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Indeed, Rose. 🌹 Thank you.

Wow.

"piss poor curse" has such an eloquence to it.

Truth from beginning to end.

Love is the best curse of all.

❤📝

Right?  Perfect alliteration and consonance!

And, yes, truth that should comfort the faithful in love and wake up the hatefully strife.

I curse them with Love daily through prayer, thus do I receive it in return. ❤🙏

💜💋

Amen.

Ramsesse II?

You all good now, Dizzzzzzy?

Excellent. Very prophetic, I feel.  About a year ago, I began to feel a very strong conviction to control how I speak to others when extremely angry or provoked.  

Thank you, Lozzamus.  Everyone would be much happier if they would redirect negativity  toward Love.  It might take a while to clear the negative energy they've been emitting for years ( or even a lifetime ), but in maintaining the vibration, Love would break through as the karma they've sown.  

The final battlefield is not each other, but our own thoughts.  Nice to see you get that.

So true, but difficult.   I'm dealing with some pretty challenging situations and people.

Hope you are well.

I am very well, Lozzamus. I get frustrated at times when I see situations and circumstances that can be so easily avoided by those who keep repeating negative patterns.

But we all learn in our own time.  

Believing you'll overcome your challenges.

Amen, Sister.

Ramesses II didn’t learn, and neither did many others... and /still/ the lessons go unheeded.

Sage words.

what is a ramseses II?

He is known as the (Egyptian) pharaoh of the Exodus.

Google his name and read about him (to begin with) in Wikipedia.  This will offer you a wide scope about him.

ok...

They'll learn one way or another, Jadey.  In this lifetime or some future one.

Thank you ❤

❤️

Wow such great opening words pure adage.....
Great write

Thank you, PoT.

"what you have chosen to sow              
 is returning only unto you"
... I always find this a mixture of scary + salutary +  empowering; but ultimately it means we can do something about how we experience our lives - albeit challenging. As universal truth, we better get used to it  :))

Thank you, Josh. It's a vibrational frequency a person emits that the Universe responds to.  When you emanate hatred or curse others, it only returns to you.   It's an unavoidable fact.  Same with love and blessings.  What we experience here is sourced from our drafted blueprints to learn contrast, thus preordained; or, a result of our own vibration.  Both are results of personal choice and thought.

That it is, Tim. That it is.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

What goes around comes around, be it love, hate, jealousy, trust... faith. <3

Well said as you always do, dear Ahavati.

Yes, indeed.  Thank you, Kathy. ❤

Next idea for a poem.

For my "piss-poor" seems to stand out as run of the mill and (apart from the alliteration) not particularly poetic.\

I like (apart from the aforementioned piss-poor) the alliteration throughout", and particularly healthy hearth, born ... broken.  Having said that, and read those lines again, I am no longer sure whether  "born ... broken" refers to the barren discontent or the wasteland (perhaps you intent the ambiguity, or perhaps I am reading it incorrectly.)

"vast" does not seem like it adds much to "wasteland", other than its size.  I feel that a more potent word than vast could be used here, perhaps to give a "feeling" of the wasteland (other than its size, which doesn't really add interest), especially when the next line "born of broken unions" hints at the type of wasteland.  "Vast" seems weak.

The final two lines to my novice ear sound better as:
what you choose to sow              
returns only to you      

(thereby covering past and future sowings).  "unto" felt clumsy with the additional syllable over "to"

Thank you, as always, for your honest thoughts.    
 
For my "piss-poor" seems to stand out as run of the mill and (apart from the alliteration) not particularly poetic.  
   
Exactly.  A curse is anything but poetic. It's cast by someone toward another for purposes of negatively manipulating the recipient's life mostly from spiteful vindictiveness and/or jealousy.   It is piss-poor. And I definitely wanted that to be portrayed.    
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I like (apart from the aforementioned piss-poor) the alliteration throughout", and particularly healthy hearth, born ... broken.  Having said that, and read those lines again, I am no longer sure whether  "born ... broken" refers to the barren discontent or the wasteland (perhaps you intent the ambiguity, or perhaps I am reading it incorrectly.)    
   
I did most definitely intend ambiguity so that each reader could interpret per their personal filter.    
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"vast" does not seem like it adds much to "wasteland", other than its size.  I feel that a more potent word than vast could be used here, perhaps to give a "feeling" of the wasteland (other than its size, which doesn't really add interest), especially when the next line "born of broken unions" hints at the type of wasteland.  "Vast" seems weak.    
   
I could substitute immense ( or some alternate adjective ) for vast; however, I definitely wanted to convey a vast repetition of pattern in regards to broken unions.    
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The final two lines to my novice ear sound better as:    
what you choose to sow       
returns only to you     
   
(thereby covering past and future sowings).  "unto" felt clumsy with the additional syllable over "to"  
   
I'll consider that one.    
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Thank you again for your honest thoughts.  

Hello Ahavati,
Thank you for your comments on my comments.  

I understand now why you chose to specifically use “piss-poor”.  Nice one!

SeaCat

Thank you for your suggestions, SeaCat.  I did edit the ending per your observations and am still contemplating a few more.

I just noticed that my original comment opened with "next idea ..." when I meant to type "Neat idea ..."

LOL! I wondered. . .

Sometimes

i wish i could be so 'believing'.....but just sometimes.

I leave that  niche to you. You're more than good at it, for sure.

I'll believe enough for both of us, Danny. ❤

I wouldn't want you to take on that burden, love.

Already done, DaDa!

BOOM!...

...erang.

You've hit the nail squarely on the head, Ahavati.

That's a Godly principle, not of revenge but of just recompense.
Christ loved us unto death and silenced death in His resurrection.  The rest is our choice.  And our choice brings our just reward, whether the pursuit of evil unto eternal death or good unto eternal life.

Sincerely

cab

Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord. I will repay. But, if you wanna take matters into your own hands, by all means, let me get out of the way.

What a mess we make of things when we seek revenge for something that we brought on ourselves, but refuse to face or accept.

Thank you, Cabcool.  Much appreciated.

I like where your heart is on this one, we are thinking alike?
Galatians 6:7  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Exactly, TIG.

The Universe is fair - it gives you what you give it.

Thank you.

while i firmly believe in karma within the confines of my practice of witchcraft  
i do not believe in the Universal law of a universe  
 Where chaos and uniformity exists how can an absolute law exists??  
 
For me,  
it's the law of reciprocal and time.  Eventually our adverse actions will seemingly cause negative shit to happen and this is the karma.  
 
I personally, do not wish harm to another but  
WHO AM i TO counter the universe and its rippling effects?   ;)

Hi, Tallen

I know and respect several witches personally, and even did a series on them.  The ones I associate with are white - they do no harm nor curse anyone. They do good through alchemy and light.  They attempt to help people overcome the history of family curses - they certainly don't add to them.  

Chaos and uniformity exist in contrast of each other perfectly.  The Universe is fair - it will return to you what you give it - no more or less.  

The only ripples we put forth are from ourselves - and that rippling energy of thought connects with like-minded energies of thought, be it light or dark. The emitted vibration attracts the same.  It's very simple to me - alter negative thoughts as soon as you recognize them.  

Channel them into love, particularly for those who perceive you as their enemy vs teacher.  YOU ARE EVERYONE to counter negative thoughts with positive love.  Send those ripples right back to their source!

Dear Ahavati,
I appreciate the genuine message in this profound write. The idea the love and kindness are mightier than ignoble acts of the mean-spirited is artfully presented.

I love these lines together:
protected are us who believe...                      
 in the fortress of light and joy              
 over dark control  

Inasmuch, may I suggest that line 5 is not necessary as I feel in line 1 "enemies" could be inferred.

I sincerely enjoyed this poem as  I believe we are blessed when we practice forgiveness instead of wishing ill will.

Thank you, Mel. I appreciate your honest thoughts and am happy to see you back. xo

Hi, mel44

I think I'm meeting you for the first time.  Let's call it a great encounter.

Regarding line 5:
May I suggest that when we speak of enemies it should not so much be that we have enmity toward anyone.   Rather, there may be those who CONSIDER THEMSELVES our enemies by the way they regard and treat us.  They might cultivate us as enemies but we certainly do NOT nurture enmity or cultivate enemies.

Oft, when I pray, I ask the Lord to give me the wisdom to reach out to those who consider themselves my enemies -- not to those who are MY enemies.

Sincerely

cab

Exactly, Cabcool.  

Every morning I pray for those who perceive me to be their enemy vs teacher ( something I have to remind myself of to alter any thought that someone else is my enemy ).  It is a truth that some of our worst encounters are our greatest teachers. Even those who cause us deliberate malice.  

Sometimes the lesson is to overcome and sometimes it's to let go, the latter being the most difficult lesson to learn, in my humble opinion.  

I extend gratitude that they discover their purpose, and from that purpose arise goals which spark joy.  Someone who knows their purpose, is focused on their goals, and experiences joy has no time to stalk and/or deliberately cause malice to others.  They are too happy. And if the only way I can assist in that is prayer, then prayer and gratitude it is.  

Daily.  

I enjoyed your words, Cabcool. They are of Love.

beautiful .

Thank you, Eddie. Much appreciated.

Wowzers!! Avahati.......this is beyond the word powerful.......outstanding lines all the way thru.......I’m lost for words......purple luv & hugs xo :)

Thank you, Flowergirl!  Always so happy to see you back! xo :-)

Such a powerful and poignant write A...do unto others as you would do unto yourself.
Cheers...Harry

Thank you, my friend.  So appreciated.

wordless Ahavati dear Wise One! its sharply digging in in its no-wasted- the arrowed angularities. the  return to the source is impendingly imminent, still blindfolded are those deathly marches in hunting spree..

defining verses...am linking in all the Kaliyug apocalyptical age,  the karmic & dharmic governing summation of a so- existence of a lifeform...n more it evokes.  

juzt me. well-penned & the cosmic law it is . x

Thank you, my Dear friend. Much appreciated ( and for the RL Honor as well ).  

in the fortress of light and joy                
 over dark control                

This brings a very vivid to mind of home. A home with all the lights on, and when it is so cold, the moment you step through the door you instantly warm up and forget about everything else.  Thank you.

Blessings, Silence

Thank you, Silence. And for the RL Honor. I do love those moments, or feelings of coming home.