Snow Melt

Ideas for poems taken from an old journal

6 Kalimat 164 BE – July 18, 2007 at 9:23:20 AM PDT

The following items are from a journal written over a spiritual retreat in May of 1999.

The Questions

NOTE: The following are some questions that will be answered in poems. I’m either going to put the poems in this blog or post them directly to my port. Only one of the questions in this list is in the process of composition, the others are in the meditation phase.

What is a spiritual environment?
Where do the flowers of grandeur grow?
Why do the winds of mercy blow?
How do the flowers of oneness grow?
When will the tide of unity flow?
Who intones the rainbows glow?
What is the feeling of roses?
What is reality?
What is prayer?

Is it possible that the fear of God could invoke joy in the confident believer?
How does one memorize a quote from the sacred scriptures?
What is love?
How does on listen to the soul?
What is faith?
What is the essence of all beings?
What do you do when you’re challenged?
What do you do when someone comes in need?
Why am I here?

What is my purpose in life?
How am I doing with the process of transformation?
Where am I in the process of transformation?
How am I getting along with the process of transformation?
How do I learn?
What is the difference between light and darkness?
What is the best thing that ever happened to me?
What is the physical manifestation of love?
What is the symbol of the soul?

Fortune Cookie quotes

NOTE: I don’t know which company put these out because they were pasted in an old journal. I’m going to use them as the theme to either a short story or poem.

With care,
things will never change.
Lucky # 09, 13, 19, 21, 23, 34

I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the Lucky# yet, maybe use them as stanza lengths in poems of similar themes.

From listening comes wisdom
and from speaking repentance.
Lucky # 03, 10, 18, 35, 36, 44