I often try to bring myself into a practice of gratitude, and it becomes forced and mechanical, merely another task I have ‘to do’ before ending the day, listing things I ‘should’ be grateful for. Toko-Pa, one of my favourite authors, poets, mystics and guides, suggests to instead keep a Beautiful Things list for 30Continue reading “July 13: Beautiful things – Observing what is”
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earthed
I arrived, 26 years ago, folded and compressed, a gasp on my mother’s lips, curiosity on her cheeks, a tiny miracle held on my father’s chest. My birth was planned and calculated, sterile. Brought by morning’s light. I wanted to leave, early on, when hearing the loud turning of this world, the air heavy withContinue reading “earthed”
cages
cage = cavea (Latin), fig. a womb; hollow, the roof of the mouth; sockets of the eye; something that hinders freedom *** The revolution of loving each and every single inch of your precious body the cold feet, cracked lips, void space within your belly buttonyour thighsand in between them all the scars from openingContinue reading “cages”
not gods
Reinvent yourself. Recreate yourself. Manifest your dream life. You can become anything, anyone, anywhere. There’s a flooding of manifestation gurus that encourage us to recreate reinvent manifest move away buy a big house get rich. Of course, the Earth has known for a long time the mystery of energy: what we bring into mind asContinue reading “not gods”
Him
Morning. Hot tears singe. How many times have I been told to stop crying? It’s not good for the soul, they’d hiss. Fools. Now I want to drown them in these tears. Blazing lava, abundant. Nevermind. I’m lost in your love yet I find neither you nor me. I wonder – the shape of yourContinue reading “Him”
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