Tag Archives: Jane Hirshfield

Attention + Focus + Time = Enchanted Awareness

Posted on August 27, 2024 by randomyriad

“Tree” It is foolishto let a young redwoodgrow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime,you will have to choose. That great calm being,this clutter of soup pots and books– Already the first branch-tips brush at the window.Softly, calmly, immensity … Continue reading →

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Important Ideas to Ponder Part I

Posted on December 9, 2023 by randomyriad

TO BE A PERSONby Jane Hirshfield To be a person is an untenable proposition. Odd of proportion,upright,unbalanced of body, feeling, and mind. Two predator’s eyesface forward,yet seem always to be trying to look back. Unhooved, untaloned fingersseem to grasp mostly … Continue reading →

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Tarot Journal #44: Six of Disks (success)/ The Lovers/6 of Wands (Victory)/Son of Flames/Ace of Cups (Beauty)/Ten of Swords/XIV Temperence

Posted on August 4, 2022 by randomyriad

Approaching the Threshold My need to be alone is balanced against my fear of what will happen when suddenly I enter the huge empty silence if I cannot find support there. I go up to Heaven and down to Hell … Continue reading →

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Tarot Journal #42: III The Empress/ 3 of Swords (sorrow)

Posted on July 26, 2022 by randomyriad

Fully Living The Whole Experience of Life In order to be fully alive, I must have contact with the grief and loss that I have experienced recently otherwise I will only skim the surface with no commitment to the depth … Continue reading →

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Making Every Life a Better Place to Live.

Posted on July 25, 2022 by randomyriad

“When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to … Continue reading →

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