“A bit of earth,
She wants a little bit of earth.
She'll plant some seeds.
The seeds will grow,
The flowers bloom
Their beauty just the thing she needs.
A bit of earth,
A drop of dew,
A bit of earth
A single stem begins to rise.
That bit of earth
Although I love flowers very much, I won’t see them when I’m gone. So in lieu of flowers:
Buy a book of poetry written by someone still alive, sit outside with a cup of tea, a glass of wine, and read it out loud, by yourself or to someone, or sile
On fairy tales -
'The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...
For those who immerse themselves in what the fairy tale has to communicate, it becomes a deep, quiet pool which at first seems to ref
Let’s never be “out of the woods”
"I feel a little alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. I would fain forget all my morning’s occupation—my obligations to society. But sometimes i
Background Listening - by Jean Klein
Jean Klein was a French author, spiritual teacher and philosopher of Advaita Vedanta (Nonduality).
Very often when you listen to something, you emphasize the object. There is still an action; there is still eccentri
