Saturday, August 16, 2008

Wandering in and out and about

Wandering in and out and about...

The light that once burned so brightly within is now burning without.
Round and round we go, where it stops and begins again,
I don’t know!

What was, is but a fading memory as the lights about me that once showed the way fade to a dim, patiently waiting to burn brightly again. The journey has become lost, helpful signs are gone. A familiar journey it is with the same ole signs. Signs that never end, signs that have lost meaning.

Whispers from that slimy snake with the devilish smile slithering about, the road has become dark as pleasures of the flesh arise again. Pleasures of the flesh...again. Sinking so low but feeling so high. I can’t explain it but surely you understand it.

Only a flicker within guides me now. The test has begun anew for lessons learned afar, that remain within. Will I find the way again? Will I become the way again....

Lessons learned within long ago are now are but faded memories: frazzled, dazzled and dazed again. Faded indeed but still within for that is the way it is and always will be for me. When will this new familiar journey end? When will the old journey re-begin? Old lessons learned, tested anew, as class never ends. A classroom that was once embraced is now avoided. Not necessary avoided but not attended: Absent Absent Absent!

This journey has many detours. Familiar detours, that is, as I’ve traveled them before. They are as an old lost friend. A friend to enjoy but a friend to avoid. Distractions along the way. Sense to no one but me, but a friend to all, for within, we all have this friend indeed. Pleasures of the senses he is called and quite an enticing fellow indeed. Very soothing but so hallowing indeed.

The need to be free suppressed by the need to be....is very negative for me! LET ME BE FREE ... to live life......for the path to be free, to be enlightened, is filled with joy and misery! Oh, to be home again by the sea....

Slipping and sliding happens to us all but sooner or later, we will once again stand tall for that flicker of light that always burn within, is patiently waiting to burn brightly again.....
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Bright light, Closed eyes

.......I could see, or rather, sense a bright white light. It was right in front of my face and getting brighter by the minute. How could this be, I thought to my self. How could I see it since my eyes were closed but yet, I could still somehow see this light? It was getting brighter and brighter, nearer and nearer, or so I felt and thought..... Was this the proverbial “don’t go into the light”, light, I thought to myself.... Wait a minute, aren’t I aslee...?..... then I woke up......
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The Smile pt1

.... and he, who did not see the smile, continued walking with his head down.... a heavy gloomy look on his sullen face.... walking without purpose.... right into a tree.... bumped his head.... and fell to the grey dusty, hard ground..... life passing him by....

..... and then the other, he who noticed her smile; such a sweet, friendly loving smile, suddenly felt alive. He had never noticed such a smile in all of his years. It lit up his world. He could now see clearly, think clearly and it brought a joyful smile to his insightful face. The white wings on his back slowly unfolded, spread wide and he soared miraculously upward above this vibrant earth as he could now fly.... at first, surprised by what was within him, he was in shocked by this.... then joy and bliss overwhelmed him for he could now see wide and far, yet understood it all.... all because of a smile....
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Rites of Youth in Trier

On any given summer weekend... you will find groups of Trier’s youth gathering downtown in the ”Haupt Marktplatz“....

This gathering will consist of anywhere from two people to a dozen teenage friends...male and female... More than likely, there will be a bottle or two of red wine and/or white wine being shared amongst them (legal age, of course)..... They are causing no trouble; no fights will break out, no vandalism will occur..... They are just the youth of Trier celebrating life; enjoying each others friendship, enjoying being outdoors and soaking in the atmosphere around them as tourist and residents alike bustle about them..... Animated conversations over love, life, the opposite sex and laughter fill the air! No subject is taboo and no one is ridiculed. All are included.... None of the “grown ups” sneer at them (some even engage them in conversation). No one is harassing them. They are accepted and treated as people. A part of the city life... They are not hustled off to any dark out of the way areas or pushed aside because of their youthful innocence... The police walk by unperturbed by this common gathering as it does not cause any alarm... It is an accepted ritual that has been repeated many times throughout the years, decades and perhaps centuries in this over 2000 yrs old city....the rites of the youth in Trier.....
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