Luthar.Com: HarshaSatsangh » ART & POETRY http://luthar.com An Inquiry Into Life, Work, and Commerce Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 the diamond http://luthar.com/the-diamond/ http://luthar.com/the-diamond/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:46:57 +0000 Alx Uttermann http://luthar.com/?p=8332 consider the diamond:

the tender darkness of a fleshy soul
deep within the heart of the earth,
secure & content in the silence
of its own endless night

until the whole weight of the world
bears down,

squeezing the black deposits out
forcing flesh into stone,
fluid into crystal,

hardening a molten heart
into the sacred geometry
of squares & angles.

& as if millenniae
of that rigidifying grief
isn’t enough to shatter
a rock back into a rainbow,

the thing
gets rudely unearthed

to the derision
of being called ‘rough.’

yeah, rough.

& then
the real sacrifice begins.

Jesus wanting to return the cup
knew everything there is to know
about diamonds, about

what must it feel like

to have your limbs
sawed off one by one

your head shaved
your edges sliced
your heart carved up
piece by piece

your familiar form
chiseled away

until fragments of your self
are strewn
all over some workman’s table,

dust settling  back to irridescent dust.

how is it
(terrible sweet wisdom)
to endure like that,

burning
with all the leaping blue-gold flame
of those eons forged in the earth’s furnaces

sparkling
with the solid light
of a million trapped & unshed tears

polished
ruthlessly on all sides
by a true master whose gemstone eyes

mirror
a clear & unspeakable compassion
for the sufferings
of each little pebble on the beach…

& what does it take, really,
to emerge at long last, flawless
in the eyes of your maker,

ready to inspire the world:

for inside every black stone
lies the same suffering,
the same journey,

the same precious light diamond liquid fire

waiting
to come out of hiding

&
shine like the sun.

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Dreaming the Dream by Anna Ruiz

 I’ve walked about
until I dreamed this dream
in the crystalline perfection of a snowflake,
and I
found You in the winter of myself,
gazing into Your eyes
a deep well of infinity
I remembered, we have been here
before
and we will come again.

Your tongue will touch my heart with
words that slice through the skin of
separation and I will fall in love with You
again and again
as if we strangers
from another world, casting
an anchor to the seven seas of breath.

 

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Faceless Goddess of the night that lives behind the veil

What coy reserve you have, will Love of life and living ever prevail.

I know what you look like, I know how you feel.

For I live in your mirror and see you every day.

Detach yourself from this obsession with formlessness

Why must I live apart from you?

I am your heart and you are my soul.

I am you, formlessness attracted to form.

Your reflection is alive and I want to play.

Can the sun ever catch its shadow?

Or shall the shadow always watch the reflection of the sun?

Much Love

Jim Atwell

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]]> http://luthar.com/faceless-goddess-jim-atwell/feed/ 1 Mist – You Shall Be Free: By Aparna Sharma http://luthar.com/mist-you-shall-be-free-by-aparna-sharma/ http://luthar.com/mist-you-shall-be-free-by-aparna-sharma/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:57:12 +0000 Aparna http://luthar.com/?p=8010 Lightly step over the maze on your palm

And Life- you shall be free!

The shroud gets entangled in thorny bushes

The black bird sings for the love of the thorn in its breast

But the notes of the song echo deep into the night

The spirit, beyond, is free

Rise gently above the whirlpool of thought

and mist- you shall be free

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]]> http://luthar.com/mist-you-shall-be-free-by-aparna-sharma/feed/ 0 Ice Tree: By Gloria Lee http://luthar.com/ice-tree-by-gloria-lee/ http://luthar.com/ice-tree-by-gloria-lee/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:13:14 +0000 Harsha http://luthar.com/?p=7928 Ice Tree

Frozen light silvers on black lines,
Yes, this ice is on fire!
Steam smokes the tree’s air,
Saying, “Here!” A distant sun burns time.

The satsangh bell rings anew.
First, hear it unto silence return.
If, for the eternal you yearn,
Ice on fire is one view.

____________________
Written for Harsha, on the inauguration of his Satsangh list, recalling
with great joy his words: “The ice melts when it is time.”

Gloria Lee 1/3/99

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]]> http://luthar.com/ice-tree-by-gloria-lee/feed/ 1 Split In Two: By Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/split-in-two-by-jim-atwell/ http://luthar.com/split-in-two-by-jim-atwell/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:18:53 +0000 Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/?p=7915


From eternity into time.
From formlessness into form.
From Oneness into duality.
I am split in time
I am split in form
I am split in two.
What magic will resolve the dilemma of my soul?
Could it be Love?
Only time will tell
And she is being very quiet.

Much Love
Jim Atwell

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]]> http://luthar.com/split-in-two-by-jim-atwell/feed/ 2 I AM The Moon: By Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/i-am-the-moon-by-jim-atwell/ http://luthar.com/i-am-the-moon-by-jim-atwell/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:22:15 +0000 Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/?p=7893 I am the moon in time and place.
A reflection for Lovers who touch the sky.
You see my form but can you feel my heart?
Drink the moon beams and bask in Love.
I am a gentle caress for the heart of lovers.
Come; stroke the face of my heart,
The moon beams may turn into Love Beams
And we can reflect each other in Love.

**************
Much Love
Jim Atwell

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]]> http://luthar.com/i-am-the-moon-by-jim-atwell/feed/ 0 My, You Have Changed: By Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/my-you-have-changed-by-jim-atwell/ http://luthar.com/my-you-have-changed-by-jim-atwell/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:17:09 +0000 Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/?p=7862 My, you have changed!
The last time I saw you
You were as big as a galaxy.
Actually you were a galaxy.
I think you have lost a little weight.
But then again, how much does Love weigh?

Much Love
Jim Atwell

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]]> http://luthar.com/my-you-have-changed-by-jim-atwell/feed/ 0 Who Would I be If Not For You? By Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/who-would-i-be-if-not-for-you-by-jim-atwell/ http://luthar.com/who-would-i-be-if-not-for-you-by-jim-atwell/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:41:23 +0000 Jim Atwell http://luthar.com/?p=7816 And who would I be if not for you?
Without you I am nothing.
An endless void in a sea of timelessness
What is Love without a lover?
Become me, be me,
Lovers in time and timelessness.
Figures in form and formlessness.
Together we are Love
Apart we are Lovers.

Much Love
Jim Atwell

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]]> http://luthar.com/who-would-i-be-if-not-for-you-by-jim-atwell/feed/ 0 Face of Fullness: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar http://luthar.com/face-of-fullness-by-dr-harsh-k-luthar/ http://luthar.com/face-of-fullness-by-dr-harsh-k-luthar/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:56:23 +0000 Harsha http://luthar.com/?p=7677 There are no free thoughts;
the gate to freedom exists
within the eye of the I.

It may be known
when you are alone
and completely empty.

Or when lovers meet
to spend their passions
and rest in the heart.

Stay completely awake
and let this moment
take you in its arms.

Fullness shows its face to those
who leave struggles behind
and do not mind themselves.

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