brave new world*

You must always be honest even when it hurts as not doing so is just you lying to yourself and souls don't do well that way...

Enjoyed...

Exactly...
no matter the cost.

Awe inspiring. Words related to me *Life is succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood* Helen Keller

The heart is no timorous wee beastie... it's the head that scares easy.

'conquered edicts in my head
now I cannot think...'

Nicely done!

She is a Dragon unto her realm;
a force to be reckoned with when
awakened from her sleep.

Thank you.

Lady Liberty in the form of a poem;

'send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'

how perfectly stated, John.

between what I believe
and what I think
there lies I...

just me and all those
little lies...

My father always said that Truth
lived between two sides, two stories,
and walked always in the middle.

No wonder my throat hurts today. :)

Sage one our heart is a tricky bit of business making trouble for our mind..

I know you will prevail with the right choices in this civil war..

you are a very gifted and wise lady..

love Brenda

I'm actually reading "Brave New World" right now--very modern thought process for it's time period

This makes me want to reread BNW.

"so my heart brought home
all survivors of this war
refugees of doubt;"

-- grips me in all the right ways. Excellent.

Woman you!.. .  
 
again, I know, I was  
just in the confessional  
box of  another poet  
 
and then .. here come  
you, my soul felt you  
come with force that  
can't be blott'd.  
 
I love this and you,  
 
must let this wisdom'ness  
absorb deeply inside my  
circumferences and further.  
 
You wear beauty so well.  
 

Thank you for this thrice darling
-Howlings

another Ahavati super-hit........eXcellente

Loving the whole piece especially
---> "and if I’m honest  
because it’s what matters most  
thoughts can destroy Trust;"

When you really look at it and if you are truly honest our thoughts really does destroy trust... Sometimes we can live in our head so much which can be a blessing and a curse at times... Sometimes we need to just follow our gut and what it tells us, where it leads us and then sometimes we can also follow our heart... But the head at times can cause us so much anxiety because it sees threats where there really is none and it tries to connect patterns to which there may be none because one has nothing to do with the other... Oh when the heart and head clash what a war that can be.... Digging this piece... Nice.

~BSavvy

fear is the mind killer - it steals the oxygen of truth

"Refugee of doubt" - once trust has gone it is hard to know your home

that the victims of our ignorance and selfishness may find refuge is true comfort sister

I am learning as I study Buddhism how unexamined thought is the enemy of peace. Enjoyed this.

Unexamined thought? I would've thought it would be the examined one that would weave confusion, and the unexamined would simply pass before our minds as boxcars on a train.

Good point. Perhaps the unexamined emotion or impulse then. That which we do not face has power over us.

That is truth. What we avoid does follow
us until we learn to accept and walk through it.

powerfully penned about when the dam of emotions break and drown logic, reminding us we human, funny because they also talk of deities revealing emotions also, always a pleasure digest you Vati...

Honesty is Truth and therefore cannot be destroyed.
Versions of the 'truth' are untrue thoughts.; therefore,
Trust can be destroyed by such belief in untruth.

"chin chin"

This poem is amazing! It reminds me of how the limbic system has a tendency to override the prefrontal cortex and cause irrational havoc, over heartbreak.

Amazing response. Thank you.

Such a beautiful piece.

"and if I’m honest  
because it’s what matters most  
thoughts can destroy Trust; "

Words of truth.

Very profound ink 💓

Thank you so much.

Heart and mine are forever at war
for what is logical isn't
the same as what is needful
and Truth is as personal
as spiritually

We love without thought
like we hunger without thought
knowing only the truth of the need

Lovely piece Ahavati

I'm very captivated by this poem.

The heart wants what the heart wants; it defies and displaces rational thinking, but it takes no prisoners - there is no chess match involved as it is a brute force occupation. Logic and Fear allied would declare Heart and Honesty as enemies of the state if they could.

❤📝