I hope you all have had fun with the poetry game! This is what was hoped: * the poems would sow many seeds of peace this fall and become little meditations * bring fresh, new insights from multiple sources--Nobel laureates, poets, saints and mytics, sacred texts, regular people, and children * no matter what the... Continue Reading →
Last Week of Poetry Game With Answers
This week, I have posted all the five poems here in one post instead of posting a poem each day. The titles and authors/poets are also given all jumbled up. The answers are at the end of this post. Poem 1 Love means to learn to look at yourself The way one looks at distant... Continue Reading →
Match Titles and Authors with Poems
All the five poems for the poetry game are here along with jumbled up titles and authors. Match the poems to titles and authors. The title match is expected to be easy. It will be interesting to see how the authors are matched. The answers are at the end of this post. Your feedback and comments... Continue Reading →
Poetry Game Day 5
There is no room within my heart for revenge, fire or hate there is no room within my mind for any thoughts like these. I cannot find the words to say just how it is I feel but I know from deepest hurt I must forgiveness find. The hurt that's been done to us cuts... Continue Reading →
Poetry Game Day 4
Bliss is not something to be got. On the other hand you are always Bliss. This desire [for Bliss] is born of the sense of incompleteness. To whom is this sense of incompleteness? Enquire. In deep sleep you were blissful. Now you are not so. What has interposed between that Bliss and this non-bliss? It... Continue Reading →
Peace Poetry Game Day 3
What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure? I think it is the hope of loving, or being loved. I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey to find its source, and how the moon wept without her lover’s warm gaze. We weep when light does not reach our hearts.... Continue Reading →
International Peace Poetry Game Day 2
As these are very short, I have three tiny poems. From peace we come and to peace we go, meanwhile peace is something we don't know. The condition of the heart can alter the perspective of a person The condition of the hearts of a nation can alter the state of mankind--PEACE Peace without Comes,... Continue Reading →
Join the Game for International Peace Day
The blog is having a two-week poetry game for International Peace Day which is on Wednesday, August 21. This is going to be lots of fun for everyone! You don't have to know poetry at all. The blog will deviate for the next two weeks by having one or two poems posted five days a... Continue Reading →
What is Yoga?
With so many millions practicing yoga, it is interesting to note how many wonder what it really means. I was reminded of this after meeting a devoted yoga practitioner today. A few years ago, I was asked the question by a woman doing her yoga teacher's training. If all these gurus cannot agree on what... Continue Reading →
Mahasri Yoga 