Mantra for the Soul

your local stalker is back!!:)
and is impressed on a whole new level;
This piece, apart from being beautiful yet again, descibes perfectly the last 7 months of my life.
Thankyou for saying what i never could

awesome work my friend. I can relate to guilt on the level of Prometheus, he tried to do something good for people and take the fire from the gods to warm them and then he was punished for 100 years or so. In my personal spiritual journey I have felt guilt like this, I have dared to ask for something more out of life instead of just being content with what every other person swallows, and have felt sometimes like I’ve been punished bigtime by taking that step too far. So I guess that is a kind of guilt. Guilty because I don’t just take the copper coins I’m given and feel “grateful”, I’m always the idiot who says “where’s the gold?”. And that sometimes makes you terribly vulnerable. Your old life has died but your new one has not begun, so you wait like Promethus chained to a rock until the gods decide to let you go. And in that long dark uncertain period you feel fear and GUILT that you took the step in the first place when others don’t even bother trying. I’m rambling, but that is what your poem evoked in me. Thanks Kristin, and I forgive myself tonight.

(i loved your line “I put the her in hermit” lol)

I agree with you totally. However I would say just for the record that Gurdjieff’s methodology is not the only way to “awaken”. If a suffering person went to the Dalai Lama he would get quite a different treatment to if he went to Gurdjieff. And how do we say who is the more enlightened spiritual teacher? We cannot because they are made of the same human starstuff but they express light differently. So it is with the “all and everything”, if one can’t see that this is also just a morsel of the ALL then it does no good in my opinion. Gurdjieff, Jesus, Osho, John Lennon, Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Einstein, Shakespeare, Jimi Hendrix, Yogananda, Woody Allen…. all mystics who show different paths. The important thing is to know what you are made of. If you are a lizard, no good trying to be a donkey or a cat.

this is fantastic, there are a lot of times i need to remind myself of this. every time i am down on myself now i will come back and read this piece :)

WELL THIS LION KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ART OF MOVING ON…AND THAT THERE IS NONE GOOD SAVE GOD…BLAH BLAH…I LOVE IT!!!! ERGO THOU ROCKEST!!

Kirsten, you seem to have an inate ability to tap into common threads that run among all human hearts. Threads dark and bright.

All is healed when we are able to forgive ourselves!!! Jasmine xo

Really nicely written expression of what we all forget too easily.

yes but first you must give others, for in doing that you become whole and then forgive yourself and love yourself first….... that you may be able to love and forgive others for in this long life that is a bink of an eye we cross paths with so many beautiful and not so beautiful….. an angry souls, that look for venges from a past life…...those are the souls you forgive first, and in doing SO, you have forgiven yourself and you soul will be at peace no matter who doesnt forgive YOU!

oh this is beautiful, so full of light. Thank you for sharing this.

peaceful, straight up expression. when words were anger’s formless gun is my favourite line. great writing sister. xox

love this krstin, speaks loudly, forgive yourself is the hardest thing :)

oops sorry for the name shortening. Kristin

yes… I will try… (I felt this speaking directly to me… even though you don’t know me) I loved it!

Oh, you are so right, sometimes there is a guilt of some kind that we have to deal with and have to let go. Sometimes we ask for forgiveness, but for that you have to forgive yourself first. Thanks for sharing this one.

Self forgiveness….a difficult one to comment on Kristin…..I know it requires a deep search to unearth what is generally buried so deep by guilts long spade….I know it requires a strong fearless heart to face what is generally percieved as a failing in one’s soul…..have we/I the capacity to forgive oneself. I know we/I have the capacity to accept our/my wrongdoings as being part of our/my journey…is that the same thing? In most cases we/I can forgive others…is that an extension of us/me being able to forgive ourselves…..Good write Kristin, certainly got me thinking (as if I needed that lol). xoxo

Well said K-Bird :) keep flying on this flightless bird in the oven give thanks eat too much stuffin you ate my piece of ham thanks for nuthin I think I’ll slap your hand kind of family love and lump em day :)))

Wonderfully done.

Hey K,
This one shows me that there sure is a lot to be thankful for. Your ability to shed the light of truth on a situation that requires self awareness is amazing. Peace to you and yours.

In the process my friend..thank you for this lovely lady.

Blessed be your soul (and I know it is) for Ever. Your source of faith and wisdom is the One…
now I’ll go out and breathe deeply the quiet of all and everything seen and unseen as indicated… I’ll see you there.

lovely piece.. will try forgiving myself tho.. xoxo..

Lovely oxo

RE:JOICING.Sheading worldly things,for it’s a new hour.Many thankyou’s to you.(o:

This poem is a healer,,yes sometimes we make mistakes and before we make peace with our regrets and failures we cant move on..your poetry a gem.to my favs—Charma:)

Very good advice! I take it to heart! Thanks for this well written reminder.

kudos! thanks for reminding me :-)