You cannot, in good conscious or with integrity,
push or try to help another person
solve a problem or attain an insight
that you, yourself, are still working on.
gallagher
31Jul2017
Christchurch
— Copyright 1965-2017 by Dennis Gallagher —
Archive for the ‘Christchurch’ Category
2017-07-30 – Paul’s Wisdom
Monday, July 31st, 20172017-08-26 – The Passion of Augustine
Sunday, August 27th, 2017
All roads meet here
where the still-point reflects
the leaves that tumble
before the unfolding of change
The visions and insights,
the drum of rain,
the turning of a page,
the déjà vu again.
gallagher
26Aug2017
christchurch
— Copyright 1965-2017 by Dennis Gallagher —
2017-10-12 – Do you, Mister Jones?
Thursday, October 12th, 2017When the boundaries loosen,
we find all of life is magical.
Or is it; you cannot tell.
And that’s where the blade meets the flesh
and where courage finds its feet.
“There’s something happening but you don’t know
what it is, do you, Mister Jones?”
The mortality, the pointlessness and the magic of creation
all dance around us in a place we cannot name.
Perhaps, our hearts understand; in the way
that an embrace informs the embracer?
But always, behind, the mind wants to make it something;
give it a name, connect its past to its future.
Out here, in this eruption of existence,
the fascinations swarm and beguile us.
But, always, between our thoughts,
the eternal OM endlessly sings and hisses.
Here, in our momentary small awarenesses,
we come and go like shadows.
Most of us never realizing,
that we are simply This.
And none of us ever truly free
of the profound mystery
except through our beliefs
in our our illusions.
gallagher
11 Oct 2017
Christchurch
— Copyright 1965-2017 by Dennis Gallagher —