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Audio Recordings / tagged Buddhism, Christianity, Faith, Symbols / April 27, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

There is a St. Francis in our garden
with a squirrel at his marble feet
and a small bird on his shoulder

Under the big oak out front
a stone Buddha holds firm
his mudra calling for discourse
equal balance of give and receive

As a Christian in a Christian land
it would be nice to have a Jesus too

If only we could find one of him
holding a fish and a loaf of bread
in each outstretched unpierced hand

The First Supper

Audio Recordings / tagged Choice, Christ, Christianity, Divinity, Easter, Faith, Jesus, Life, Sacrifice / April 20, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

As above so below
In a life between lives

I sit at a table of light
Set like Da Vinci's Last Supper

A table of light lined with people of light

The one in the center the brightest of light
Takes a knife all of light and cuts and arm all of light

The slice of his flesh drips red with his blood
(the only color in the picture of light)

To each at this table he offers

The gift of his flesh to the people of light
(the only color in this picture of light)

One by one they have a choice
not a last supper, but a first

By accepting the gift of hs flesh
(the only color in the picture of light)

They come to this earth
their own gifts to give

Missing the Mystery

Audio Recordings, Nostalgia, Personal Growth / tagged Buddhism, Christianity, Comfort, Faith, Tradition / December 29, 2024 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

A Protestant at Catholic school
I loved the music of the Mass
and all that ancient Latin singing
and sweet smoke of censer swinging

Our family's King James Bible
remembered that the Psalms were songs
We didn't go to church for news
and there were hymns that rocked the pews

At Esalen om mani padme hum
a praising of the jewel in the lotus
and the striking of Tibetan bowl
did more than math to soothe the soul

The rational mind likes login
but you don't have to take it to church

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JERUSALEM STONE

Audio Recordings, String Too Short To Save, Travel / tagged Christianity, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Religion / October 26, 2004 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

JERUSALEM STONE

Church, house, grave, wall
no give at all

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Siblants interlapping with interference waves construct this delightful hologram of spring: well done my friend
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21 beats, 4 past hyku, (sp); perhaps a new form. Beautiful poem

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