Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Hexagram 64 - Inner Truth

"Hexagram 64 - Inner Truth"

A mother can understand the most important lesson of life,
That Love makes things real,
Even if a thing is unseen,
Or cannot speak,
Or does not respond.
Love is more real than rolled eyes,
More true than tears,
More concrete than success or failure.

I grow tired of moments
Where I have to 'cling to life',
It feels dishonest,
Because Love is real,
it only needs to be acknowledged.
And moments are only tools to celebrate Love,
Life cannot be 'clung to',
That is an agreement we make with each other.
Love is real, but I am not,
To pretend that I am is something we agree to do,
Love is truth, but we are only tools for truth
To show itself to itself,
To turn the jewel and let Light shine through it,
Become one with it,
Illuminate the worlds with its own energy,
Become fluid and air, and fill the spacelessness
With new vibrations.

Love is always connecting with itself,
So there is no "you" or "I" -- Love amplifies into Being.
If it is not Love, I have no interest in it,
Wherever Love is, stay there, right there,
Wherever Love is, be in that place, and no other.
If you agree to go somewhere else,
Enjoy it.
If you can.

(C) MJ Farris, 2013, All rights reserved.
artwork by Leroy Campbell, all rights belong to him.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Learning by Teaching - Day by Day

 

I went outside in the cold -- yesterday (19*.01.2012 THU) went down to 19 below zero - Celcius -- and I had time to think about the academic lifestyle. I love being in an environment where everyone (well, almost everyone) is in a mindset of growing, improving.

This photo is from a post-lunch walk around the school. Behind me is Rixos Hotel, a 4-star hotel next to our campus.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Ince Minare -- finally my visit to history

The marvel that is the Ince Minare (The Thin Minaret) is something I treated myself to today. I really got a lot from the visit. It was so quiet. Just me and my camera for a long while, and afterwards only
a few people. I loved the opportunity to go by to see the stoneworks, and read about the history of one of Konya's oldest buildings.

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