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Seeking Where We Are
The soul withholds nothing
while most our lives
we withhold nearly all,
and the pleasures
that we seek are there,
even at our fingertips
and only for the reaching.
In our silken beds,
the warm and soothing
tufts of rarest touch,
our rich embrace
of spirit fine and true
complains not
a single moment
and lacks only
our being open to it.
What native ritual
do we soft relent
that keeps us
from our nature's best?
What filament of fear exists
that keeps us
from our daily rest?
What will it finally take
to beset our misgivings
and lay our heads
within the sheath
of being who we are,
at home within
the nature
of all being?
while most our lives
we withhold nearly all,
and the pleasures
that we seek are there,
even at our fingertips
and only for the reaching.
In our silken beds,
the warm and soothing
tufts of rarest touch,
our rich embrace
of spirit fine and true
complains not
a single moment
and lacks only
our being open to it.
What native ritual
do we soft relent
that keeps us
from our nature's best?
What filament of fear exists
that keeps us
from our daily rest?
What will it finally take
to beset our misgivings
and lay our heads
within the sheath
of being who we are,
at home within
the nature
of all being?
Published 9th Dec 2014
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11th Dec 2014 7:12am
I enjoyed the way you start with declarative statements but then probe with questions.
Really enjoyed these stanzas:
"What native ritual
do we soft relent
that keeps us
from our nature's best?
What filament of fear exists
that keeps us
from our daily rest? "
Really enjoyed these stanzas:
"What native ritual
do we soft relent
that keeps us
from our nature's best?
What filament of fear exists
that keeps us
from our daily rest? "
Anonymous
15th Dec 2014 7:42pm
this makes me...
contemplative.
which controls us? the soul? or our brain?
which should it be?
contemplative.
which controls us? the soul? or our brain?
which should it be?
15th Dec 2014 9:50pm
The subtextual message is that intellextualized feelings, faux emotions, are created, like brand loyalty, and are addictive states of consciousness. Our intimate selves are emotionally based. There is a very real reason to work on this differentiation. We use intellectual feelings to rationalize our behaviors, by bypassing our real emotions. This puts us at odds with ourselves and suppresses our ability to respond intimately.
Anonymous
17th Dec 2014 8:27pm
this is an interesting thought process. one that i had never really thought about. though, the more i read it, the more it makes sense.
18th Dec 2014 3:02am
There are several markers that we can use to sub-divide emotions from feelings. Feelings are subject to humiliation. Emotions are subject to humility.
Feelings are reactive. Emotions are responsive.
When we reframe our affective arena this way, we find ourselves as our authentic selves, emotional, or affectacious and living a pretense, performing only.
Feelings are reactive. Emotions are responsive.
When we reframe our affective arena this way, we find ourselves as our authentic selves, emotional, or affectacious and living a pretense, performing only.
