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johnprice

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John is a 57 year old guy from Menasha, Wisconsin, USA

Kabir says, "I don't know what sort of a God we have been talking about. The caller calls in a loud voice to the Holy One at dusk. Why? Surely the Holy One is not deaf. He hears the delicate anklets that ring on the feet of an insect as it walks. Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hair matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?" [trans from Kabir] ~~~~~~~~~~~ Without shame, I anticipate the miracle, just around the corner, that might never come... So, who am I to quote someone speaking of a God? What of a wispy cloud making some rain at noon? ********* The past is a postcard; the future, a flip of the coin********* In this SU world, I have fun and do my best.

  • Created Nov 10

    The bodies were from three men recently killed. The blood had gone along its small tiny river way to settling. Looking at the bodies, I realized the inconvenience of death. I wonder about the aftermath of various ways of dying, what's done with the remains, the feelings of those left behind. If the death was unexpected and violent, there would be a difference than if the person had died peacefully with loved ones at the bedside. Then I awake to the futility of those questions. The questions remaining should deal with things that matter. But what matters in the days ofter the death. Maybe it's enough just to give a nod and small prayer for the person gone. For the living, grieving, or not. The emotions of loss will turn into something else as time passes. But sometimes the hole opened by a loss will ever be filled. If we were close to the deceased, that will change, maybe not dissipate. There are healthy ways of good-bye for an important person. Important meaning they tended to and offered the very things that energize us all on this planet. Sorrow must run wherever course. These are a stories hard to tell, and they don't necessarily become easier after time.

    Those who have died have passed on, wearing smooth the stones. We've cut ourselves in churning water. Our bodies have been cold and shaking with fear and warm, distracted, and unfocused except for the immediate goal in mind, and then we die.

    We're peasants, really. Any idea of being special should have long burned out slowly. We can muster passion, let it burn slowly or with roaring flame. In the burning there is so much light, and even while fading, there is light. It can make us completely forget about the dark, temporarily.

    Kabhir-John Price (musings in the journal)
  • Lord Jesus Christ on the Judgement Throne

    Rated Nov 09 1 review christianity, religion, icons, jesus, spritual art orthodoxphotos.com

    I doubt the moment of judgment, but I reserve the right to consider it might exist. I practice examination of conscience, and I try to be ready to face judgment at all times.

    Kabhir-John Price (musings in the journal)
  • berlin wall - Google Images

    Rated Nov 04 1 review history, nuclear threat, cold war google.com

    student.valpo.edu/klowden/germany/berlinwall.jpg [student.valpo.edu/klowden/germany/berlinwall.jpg] " />

    Give us peace, and do not accept the value of walls.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~

    Could be any wall,
    lots are in our human history
    and some say they make good friends,
    But I don't know about that
    Tho I've pondered it for decades.

    Sometimes I realize the wall is mine,
    then I step back and try to look it through.

    If I am on the ball, I remember my old poem
    about the Wall-Splitter,
    who spent his life trying to knock down that wall,

    But who in death realized it wasn't about breaking it down,

    But about climbing over,
    No bricks knocked through,
    No bodies lain.

    Kabhir-John Price (into the poems; 1972, 2009)
  • mikewelchs blog - StumbleUpon

    Rated Nov 04 170 reviews stumblers, poetry, creativity stumbleupon.com

    The man continues to amaze. His poetry is right there -- wherever that is--but right there.
  • Created Nov 02

    In order to dig a hole you must first have solid ground to dig into.

    Kabhir-John Price (musings in the journal)
  • Want

    Created Nov 01

    You can want something all you can, but that has nothing to do with it happening. Then if it does turn out the way you want, you have to be very careful not to assume it was your wanting that made it happen.

    Kabhir-John Price (musings in the journal)
  • Letters from the Heart (2009)

    Created Oct 31

    Please realize the context:::I am a Zen practitioner, and the image of lily is a peaceful anchor, usually set on a simple altar at the center of the zendo (for a particular type of set-up); so, don't take the poem as negative. It's very positive in a koanic sense.

    Capture the Lily

    Throw out the town
    Wear down the mountain
    Erase all the clowns

    Be aghast at the neighbors
    Harbor your hate
    Nestle your anger

    In your misery, wait. . .
    Capture
    The lily

    Kabhir-John Price (2007)
  • The ultimate message?

    Created Oct 31

    "It's always fun 'til I get hurt." - Old Wisconsin saying

    ~~~~~~~~~~~

    What is the ultimate message I can give, the one that will show how deep and meaningful this all is?

    Think about it, and if you give enough of yourself, you will know.

    What is the ultimate message, the ultimate lesson?
    You know.

    Kabhir-John Price (from Heart)