clear the dust from your mirror...
“The Body is like the sacred Bodhi Tree,
From dust ever keep it free,
The mind... a reflecting mirror,
Let not dust be its cover.”
(Shen-hsiu)
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Poetry in Search of Meaning
Welcome to Conscious Living
Poetry is a special language connecting me to the deepest parts of myself and the whole of life. Writing and reading poetry helps me live more consciously on a daily basis. I invite you to read and enjoy the poems posted here. Comments are always appreciated and emails are also most welcome. To email me, click here. May you live a poetic life! Don Iannone
About Me
- Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.
- Forty+ year career in economic development, higher education, and healthcare. D.Div., Ph.D
Links
Poetry Links
- Michaela Sefler's Spiritual Poetry
- Famous Poets and Poems
- Garrison Keillor
- James Wright Poetry Festival
- Poets House
- Academy of American Poets
- Poetism
- Verse Links
- Electronic Poetry Center
- Electronic Poetry Review
- Craig Hill's Poetry Scoreboard
- About.com Poetry Blogs
- Ohio Poets
- Larry Smith's Poetry Homepage
- Loren Webster's Poetry Site
- Some James Wright Poems
- Some Gary Snyder Poems
- Salem Poetry Blog
- Pat Paulk/Laughing Ghosts
- Poets 101
- Zafusy Poetry Journal
Special Places
- Cleveland, My Home: Visual Tour
- Holden Arboretum
- Saguaro National Park
- Sabino Canyon
- Point Lobos State Reserve
- Mepkin Abbey
- St.Clairsville
- Martins Ferry
- St. Clairsville HS Class 1969
- Cleveland Botanical Garden
- Amelia Island Plantation
- Boulders, Carefree, Arizona
- Highland Inn, Carmel, California
- El Encanto Hotel & Garden Villas, Santa Barbara
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT
Interesting Resources
- Headfooters Gallery
- Pamela Wilson's Satsang
- Eckhart Tolle
- Spiritual Teachers
- World Political Leaders
- Time 100 Leaders
- Cleveland Bridge Builders
- Business Leaders
- Business Thought Leaders
- CyberJournalists.net
- NY Times Back to 1851!
- Boomer Radio (Try It!)
- Western Reserve Historical Society
- Cleveland Memory Project
Spirituality Links
Blog Archive
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- Winter SunrisePhoto Credit: Agriculture Dept., CSU...
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- try your beliefs..."Believe nothing merely because...
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- history's myth..."To know the truth of history is ...
- on history and poetry..."Historical sense and poet...
- Holiday CookiesPhoto Credit: Stan Sholik
- what our mind dwells upon..."If the Mind dwells up...
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- ice slivers clingto upstretched branches--reaching...
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- 'tis the season..."Be kind and merciful. Let no on...
- living in the moment...“Treat each moment like a n...
- Look out your window,Open your eyes--so you can se...
- the choice to love..."Love is a choice you make fr...
- the death of love..."Love never dies a natural dea...
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- the inevitable..."A flower falls, even though we l...
- one from gentle-man jack...Had to pass this one al...
- we need this as winter falls upon us with her cold...
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- change the world, change the heart..."To put the w...
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- sit with this..."Emptiness is in fact form when we...
- from the meditation cushion: is life really a jour...
- Blessed be the Christmas tree--the symbol of eter...
- Count your heart's reasons..."The heart has its re...
- Tuesday Thought: The Early Days of LoveNo time of ...
- How true..."I know nothing except the fact of my i...
- Monday Thought: Remember"Every primeval withdrawal...
- Expect enchantment in your life, but allow it to s...
- Sunday Thought: Walk the Medicine WheelFour Eleme...
- Mysticism"Mysticism is usually defined in dictiona...
- Things looking up...Photo Credit: Paul Downey Blog
- Saturday Thought: What Do i Know?"I know nothing e...
- Being/NonbeingIn the beginning Love arose,which wa...
- Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan's TeachingsTranscend t...
- My heart takes flight...
- Friday Thought: Follow the Meditative Path"These t...
- One to ponder..."Among the blind, the squint rules...
- Prairie GrassPhoto Credit: alice.bowe
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- Makes you want to laugh..."Since everything is but...
- Thursday Thought: How We Live"Thus we see that the...
- Winter in the distance, and yetnot so far away.
- On Enlightenment..."Anything that is created must ...
- Wednesday Thought: Our Religion?"My religion is to...
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- Winter sunPhoto Credit: AAA Themes
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- Imagine Waking Up to This Winter Wonderland
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- One to remember..."Following the course of least r...
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4 comments:
"Bodhi originally has no tree,
The mirror also has no stand.
Buddha nature is originally clean and
pure;
Where is there room for dust?"
Hui-neng
Imagined dust only. Gone if we imagine no dust.
That would still be imagining, wouldn't it?
Yes, it is.
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