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Vanessa Able
Featured Poetry

Vanessa Able – Bhakti

December 5, 2021December 8, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

In her beautiful poem Bhakti, Vanessa Able gives life and imagery to action--specifically the action of the devotional philosophy of Bhakti yoga, which is focused on the love for a personal deity.

Tagged Advice, beauty, Devotion, Four Yogas, life, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, wonder, yoga, Zen4 Comments
Daniel Simpson
Book Bits

Self-Realization – Brahman and the Absolute

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Vanessa Able

Daniel Simpson addresses the Atman or Brahman, the 'infinite, unchanging and formless unity from which life evolved and to which it returns.'

Tagged atman, Brahman, Hindu philosophy, Hinduism, The Upanishads, truth, Unity, yogaLeave a comment
Dane Cervine
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Dane Cervine – The World is God’s Language

April 8, 2020April 10, 2020 Vanessa Able

'Poetry is one way of reading this world,' according to poet Dane Cervine, whose new collection, The World is God’s Language, takes its title from a quote by French philosopher and mystic, Simone Weil.

Tagged Dying, father, god's language, Growing old, mother, parents, Poetry, Practice, Shiva, yogaLeave a comment
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