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AncientHippie
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Surfing the Cosmic Flow

0 posted 2009-10-24 09:49 PM




As a teenager the concept
of limitless space
amazed me.To think
that, if I pointed skyward,
an invisible line
extended from my finger
would never end!

Skipping stones across
some quiet cove
I would imagine that,
with enough power
behind the throw,
skip distance would eventually
diminish to infinity.

As through the cycle of our years
infinity grows much closer,
our spirits weave
a glowing thread
that reaches
to forever.


Sutra 22: Anger directed at you is not necessarily about you: always consider the Source.
Jim's Guide to Enlightenment:  The Complete Sutras

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1 posted 2009-10-24 10:31 PM


Ah I loved the last few lines.  This reminded me of something I read in a book last week about global warming.  The theory is that if they extended an ordinary garden house up into space, they could fix global warming once and for all.  Amazing book actually, as some laughed at Orwell.  It is called, Superfreakenomics.
N|D|N|C|Lost-Poet
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2 posted 2009-10-25 02:55 AM


Beautifully captured.
AncientHippie
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3 posted 2009-10-26 08:25 AM


Mysteria: Thank you. I have just ordered the book (on your recommendation) from my local library.
LostPoet:  Many thanks.

Jim

Sutra 25: Remember that a pile of ordure is simply that: Seek not to give it meaning.
Jim's Guide to Enlightenment:  The Complete Sutras

Margherita
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Eternity
4 posted 2009-10-26 01:06 PM


Love this much. The concept of infinity fascinates me. I love to think we are children of eternity, but to fully grasp the vastness of what is seems impossible.

Beautiful!

Love,
Margherita

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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5 posted 2009-10-26 01:32 PM


Jim your work is such a constant delight from the cosmos to bus depots. Great work, I'm enjoying it very much~L
ken206573
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6 posted 2009-10-26 01:43 PM


I am still amazed by infinity, as well as your poem. It speaks an endless sky, an endless mind. Or is that just me?


Earth Angel
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Realms of Light
7 posted 2009-10-26 02:36 PM


I enjoyed reading your philosophical posturings, dear Pondering Poet!

Love & Never-Ending Light,
EA

rachaelfuchsberger
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8 posted 2009-10-26 04:04 PM


I really enjoyed this one. It made me think.

Arana Darkwolf

Namyh
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9 posted 2009-10-26 05:44 PM


Ancient Hippie - When we're very young, we think we're never going to die and we point with innocenct belief to stars and seas and things without limit. When we're much older,we realize everything has a limit.When we point to those stars and seas like an adult, we want to believe in them even more as a child . Nice work AH. Namyh
AncientHippie
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10 posted 2009-10-27 08:55 AM


Margherita:  Thank you.  We are indeed children of eternity.  In time we will develop to fully appreciate that inheritance. "We are stardust: we are golden..."  Joni Mitchell-Woodstock.

Thanks, Lori. My pleasure.

Ken:  We are simply babies in an endless Universe that has so many aspects that we cannot grasp.

Earth Angel:  Never-ending Light, pretty well describes my view of Brahman.

Thank you, Rachel.  I have, then, achieved what I set out to do.

Namyh:  Thank you.  I have found much food for thought in the ancient Hindu Vedas, and the Upanisads, that is consistent with quantum mechanics.  Amazing that such old literature has such profound understanding.

Sutra 30: Language reflects the Truth of one’s Reality: listen carefully when others speak.
Jim's Guide to Enlightenment

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