tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post115608448439530763..comments2023-06-03T10:40:28.940-04:00Comments on conscious living poetry journal: Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156299899688307652006-08-22T22:24:00.000-04:002006-08-22T22:24:00.000-04:00Thanks Dan. That is the best kinda truth that I kn...Thanks Dan. That is the best kinda truth that I know of! Love!Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156260257231475282006-08-22T11:24:00.000-04:002006-08-22T11:24:00.000-04:00Had to read this one yet one more time. And will y...Had to read this one yet one more time. And will yet again.<BR/>The unvarnished Truth!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744423069765018278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156232164567241382006-08-22T03:36:00.000-04:002006-08-22T03:36:00.000-04:00Thanks Julie and Mike. Glad you enjoyed it.Thanks Julie and Mike. Glad you enjoyed it.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156219149970709192006-08-21T23:59:00.000-04:002006-08-21T23:59:00.000-04:00Don. Nice.Don. Nice.anonymous juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055080538242335793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156211025901360132006-08-21T21:43:00.000-04:002006-08-21T21:43:00.000-04:00You took the words from my mouth, Don. This is a ...You took the words from my mouth, Don. This is a great contemplation to use to bring your meditation sessions to an end. Beautiful and wise.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17934386917419130389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156207657439987592006-08-21T20:47:00.000-04:002006-08-21T20:47:00.000-04:00Sivermoon...thank you. This is almost a prayer or ...Sivermoon...thank you. This is almost a prayer or meditation for working things out of our system.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156205689598940482006-08-21T20:14:00.000-04:002006-08-21T20:14:00.000-04:00Intersting perspective and philosophy!The connecti...Intersting perspective and philosophy!<BR/>The connections among us *are* strong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156194671854068912006-08-21T17:11:00.000-04:002006-08-21T17:11:00.000-04:00Quasar...thank you so much. Can't thank you enough...Quasar...thank you so much. Can't thank you enough for your insight and openness. It's a journey for all of us. It's great to hear life journeys. Why do I get the sense you are a wonderful storyteller? Nice.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156194225638696142006-08-21T17:03:00.000-04:002006-08-21T17:03:00.000-04:00hi don, funny but I was talking to someone earlier...hi don, funny but I was talking to someone earlier today about theage of innocence and early childhood.<BR/><BR/>I asked him if he could remember when he first discovered that others could not 'read or hear' his thoughts. When he tested the waters with the first little white lie or falsehood.<BR/><BR/>That is where the link is broken, and the cloud thickens with every lie and falsehood we add daily.<BR/><BR/>Until of course we stop - at least communicating wilfull and deliberate lies and start connecting with truth ...<BR/><BR/>The risk of course is that we are still open to error, entangled in the illusion, unwittingly.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes when someone asks me for directions in the street I hesitate to answer or hazard a guess in case I give the wrong address. The subtlety is that when I do err I become aware of it - rather than just added more error to the thick fog of error and lies our minds are inadvertently often walking thru - like walking thru mist (even on a sunny day) or like walking thru a rainstorm even when there are noclouds in the sky.<BR/><BR/>This is not a present or perpetual feeling - this was a process of removing the scales from my minds eye, and detaching myself from the web of lies that drives society. Money appears to drive society, but it is not money that is the root of all evil, but the lies the deception the betrayal by people.<BR/><BR/>Those who can rise, in tune with your last paragraph, should then try to retain clarity and abstain from adding to the fog of falsehood<BR/><BR/>it is peculiar sometimes to find a young lady 'at peace' yet instantly irritated and driven to lie when receiving an unwelcome call from mother or whoever...<BR/><BR/>alas ce la vie on the journey to clarity, the search for truth, the quest for knowledge, the path to light, the light to peace, the peace to bliss, bliss divine.QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156165736228824322006-08-21T09:08:00.000-04:002006-08-21T09:08:00.000-04:00Thanks to all of you for your comments: thanks Plu...Thanks to all of you for your comments: thanks Plus Ultra, Dumbdodi, Rama, Dan, Jim, Baxter, Renee, and Margie.<BR/><BR/>This is a tough one for many folks. The idea there is no separate individual self or permanent personality or soul blows many people's mind. It's not easy to grasp. Takes a while to really get there where you see beyond your self (my self). We get glimpses and try to hold onto them. It's more of a feeling that we are all one. <BR/><BR/>Blessings to your new week.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156161658465836592006-08-21T08:00:00.000-04:002006-08-21T08:00:00.000-04:00Post this all over the Middle East and all over th...Post this all over the Middle East and all over the heads and the hearts of the human race...blessings, agape love in the highiest!Plus Ultrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735827112800682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156158532389543772006-08-21T07:08:00.000-04:002006-08-21T07:08:00.000-04:00We all are individuals I think and I respect indiv...We all are individuals I think and I respect individuality a lot because all these individualities come together we all form a 'Whole', 'The Shared One'dumbdodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058309506504602465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156150850175324882006-08-21T05:00:00.000-04:002006-08-21T05:00:00.000-04:00"Say goodbye to your separate selfand all of its h..."Say goodbye to your separate self<BR/>and all of its habits.<BR/>Say hello to the shared one<BR/>we all are." Don, you must know the Beatles song (a big hit, in late 1967), "Hullo Goodbye"! Best, ramaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156142089567131992006-08-21T02:34:00.000-04:002006-08-21T02:34:00.000-04:00Even in my separate moments, I know the oneness of...Even in my separate moments, I know the oneness of myself and us all. Great work Don.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971088194383172409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156131148573215502006-08-20T23:32:00.000-04:002006-08-20T23:32:00.000-04:00This is Masterful, Brother Don. Masterful! And def...This is Masterful, Brother Don. Masterful! And definitely the same as the quote on AD. You could hand this in for one of your school papers.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744423069765018278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156130415121000632006-08-20T23:20:00.000-04:002006-08-20T23:20:00.000-04:00i enjoy the content of your writings, Doni enjoy the content of your writings, DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156128990233837182006-08-20T22:56:00.000-04:002006-08-20T22:56:00.000-04:00I like the concept. I would like to attain a leve...I like the concept. I would like to attain a level where I'm self-aware and all-aware simultaneously.Meadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200771118045164229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156127923433325972006-08-20T22:38:00.000-04:002006-08-20T22:38:00.000-04:00Wondderful poem Don!And, I thank you so very, very...Wondderful poem Don!<BR/>And, I thank you so very, very <BR/>much for those "words of a loyal <BR/>guardian."<BR/><BR/>You are such a dear person!<BR/>I will be just fine!<BR/>And, I will keep writing my poetry!<BR/>Blessings to you my friend!<BR/>-Margie:)Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433759763753850718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156118235340510192006-08-20T19:57:00.000-04:002006-08-20T19:57:00.000-04:00Thanks Rob, and so are you.Thanks Kai and glad you...Thanks Rob, and so are you.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Kai and glad you walked and hopefully enjoyed DC.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Serenity and you also are an inspirational blessing. Namaste!Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156117765052447302006-08-20T19:49:00.000-04:002006-08-20T19:49:00.000-04:00good poem....dc is ok.we walked& it was hotgood poem....<BR/>dc is ok.<BR/>we walked<BR/>& it was hotKaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525571908541394623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156117384897983282006-08-20T19:43:00.000-04:002006-08-20T19:43:00.000-04:00Don,I always end up coming back to your poems a se...Don,<BR/>I always end up coming back to your poems a second time because there is something that sticks with me throughout the day. Thank you for the inspiration and for being a vessel for that universal energy to flow through you and gift us with the results.<BR/><BR/>Blessings!serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299260798953154347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156114938529659822006-08-20T19:02:00.000-04:002006-08-20T19:02:00.000-04:00Thank you Don. The poem is sure-footed and so are ...Thank you Don. The poem is sure-footed and so are you.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023844543481324561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156113877627464622006-08-20T18:44:00.000-04:002006-08-20T18:44:00.000-04:00Darius...that is exactly what this poem is all abo...Darius...that is exactly what this poem is all about. You get it. This is a total nondual poem that starts with habits and ends with the forgetting of the whole concept of a separate or permanent individual self or soul. You know what I'm pointing to, whether you agree or not. Blessings.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156106539581131472006-08-20T16:42:00.000-04:002006-08-20T16:42:00.000-04:00Good poem/meditation, very Buddhist-mindfulness-li...Good poem/meditation, very Buddhist-mindfulness-like.<BR/><BR/>Also, at a very literal level, as far as we can tell, the uni-verse really is one phenomenon. Even at the most basic physical level, what is can be viewed as a single event.<BR/><BR/>And to me, what you're getting at is how we can be conscious, at least somewhat, of this state of affairs, in the moment. Our minds can open out onto at least intimations of the way things really are.Dariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456843848141315800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156105095199524272006-08-20T16:18:00.000-04:002006-08-20T16:18:00.000-04:00Thanks Serenity and Imemine. Nice day here. Now so...Thanks Serenity and Imemine. Nice day here. Now some sun. Blessings.<BR/><BR/>PS: So much can be said about this poem...but then again, all words would miss the point.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.com