One of my all time favorite songs, many of us try to ignore our dark sides. Being truthful is the first step to self awareness, I hope you enjoy.

Symphony of Science - The Poetry of Reality

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Tonight Rev. Doshim Halaw shared another video by the same author with me and as I have followed all of these scientists and have been writing poetry for almost twenty years I felt it was appropriate to post this video here. There is a deep truth in the word of this video, I hope you enjoy.

The Poetry of Reality is the fifth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features 12 scientists and science enthusiasts, including Michael Shermer, Jacob Bronowski, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Jill Tarter, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Feynman, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, Carolyn Porco, and PZ Myers, promoting science through words of wisdom.

we go from blue to green

and then from

brown to saffron, red and gold.

by natural process this essence unfurls.

yet from gold to green

is a renewing of dharma

in fresh and vibrant ways

and this has always found its way.

from apparent end to a beginning

never understood

and from beginning to end

always understood.

why is it we breathe in and breathe out?

is it for my consumption of food and pleasure,

or is it to assist me in an aspiration to help others on this path?

does it matter if others recognize these efforts,

or do the efforts themselves result in our intended effort?

awakening is the only aspiration of our practicing,

if our directions deviates from this aspiration,

then we have totally lost our way.

is this life our own?

or is it just a passing thought

that we substitute for our lives?

these thoughts come and go

as well as our experiences

of the unfolding of reality.

do we live our existence?

or do we live a life

that has been handed to us?

this may not make sense to you right now,

and if it does not

please try to concentrate on why,

as our lives are so short

that even the slightest distraction

steals most, if not all of our unfolding life

from us and leaves us with

the expectations of others.

labyrinth

we weave our way

through a labyrinth of delusion

only to find that our thinking

has led us astray,

it is then

in that very moment

we see the ineffable truth

manifest

in the rising sun

or a floating cloud

or even a busy moment

on our way to start the day.

why is this so difficult,

when life and existence

is so simple?

it is because we love

our stories

and our opinions

and our logic

and our accomplishments

and our life

that we delude ourselves

into thinking we are living.

take back your life

and see this moment

outside of thought,

outside of time

and outside of space,

then what is left

is the only reality

we will ever know.

rev yuanzhi

3/7/2012

These Spiritual Window Shoppers

These spiritual window-shoppers,
who idly ask, 'How much is that?'
Oh, I'm just looking.
They handle a hundred items and put them down,
shadows with no capital.

What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping.
But these walk into a shop,
and their whole lives pass suddenly in that moment,
in that shop.

Where did you go? "Nowhere."
What did you have to eat? "Nothing much."

Even if you don't know what you want,
buy _something,_ to be part of the exchanging flow.
Start a huge, foolish project,
like Noah.

It makes absolutely no difference
what people think of you.

Rumi,