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While we exist in this world While we exist in this world
Educating myself in intuition Educating myself in intuition
Beauty in the Darkness Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of pain? If the dri…
My Face The poet Rainer Maria Rilke used to spend his lunch hour outside watching the faces of the people walking by; he found it a pleasant way to pass time. One day he wrote in his notebook: "It never occ…
This Old Heart of Mine "Work of the eyes is done, now go and do heart work." – Rainer Maria Rilke My heart is a marvelous fist-size pumping organ whose chief physical duty is to deliver oxygen-rich blood to …
Eating lunch outside is to be fully immersed in a world Eating lunch outside is to be fully immersed in a world
"T" is for Transformation So you must not be frightened . . . if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if a restiveness, like light and cloud-shadows, passes over your hands and over all you do. Y…
The Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy An excellent anthology of poems about the twists and surprising turns of the spiritual path.
News of the Universe A wonderful multicultural anthology.
In the Company of Rilke A celebration of the creative genius of Rainer Maria Rilke, his spiritual quests, and his always interesting poetry.