At dVerse Mish is hosting Open Link Night, the night we make our own choice of poem to post.
dVerse Poets – Open Link Night
“Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.” Pema Chodron
If I Had A Light If I had a light I could see my way, or perhaps a map where I could chart a path, but it remains indecipherable, though neither dark nor fogged in my mind's eye, it is simply a discernment of journey, a surprise awakening, a not this, instead, perhaps this or that in a lived experience, all the richer for its misdirections, its hidden meanings, even its lack of clarity is a decided gift of discovery, which, in the end seems quite natural, a hindsight twenty-twenty, a reverse of understanding of how we go, not where or when we go, but, as we go we discover so much of our beginnings with self and the strive to transcend it. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Your poem captures so well how life is one continuous journey of discovery.
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Thank you very much for sharing that, much appreciated.
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Desire for good and divine, willpower for the same, will definitely take me, to my destine! Be the dark and fog there, light of soul is there, in the Mind!
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Yes!
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This digs deeply into the psyche …. well done.
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Thank you so much for that Helen.
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What is the result?
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A understand the ‘strive to transcend’ the self. It’s probably a lifelong process…
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I most certainly is, though wouldn’t it be wonderful to learn that EQ more quickly, but that would not be possible.
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Well… “Twenty twenty a reverse of understanding of how we go” i get the picture thanks for great post
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Great, I am not alone 🙂 thank you
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beautiful Paul as we continue the onion peeling … love Pema Chondron. her book is at my bedside!💖
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She’s great isn’t she, and a prolific writer too, much to choose from.
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She really is and that’s soo true! 💖
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🙂
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💖
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Life is part choices, part serendipity….IMHO, that is!
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An IMHO I agree with Beverly, and thank you.
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Awesome nature ☘️👌🌹
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Welcome 🙏
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I totally agree to writingwhatnots. Michael
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Thank you Michael.
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:-))
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“even its lack of clarity is a decided gift of discovery”
Profound this is. Maybe we need the fog to find the light?
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I like that thought, yes, I think that’s true, thank you so much Mish.
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I think it’s easier to get lost if you have a clear direction… it is better to find what’s unexpected.
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I do agree, and lost in every sense of the word, many thanks Bjorn.
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I quite like the notion of understanding how we go, not where or when we go.
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Yes, over the years I’ve come to think that way more and more, integrity is hanging around this – authenticity, being true to self not process.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Have a great day!
😊👍✨✨🎉
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Very you in the challenge of the spontaneous journey
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Yes, and the letting go.
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