Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems

“I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.”

HeartStillsOrderCompassionLaughingAliveCryBirthMy HeartRhythmBirth And Death

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“Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety.”

FeelsEnoughEarthSafeSafety

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“Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.”

ThinkingHandsEnjoyWalksArrivingTake My Hand

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“You are me, and I am you. Isn't it obvious that we "inter-are"? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful. I transform the garbage in myself, so that you will not have to suffer.”

InspirationalBeautifulSufferingFlowerObviousGarbage

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“Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins.”

ChildrenLeftBeautyMorningFlowerBirthRainBeachCyclesSmoothWipeForeheadsWrinklesFootprintBirth And DeathLeaves And Flowers

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“I hold my face in my two hands. No, I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands to keep the loneliness warm - two hands protecting, two hands nourishing, two hands preventing my soul from leaving me in anger.”

TwoSoulSelfHandsFacesLonelinessCryLeavingWarmMy SoulLeaving MePreventingTwo Hands

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“Be the monarch of your life and sign the decree to exile suffering and call back from all points of the universe the power of birds and flowers, the vitality of youth. The whole universe will smile when your eyes smile.”

JoySufferingHopeHealingBuddhismTransformationRenewalRestorationLiveliness

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“If we stop being joyful and stop singing, we are caught in a kind of prison. The stars in the sky never build prisons.”

HappinessJoyFreedomBuddhismBlissZen BuddhismOpenness To Life

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“Certain wondrous phenomena respond to the human need to know the infinite, truth, beauty, goodness. Others, deliberately enigmatic, remain inaccessible to our brains and hearts. Humans are much too accustomed to penetrating the universe with a narrow and limited mind, ignoring the eighty-thousand doors that are always open, at our disposal.”

TruthNatureMysteryIgnoranceCuriosityInsightRevelationBeginner S Mind

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