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From Dawn To Dusk The Earth Is Weeping Tears Of Ice
From dawn to dusk the earth is weeping tears of ice For the denial of the Prophet’s suffering for all of us. From dawn to dusk the earth is burning in shame That the now-Christ remains unknown- without name. Now … Continue reading
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Desire…
Desire is powered by noise. The noise of sanskaras animating corpses to stumble and fall into attention. Bodies are revived by desire inspiring prana. We, robots clank and clank our way to death And by grace the master’s mercy of … Continue reading
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Ten Thousand Chernobyls rise to bless us
Ten thousand Chernobyls rise to bless us For the Kali Yuga machine age of Progress. Energy is dirty when it promotes desire, When it starts smoking after smoking fire. The car has carried us to the precipice of disaster With … Continue reading
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We walk and walk with the friend by our side
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I long to visit the cool arctic before it melts
https://vimeo.com/341145828 I long to visit the cool arctic before it melts Away in a heat wave that inspires fascist dolts. The end of the world is coming faster than you think In a flood of stupidity that will drown the … Continue reading
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The Master has said most of the world will perish
The Master has said most of the world will perish; Don’t let this bamboozle you, but his name cherish. Earth, millions and millions of times passes away Into nothing; But the mind survives gross decay. And takes birth again and … Continue reading
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Happy 125th birthday on Feb. 25th, Avatar Meher Baba
The fall from grace that is a shooting star recalls the highest heaven from afar; O the Lord and Master has taken birth to bless man and creature and holy Earth! Print Friendly
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I walk up the hill
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How the world cries for pie-in-the-sky and stellar bliss
How the world cries for pie-in-the-sky and stellar bliss, but no heaven or starship can match the friend’s kiss. God high in the empyrean is the distant father- deaf and dumb until embraced as our very brother. We have forgotten … Continue reading
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We walk and walk with the friend by our side
We walk and walk with the friend by our sideand the pain of our love and longing hide. We have no voice to be joyful aboutbut your silence to nourish as our lot. The flame of love lit a fire … Continue reading
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