Category Archives: Collected

“The treatment of love”

The treatment of love— So immature Is a cultural disease For which society Has no cure.

found in 10 to 17 February Afternoons, Collected |

Communication

There were those we could not Communicate with then. There are those that still Cannot be reached, Yet some with which We are together For their knowledge That Communication transcends death.

found in 10 to 17 February Afternoons, Collected |

Today – Tomorrow

Today Can I totally relate My inner feelings And experiences To You? I think not, But I must try. . . .

found in 10 to 17 February Afternoons, Collected |

The One

The dust and ashes Of fear and freud Have been laid to rest With fame and fortune From a common grave The ashes of time And dust of Being Will assemble to Birth The ONE

found in Collected, The One |

Birthing III

We have returned to the crossroads Only to find all signs point Home Again the choice is ours to make Of hoping the Child is stillborn Further delaying our journey As we spin faster and faster On the merry-go-round of … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

Birthing II

With each new contraction chaos Further shakes a society Overpopulated with fear And addicted to the image Of a glorious history Seen as manifest destiny Unwilling to wake from this dream Some attempt to halt the coming Of something beyond … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

Birthing I

The soul seed of Humanity Has sprouted reaching for the Light Carrying with it the promised Transitional shift into The OctoVibrational Field

found in Collected, The One |

Immaculate Conception V

As motion finally finds rest The Golden Spheres of Liquid Light Begin weaving a chrysalis To encase the Child and its host In a protective envelope Creating an environment For the expanding Consciousness To attain OctoAwareness Being in perfect Harmony … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

Immaculate Conception IV

The Light generated within Travels up the shining pathway Meeting the descending Light Waves Exploding near the Heart Center Firing the Cross of Creation Sending light through arms out fingers To enhance the transformation Of all life forms on planet … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

Immaculate Conception III

Undivided Unconditioned Incorruptible Light pulses Through a possible Future Age Into the timelessness of Now To nourish the Child and its host As they both rapidly mature Through transformational stages To ultimately coexist In the Oneness of Cosmic Man

found in Collected, The One |

Immaculate Conception II

Back and forth the pendulum swings Keeping time and in harmony With the Universal Heartbeat

found in Collected, The One |

Immaculate Conception I

The Idea of Cosmic Man Carried within each soul at birth Constantly reminds Consciousness Of its duty to generate Sufficient luminosity To invite the Holy Spirit For partnering in conceiving The Celestial Embryo

found in Collected, The One |

A Reminder

While watching for signs that confirm The birthing process has begun Those who chose to return again For personal transformation Soon remember their commitment To not only be a witness During the coming transition But also to be of assistance … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

Borning Prayer

Mother-Father Blessed Universal Presence Residing in the Eternal Now Let your Presence be Known Within this physical vehicle Purifying and aligning The seven energy centers In each and every one of its bodies Lighting the Vertical Pathway Firing the Cross … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

A Map

I AM the Eighth Energetic Located at the nexus point Within the Cross of Creation Now ready for You to Open Find it Know it and Realize The One You are Destined to Be

found in Collected, The One |

A Dream

I am with Child I sense its presence I feel its movement I know its thoughts Finally I understand The Cosmic Child is within me Restlessly waiting to be Birthed Into the Light of a New Day

found in Collected, The One |

From the Center of Being II

When the inner Voice of Conscience Began questioning Man’s actions It redirected his attention To the dimensionless center Of his expanding consciousness

found in Collected, The One |

From the Center of Being I

Centering each and every thing From winging bird or grain of sand To the largest galactic sun Is an invisible point of Light Connecting and communicating With every other point of Light Throughout the entire universe

found in Collected, The One |

The Rebirth of Time

Time dissolves When Knowing PresentFuturePast And Breathing Inside the moment Now Becoming Here There Simultaneously Everywhere

found in Collected, The One |

The Fire of Desire

When finally in possession Of the Fire and intense Desire To Know who and what you are And have Forever been Then your innermost Being And its empty spaces Can begin to be filled To overflowing With the Light that … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

From an Oak Tree

For long hours Dreaming Resting Back to trunk Enraptured By sturdy limbs Carrying seeds For future generations

found in Collected, The One |

Birthday

The gift on your doorstep Today Was imagined and created Yesterday With every thought Word and deed

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun XV

The ongoing journey That initially began In the static Mind And imagination Of the ONE Continues for aeons Through the agony Of separateness To ultimately return To the ONE

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun XIV

With the expected birth Into the solar family Of another child Siblings will again shift To drift further away From the place of their birth And into the comfort Of newly found orbits

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun XIII

The solar family met To hear the announcement Of the long rumored birth Of another child planet In a not too distant Future galactic time

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun XII

If they are unwilling Or unable to accept The opportunity Of the gift now offered It will be presented Again and yet again As it has time after time Following the agony Of climbing back to face Their current dilemma … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun XI

He then reminded her That on the third planet Few have been successful Acquiring the knowledge Necessary to live As the enlightened ones They will someday become

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun X

Listening and learning From her older siblings She then sought the council Of her solar parent

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun IX

Mother Earth shared her concern For the lonely existence And wayward actions Of her restless children With the older members Of her solar family

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun VIII

Suddenly emboldened By the right to deny Their internal essence They build institutions To enhance existence And begin to bask In the addictive glow Of a material comfort Sustained for the greater By the labor of the lesser

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun VII

Spinning and wobbling Through long days and nights Mother Earth shudders As her passengers Travel the rutted roads Of emerging thought

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun VI

Again as before On the third planet Thinking inhabitants Began to emerge To begin the journey Countless generations Of distant relatives Had previously taken Through multiple stages Of individual growth

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun V

Moving ever further From the place of her birth The mature planet Earth Soon found herself at home In life’s generating zone

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun IV

The solar family Then welcomed Mercury Forcing the relocation Of brothers and sisters To the former orbits Of their older siblings

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun III

Being third child removed From his solar parents Mars soon experienced A growing family With the birth of a child That some would call Deimos He patiently watched The surface of his planet As it slowly began to form The … Continue reading

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun II

Many aeons ago As the Sun birthed Venus The molten planet Earth Began to rapidly cool As it found residence In the humid orbit Older brother Mars Previously called home

found in Collected, The One |

Children of the Sun I

Currently residing Between her two siblings Venus and Mars The blue jeweled planet On whose surface we ride Revolves around its parent Through the galactic night

found in Collected, The One |

May I Say We

There is but little to say— The cup from which I drink And is me Is emptying. . . The last drops evaporate While the remaining residue Awaits cleansing.

found in Collected, Paths |

Adieu Once Again

The veil of history is lifting. The mind’s eye opens. . . Seeing, feeling, re-experiencing The lives we have shared And the innumerable times Our paths have crossed; The past events race by, As we, the minor characters In the … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

The Eve of Uncertainty

Reaching for the eternal flux; Leaving the old To enter the new— Cosmically.

found in Collected, Paths |

For Nani

Don’t postpone living Until another day, For even darkness of night Can’t keep the dawn away.

found in Collected, Paths |

In the Shaman’s Breath

I O Shaman Shaman With cold penetrating breath Having been pushed to the edge Will you reveal a chilling death?

found in Collected, Paths |

The Cul de Sac of Growth

Innocence blesses our early waxing years— The freedom possessed though not known Is a release from prejudice, hate and fear, Until seeds of worldly knowledge are sown. The senses pleasures become our growth, As pushing and striving for distant gain … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

The Spirit of Phoenix – A Chant

Rise ye Spirit from the deep, Spreading invisible wings for vast flight— Sing out loudly the love of life And peace on earth of our song. Higher, higher do soar, Showing your invincible might. Bring eyes to those that are … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

For the New Born

Early morning unfurls Initial rays of sun, To touch and feel our world From distant horizon. O Newly Born! Conceived of Love, Into life you come This eternal morn. May you reach the stars In an abundance of light, Being … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

July 26, 1976

The oracle has been cast, All prophecies written And the script lay beside me, Yet I cannot respond. The sheep are led to slaughter With foreknowledge Of expected end To supposedly read their lines.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths III

Entering His Heavenly Mansion On Ascension’s lifted wings of Light We learn of our newly appointed duty In the ever eternal fight, And manifest the Kingdom’s beauty By sowing Man’s Divine Perfection With Universal Mind, Will and Love, So all … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, xi

During the early budding years The Holy Spirit will descend To live in the sacred temple, Becoming advisor and friend. When Heaven’s voice pierces the ear, Our Inner Peace gathers the might To pass all of temptation’s tests; For in … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, x

A wedding of diverse forces Within the newly evolved Man Creates an everlasting fire Where the flickering flame began. Our journey’s return to the source Is often difficultly slow; Becoming heaven’s instrument We soon lose our earthly desire, While donning … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, ix

Spiritual growth can now commence To accelerate in the Light Of loving Truth’s immortal beam, Showing us the basic birthright Received from His Holy Essence As your keys to eternity. Higher evolution for Man Is the undying vision seen Whenever … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, viii

The deep rooted totality Found inside each one’s heart center Can now spring forth without effort Toward new horizons, and enter Lost levels of infinity, Previously beyond our dreams. With angelical assistance As our needed sacred passport, All gifts of … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, vii

At the river today we stand In newfound unity of life, Prepared to cross its rough waters, Leaving behind yin and yang’s strife For Brahman’s universal hand. The initiates come ashore Greeted by the forces of Light And are given … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, vi

In contact with the Holy Choir Our Spirit’s intense fire rages To help ward off the earthly thoughts That have swallowed Man for ages In the quicksands of mortal mire. When locked in Higher Truth’s domain We precipitate our soul’s … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, v

The veils of Truth quickly unfold When the pure core of faith within Is freed from the smothering walls That have kept our Real Self hidden. Absorbed with Truth’s Light, our foothold Presently strengthens us this day For any temptations … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, iv

Whenever the soul’s descent ceases The building process can begin To revive the inner strength lost When mortal darkness grew within. With hope commences the release From our soul’s rebirthing desire And the appeal for earthly gain, Which was purchased … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IA, iii

Become one with God in silence And the Light will forever shine To illumine each darkened day With knowledge of our gifts divine. When immersed in His eternal presence The Life Immortal grows within, Opening formerly locked doors So as … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths IIA

Peek from ego’s cyclic wheel To glimpse the eternal Light, Which eclipses mortal appeal And pleasure’s fleeting delight. Leaving blind delusions behind The treasure of life we’ll find In lasting gifts of sight divine.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths II, vi

Revolution can be The destructive process Which will begin ending Darkness’ fearful night And show life’s direction Toward cherished paths of Light.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths II, v

Hateful utterances Express our bigotry; As caught in the whirlwind Thoughts of mass minds decay We lose the direction Of formerly trod ways.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths II, iv

Banners of prejudice Maliciously declare The misdirected depths To which we have fallen; Soon foregoing hope Of peaceful unity.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths II, iii

In His name, worshipping Idols of mortal man, We blindly march to war Creating hell on earth For faceless enemies We’ve never seen before.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths II, ii

The differences appear To dismember oneness, And soon all worth is Me, The love of our neighbor Degenerates to greed And hateful jealousy.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths II, i

Falling from divine grace We forfeit our higher goal To the self centered wheel Which still cyclically spins In utter ignorance Of paths to awareness.

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, xii

There came this man from Galilee Showing life’s direction with Love; Some say he could walk on water, God’s emissary from above, While in His name some charge a fee To purge others from mortal sin. He has been taken … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, xi

Once beyond the cyclic madness We view the pinnacle ahead, Giving thanks for not being listed Today among the living dead, Or those falling in their gladness To the games of the charlatan. Embody the ever eternal flame Uncoiling the … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, x

The paths pitfalls are ever near Blinding direction’s future goal, For without flowing purity We greet the all engulfing hole And don ego’s conquesting spear. We pause at the unmarked crossroads For our daily meditation And gain the strength and … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, ix

Various books of scripture lay For our opened eyes to see, A testament from all cultures Of the world that is to be. In spectrum’s spiritual array Peoples of all colors and creeds In silent reverence converse, Warning of temptation’s … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, viii

Awakening to the morning sun We accompany the birds and sing Our thankfulness for light of day And render this our offering. . . Humble gifts of selfless action Toward a world in harmony. While seeking love and brotherhood Along … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, vii

The cherished balance eludes us As the scales tip from right to left; Again we are disoriented, Vacillation leaving us bereft. This chosen path of exodus From a life of material gain Is often hazardously steep; Methodically it must be … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, vi

Is the heaven we seek beyond, Or a divine flame within us? To reach out, grasping distant star Is opening the heart to trust In a divinely loving bond. The seeds of immortality In each individual soul Lie dormant, to … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, v

In glimpses of light at tunnels end We gain the strength to persevere Our night’s desolate darkness And ebb the flooding tide of fear. The depths of despair we transcend With newly acquired eyes for sight And become immersed in … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, iv

Love of one can be a vacuum, An entangled web zealously spun That locks into the narrow sphere The unity that is illusion. When the union grows we resume Our direction and walk not crawl Up the path to find … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, iii

Notice the solely unique in each, For the preciousness of every one Is special and rare, a beauty To behold in the noonday sun; As pebbles along the shore reach Out, hoping to hear another call. . . An individual … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths, I, ii

We progress beyond thoughts of one Inwardly growing hand in hand. The sprouting seeds from ego’s hub Bring forth trees in desolate sand To light the path beyond the sun. Together we greet the new day Outwardly radiant, and purge … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Paths I, i

I leave the world of thoughts supine! To see the twilight of desire Mirrored in the changed face I meet Helps reduce the heat of passion’s fire While dwelling anew beyond time In a vision’s view of beauty rare. Through … Continue reading

found in Collected, Paths |

Groundhog Day

Who can distinguish night from day In the twilight of history? Does this dull light signal nights end, Or only the last light of day? Some believe the sun will soon rise To reverse the flow of darkness, While others … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

The Dream Shelf

Reenter the Closet of Thought; Sift through the forgotten debris Left during many years of life, And locate that special item Buried somewhere on the Dream Shelf.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Dream Fragment 33

He disengaged hands Feet from cross and nails Easing pain down to the floor Stumbling stretching walking Through chapel doors down steps Merging with the swirling snow And scurrying Christmas crowd Shopping up down Main Street

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

First Snow

Unable to find restful sleep I quickly open the closed blinds And await the season’s first snow With youthful anticipation. This morning one reluctant leaf Barely clings to the cherry tree As it gently sways to north winds Blowing Snow … Continue reading

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Empty Garden

Yesterday, the thought, if imaginable, Would have been quickly dismissed. Yet today, I know and can feel A complete Emptiness in my head; And at this moment, begin to wonder Whether I should attempt to fill it With something new … Continue reading

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Unsung May

Inside the morning rain The summer heat of May Departs on the wind Whipped white capped lake. Hail Dancing to thunder, falls Through the sky cracking Lightning striking afternoon To scatter fragile petals Over white grass. Green stems

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Dream Fragment 28

I stood alone before the moon Waning in the sun wondering If my shadow would disappear And then pulled the hands of the clock From my pocket burying them Under the rocks without number While digging and planting this field … Continue reading

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Driftwood Daydream

Fifty-seven winters I have perched on this coast, To watch the tide rise up Only to fall again. I gawk at you bipeds Gawking at me in awe, When my outstretched wings touch The distant horizon.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Nineteen Ninety One, May Day V

V Shattered and scattered: Our Founding Fathers have suffered another death. Their dusty bones can be heard rattling throughout The late twentieth century democracy That allows science and technology to run amok, Finally destroying any recognition of their Dream.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Nineteen Ninety One, May Day IV

IV The Storm’s unseen terror has finally abated, Yet chill winds still blow around the planet. Except prayers to a savior arriving in the clouds Or a welcome to beings from distant galaxies, Jingoism’s omnipresent message Offers little, if any, … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Nineteen Ninety One, May Day III

III Alternating between “God Bless America” And “The Star Spangled Banner”, The marching band leads the parade Down Main Street at twelve thirty-five. Waving flags and sporting yellow ribbons, Almost the entire population participates; Leaving a very small audience To … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Nineteen Ninety One, May Day II

II In agitated exhaustion, we come Seeking Ocean’s restless rejuvenation. During the wailing Pacific gales Undertows and high, ripping tides Reclaim real estate by the acre In an attempt to provide safe haven For some of this continent under siege.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Nineteen Ninety One, May Day I

I Shattered: The Storm’s despotic wind Blew the unsecured door open, Forcing the crystal globe vase From its sacred mantle altar. Frenzied rodents, finding no food, Deposit lines of droppings in disgust Among the trampled stems and petals.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Kalaloch Midnight

Day and night, mist Drizzle and fog. The tide comes in, The tide goes out. Land. Ocean. Grey Mirror images Roaring, boiling Raw, chattering Minds to Silence.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Atlantis Revisited

All these deluded attempts To dwell, either in past Or future illusory times Of lives importantly lived Only fill diviners’ coffers.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Dream Fragment 11

Between blanket and moon Exhausted stars vibrate On this excited flesh Burning over passion Fulfilled and expectant Sensing an angel’s touch From digits descending Through heavens reflection Continue to “July Morning”

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

The Prophetic Wind

Children of the Barbarian: Your days may seem without number, But can be counted nonetheless. By worshipping gods of progress Your essence has been forsaken. When this Truth is comprehended The sudden, outraged reaction Will not halt the polluted flow … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Dream Fragment 8

Nightly swaying darkly Through catacombs of sleep Subterranean lives Repeat mumbled questions To echoing mirrors Answered by meteors Showering broken glass On the highway of hope Continue to The Promise

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Night of the Living

Waking late from the living death, I ran naked through moonlit fields. A barefoot bath in morning dew Reminded me: I am Alive, And not bound by the common dream. Do not hide behind distant cloud Or slip past the … Continue reading

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Perseid Meteor Showers

Leaving the glare of city lights, We drove on dusty mountain roads Into valleys, over passes, Up and down, winding and climbing, Far above, then past the river That carved this part of the world.

found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Through Pisces to Aquarius IX

IX Modern day Luddite warriors, Fight not for the jobs you have lost. Tune out, unplug, and awaken From the techutopian dream To join battle late in the day For the Soul of Humanity.

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Through Pisces to Aquarius VIII

VIII The door closed to his apartment, After we shook hands as before; Yet despite all the small talk shared, I knew that I had said little To help him understand my world. One day I’ll return to visit This … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Through Pisces to Aquarius VII

VII Techutopia promises Love that can only emanate From the mind and not from the soul. This love of things or position Is pornography from the dead To a dying humanity. The new scriptural messages, Read from the pulpits of … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Through Pisces to Aquarius VI

VI He continued with the story Of his latest business venture, At times interspersed with phone calls Or news of family and friends. I wanted to mention the awe Of first seeing the northern lights And their frenzied undulations; At … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |

Through Pisces to Aquarius V

V Ones and zeros. Zeros and ones. In proper combinations, Our loved ones become the graphics On ever faster computer screens. All problems can be solved with more Available information; Efficiency becomes the key To a positive bottom line. Compute … Continue reading

found in Collected, Dream Fragment 19 |