nothing?  
either way  
i know I just  
don't have a say  
 
so, yes,  
i take the time to pray  
and feel the light  
and bless the day  
but i don't know  
who hears those prayers  
and life has taught me  
not to dare  
to guess at things  
i cannot see  
 
still,  
my faith  
has set me free  
 
and angels  
real or make believe  
dispense their gifts  
to clueless me
Written by javalini
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Ahavati
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Thank you, Jav. Enjoyed the unique perspective on this.

JohnnyBlaze
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[ Sacred Beliefs ] Meeting Bare Minimum Requirements

   
Getting lost for what    
seems to be lifetimes    
gone by in blinking of eyes    
     
or in reverie's momentary flash    
     
dance begun and ended    
without any particular partner    
     
is how we navigate our way    
around a pole positioned existence    
without border walls, limitations    
or stage drop-off    
     
Now, to lace such free-form    
verse in fancier phrase when already    
uncomplicated in its briefness    
is often a disservice    
     
although a million other    
well proportioned metaphors    
could give the aforementioned    
bare skinned figuring    
your money's worth of      
entertainment with a heaping    
handful helping of unmentionedables    
     
Poetry often is pretty words    
stringing you along until the song    
ends leaving you with no meaning      
deeper than mere pocket space    
empty of any single    
self aware expansion    
     
while a no-frilled embodiment    
provided by the scant covering      
of simple basics can offer    
a Universe of thrilling fulfillment    
     
   
Written by JohnnyBlaze
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Ahavati
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Thank you, Johnny, for your entry. Enjoyed the simple impact of this. xo

JohnnyBlaze
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Ahavati said:Thank you, Johnny, for your entry. Enjoyed the simple impact of this. xo

That's me in a nutshell - simple.

And coincidentally, a nut.

xo

runaway-mindtrain
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The temple of the mind

 
i
Our structured manifestation
Here first letter revelation
Such bears no sound,

A zero point all-expansion
Silent carrier of vibration
Purporting unbound,

ii
Atziluth wand of a King Yod Tejas noble
Yetzirah cup of a Queen He' Vayu to fly
Briah sword of a Knight Vau Apas global
Assiah coin of a Knave He' Prithivi abide,

iii
Material fruits among astral leaves
Falling from the archetypal stems
Formed from all spirited seeds,

iv
One fundamental point--in kind
Crosses each octave line--rhyme,

Across every fifth surface--mind
Into hither fourth volume--shine,

v
1/1 Kether in a supernal fire uni born
2/1 Tiferith as an ethical air dual reform
3/1 Yesod into an astral water triform
4/1 Malkuth each material earth reborn,

vi
The natural is but the dense aspect of the spiritual...
Written by runaway-mindtrain
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Ahavati
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Thank you, Runawaymindtrain and RiAN, for your respective entries.

anna_grin
ANNAN
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aw damn already entered tallens comp. this is a real challenge to put into words u kno , if i come up with anything in time will offer it

Ahavati
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anna_grin said:aw damn already entered tallens comp. this is a real challenge to put into words u kno , if i come up with anything in time will offer it

No worries, anna. Tallen created his ( almost a week ) after I did this one. Not sure why, as they're basically the same thing. Can only assume he didn't see this one.

Tallen
earth_empath
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Ahavati said:

No worries, anna. Tallen created his ( almost a week ) after I did this one. Not sure why, as they're basically the same thing. Can only assume he didn't see this one.


apologize as i only see this comp today  
& yeah, probably wouldn't have created mine  

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