my body into a temple

 

 

When my beloved returns to the house, I
shall make my body into a Temple of

Gladness. Offering this body as an altar of joy,
my let-down hair will sweep it clean.
Then my beloved will consecrate this temple.

VAISNAV BAUL SONG

A life without love

A life without love is a waste. 

“Should I look for spiritual love, 

or material, or physical love?”, 

don’t ask yourself this question. 

Discrimination

leads to discrimination.

Love doesn’t need any name,

category or definition.

Love is a world itself.

Either you are in,

at the center…

either you are out,

yearning.

- Rumi

Divan e Shams Tabrizi

innocence

Daphne and Apolloby BeatrizMartinVidal

Untouched yet  susceptible

a branch loved and broken, 

Like Venus de Milo.

There is joy in being out of reach,

A pre pubescent , reluctance to be free

warmly consenting, waiting to bud.

Unlike the bright yet stab of a bougainvillea

With airy, joyous, tropic dance

Umbilical break, Filled of breathing the sway 

and whisper of love, of Heart turned soggy.

Birch, tree of desire, indolent, 

sensual loll of Young hairless twigs.

- opus 125

In Blackwater Woods

Look, the trees

are turning

their own bodies

into pillars

of light,

are giving off the rich

fragrance of cinnamon

and fulfillment,

the long tapers

of cattails

are bursting and floating away over

the blue shoulders

of the ponds,

and every pond,

no matter what its

name is, is

nameless now.

Every year

everything

I have ever learned

in my lifetime

leads back to this: the fires

and the black river of loss

whose other side

is salvation,

whose meaning

none of us will ever know.

To live in this world

you must be able

to do three things:

to love what is mortal;

to hold it

against your bones knowing

your own life depends on it;

and, when the time comes to let it go,

to let it go.

- Mary Oliver

Whether its love or Law of Attraction, good vibes count

Whether its love or Law of Attraction, good vibes count:
 The following a list of sentence starters that launch good vibes (and  I'm sure you could add more) from Psychology Today. Consider deciding to add more of them to your conversational routine, especially if it feels like your close relationships need a bit of rekindling, and see what happens:

1. Yes...
   "Yes, going swimming sounds great." ["Yes... but.." has the opposite impact; but negates the positivity of the Yes.]
2. I agree...
   "I agree that it's too hot to do any exercise other than swimming today."
3. I appreciate..."I appreciate your willingness to pack a lunch."
4. Thank you for...
   "Thanks so much for getting me moving. I was stuck on my couch all day."
5. I like (love, enjoy) ...
   "I like that suit! Looks terrific!" [and to initiate action, "I would like to ..."]
6. That makes sense to me because...
   "Bringing lunch makes sense to me because the food at the pool is so expensive."
7. I'm pleased (happy, delighted) that... "I'm pleased that you invited those guys to join us."
8. Good! (Excellent, Great, Wow, Cool, Terrific, etc.) "Great! Let's hop in the car."
9. How...?/What...?
   [These open-ended question words convey interest in the other.] "How are you feeling about driving since you hurt your arm?" "Whathave you heard lately from your Mom?" 
10. Positive non-verbals.
    Positive words have even more impact when spoken in an enthusiastic tone that conveys genuine interest. Smiles, laughter, playfulness, eye contact, and, with intimates, hugs and other physical expressions of affection also go along way toward generating god feelings.