The use of mirrors for metaphors of awareness in the Zen tradition goes back as far as early Buddhist times.
Tag: awareness
Caroline Goodwin – Sky
Caroline Goodwin's "Sky" is like still-life in poetic form, an accounting of a space and a moment, lush with "lived-in" detail.
Spencer Pfleiderer – Sanctuary
Spencer Pfleiderer informs us with solid earthy lines of his poem "Sanctuary" that good things come to those who wait.
Daniel Dissinger – blend
Jack Kerouac scholar and poet Daniel Dissinger presents "blend", a work of pacing, breathing, and the consummate wildness of intimacy.
Kashiana Singh – In Samadhi
The Dewdrop is honored to publish the meditative haiku sequence "In Samadhi" by poet and speaker Kashiana Singh.
‘The Only Way To Be Free’ – Oren Jay Sofer on Why Mindfulness Is More Than Just Paying Attention
How continuous awareness can be a catalyst for radical personal freedom and transformation.
Alison Granucci – Says the Body and Soul
Composed of two contrasting parts, Alison Granucci's "Says the Body and Soul" is both an ethereal hopeful work and one of rugged desolation.
Lindsay Rockwell – Watching the Light Shift
Both revelatory and mysterious, Lindsay Rockwell's "Watching the Light Shift" shows us the path without giving us the answers.
Ronán P. Berry – On The Mountain of Forth
"On The Mountain of Forth" is Irish poet Ronán P. Berry's anthem of the natural and wild world and what could even be considered enlightenment.
B.R. Wilder – Oh Mother, do not give me bliss
To be filled with gratitude for life and experience in its entirety--that is the meaning conveyed in B.R. Wilder's poem "Oh Mother, do not give me bliss".