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Tag: Meditation

Featured Poetry

Regina Dilgen – Meditation on Thomas Merton’s Hermitage

March 12, 2023March 9, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Regina Dilgen's exquisite "Meditation on Thomas Merton's Hermitage" imagines American monastic Thomas Merton worn by grief and inspired to write.

Tagged Death, grief, Inspiration, loss, Meditation, mortality, Poem, poet, Poetry, sorrow, Thomas Merton, winterLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Swetha Amit – The Tea Prayer

November 13, 2022November 9, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Swetha Amit's "The Tea Prayer" is a meditation on the routine and ritualistic simplicity of making and savoring a cup of hot green tea.

Tagged green tea, Meditation, Poem, poet, Poetry, routine, senses, sensory, tea, Tea Ceremony, tea preperationLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Lina Buividavičiūtė – A Housewife’s Opus Magnum

October 30, 2022October 27, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Lithuanian poet Lina Buividavičiūtė's prose poem "A Housewife's Opus Magnum" reveals a holiness discovered in simplicity and domesticity.

Tagged domesticity, God, holiness, Meditation, Poem, poet, Poetry, prose poem, Simplicity, work, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Christy Allen – Meditation

September 4, 2022September 1, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Christy's poem "Meditation" is a simple Zen-like offering, equating breathing with the tides, and also highlighting oneness and interconnection.

Tagged breath, Breathing meditation, Meditation, ocean, Poem, poet, Poetry, sea, waves, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Nicole Grace – One Note

May 22, 2022May 15, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Nicole Grace's "One Note" is a sensory exploration of contemplation, alive with natural and meditative imagery.

Tagged connection, harmony, Interconnectedness, Meditation, nature, Om, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Hiatt O’Connor – Waiting for Gravity

March 6, 2022March 3, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Seemingly a lesson in simplicity and silence, Hiatt O'Connor's wonderful poem Waiting for Gravity is, in fact, a work of layers.

Tagged complexity, Light, Meditation, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, Quiet, Simplicity, Stillness, tension, Tranquility, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Suzanne Eaton – windchimes

February 27, 2022February 21, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Suzanne Eaton's windchimes is a meditative discourse on wind and sound, and the tranquility and openness manifested by the simple act of stillness.

Tagged awareness, Gratitude, Meditation, nature, peace, Poem, poet, Poetry, Quiet, Stillness, Tranquility, wind, Zen1 Comment
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Way-Seeking Mind

Sunset Meditation

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY JOHN BRANTINGHAM Sunset comes late in High Sierra Summers, and by the time it does, I’m usually done for the day.

Tagged Awakening, beauty, centering, here and now, Meditation, mountains, nature, peace, presence, sunsetLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Marsha Warren Mittman – No Name

October 17, 2021October 13, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

With her poem No Name, Marsha Warren Mittman details the transition from urban to rural living, and coming to embrace and become one with new experiences.

Tagged acceptance, connection, emergence, Identity, Interconnectedness, Meditation, nature, oneness, Poem, Poetry, self-acceptance, transformation6 Comments
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Way-Seeking Mind

Morning Toast

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY VINCENT PUZICK I remember the smell of toast. I was in the middle of my morning minutes of Transcendental Meditation when my mother got home from her graveyard shift at the hospital.

Tagged addiction, adolescence, Awakening, childhood, Meditation, memory, morning, motherLeave a comment

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