you want to be flawless?

The mistake is politics, thinking you can manipulate things into your image.

For the imageless there is no manipulation, there is no politics.

Dogen said life is one continuous mistake.

Only the dead are flawless.

post-other; the ground of caring

Some men and women joined the military and served for a while. Some fought in combat. Some were hurt. Some died. Those that lived are honored today. It is a sober day.

At conversation tonight talk about the election, the hurt, the combat, the dishonorable comportment, and the surrogate intimidation and snarling dismissive mess that preceded and followed.

Love is attention to what is presenting itself.

Like the visit to Dana Farber I accompanied Thursday.

The attentive care from person to person.

One after the other there.

When community recognizes itself.

Leonard (d. 10nov2016)

He tried

In his own way

To be free

nothing has changed

And so, it is Wednesday.

And things, remarkably, have changed. Or has it?

SLEEPWALK 

Tonight I have walked with you 

along the deaf lanes of sleep, 

and now that it is morning 

nothing has changed, 

other than that the two who during the night 

were completely together 

have left me once again this morning 

and continued together further on their way. 

(Poem by Gerrit Achterberg)

Brought back from Saskia's trip to the Netherlands, an inscription on a house.

On house in Oud Naarden, Netherlands
[You’ll have to get a precise translation for yourself.]

Dymphy translated it for Saskia something like, “ When in the midst of sorrow or difficulty, and you don’t know where to begin, be embraced by poetry.” (Willem Jan Otten)

Droomgericht 

De klok regeert de kamer, 

monotone wetten 

murmelen in den avond,

niemand kan zijn regelen verzetten, 

niemand wordt hier doorgelaten. 

Vandaag ben ik beschuldigd, 

vanavond lig ik voor't gericht. 

Stilte in de zalen, 

alleen het ademhalen 

van de kast, een moeder die mij ziet. 

Wind en regen buiten  

pleiten en verdedigen,  

wind en regen buiten 

pleiten en omsluiten 

den rechter met hun redenen. 

Rinkelend verschrikken  

minuten, minuten;  

uren hijgen voort 

en vier muren klagen 

om een enkel woord 

van vergeven vóór den morgen,  

om een antwoord van vergeven,  

om een antwoord vóór den morgen.

Gerrit Achterberg

[Translated]

Dream Judgement

The clock rules the chamber,

monotonous laws

drone on through the evening

no one can set his rulings aside,

no one escapes this room.

Today I am accused,

tonight I lie before the court.

Silence in the halls,

only the breathing

of the cupboard, a mother who sees me.

Outside, the wind and the rain

appeal and defend,

outside the wind and the rain

appeal and enclose

the judge with their reasoning.

Jerking forward with fear

the minutes, the minutes,

the hours gasp ahead

and the four walls cry

for one single word

of forgiveness before morning, 

an answer of forgiveness, 

an answer before morning.

  

Translated from the Dutch by Barry Goldensohn

Polls close. Now

Counting

Votes

flower offered, never grasped

ラブソング

Rabusongu

Love Song

( あ a      俳句 Haiku    回想 Kaisō recollection)

頂く

Itadaku

I received

チョ・アンの

Jō An no

Jo-Ann's 

     静か

     Shizuka

     quiet

     目付き

     Shisen

     eyes

     五十

     50       

     fifty

     夏

     Natsu

     summers 

前

Mae

ago,

今

Ima

now, 

沈黙

Chinmoku

silence

...   ...   ...

Love Song

   (a Haiku recollection)

I received Jo-Ann’s

quiet eyes fifty summers 

ago,     

now,    

silence 

 

Jo-Ann

I read her death notice at 3AM.

She died, it said, Nov 2nd.

It was All Souls Day.

I was on retreat at Trappist Monastery.

In Massachusetts. She, Connecticut.

It was the nature of our friendship.

an hour appeared

Where did that hour come from?

from Holland, an email

"Rohr reading from today says it beautifully! Perfect way to start the day. “ --

The Christification of the Universe
Sunday, November 6, 2016

 

The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. —John 6:51

Jesus the Christ did not talk in this truly shocking way (see John 6:60) so we could worship bread and wine. He came so that we would recognize his presence in all things, not just in the human body of Jesus, not just in the human body of God’s people (1 Corinthians 12:12ff), but even in the nurturing elements of the earth, symbolized by the ubiquitous food of bread and wine (1 Corinthians 11:23ff), and therefore to the very edges of creation (Romans 8:19). The mystery that was made personal and specific in Jesus was revealed as the shape of the entire universe. [1] What else could the universe be but “the body of God”? Think about it. The Incarnate One is the stand-in for “everything in heaven and everything on earth” (Ephesians 1:10). This is not a competing religious statement as much as a highly symbolic metaphysical plan “from the beginning,” “from the foundation of the world” (see Ephesians 1).

God is not just saving people; God is saving all of creation. It is all “Real Presence.” We could call it the primordial “Christification” or anointing of the universe at Creation. This is not pantheism (God is everything), but panentheism (God is ineverything!). Such a central message of cosmic incarnation was never seriously taught in the Western, overly individualistic church, except by a few like Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), and Bonaventure (1221-1274). It was much more common in the Eastern Church, especially in early scholars and mystics like Maximus the Confessor, Gregory of Nyssa, and Symeon the New Theologian.

Inspired by the more contemporary mystic scientist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Franciscan sister and scientist Ilia Delio writes:

Christ invests himself organically within all creation, immersing himself in things, in the heart of matter, and thus unifying the world. The universe is physically impregnated to the very core of its matter by the influence of his superhuman nature. Everything is physically “christified,” gathered up by the incarnate Word as nourishment that assimilates, transforms, and divinizes. [2]

From the way we treat the planet, other humans, and sometimes even ourselves, it seems we don’t understand or really believe this. When you don’trecognize that the Christ Mystery is universal, that God is present in—and is saving—all of creation, you can choose what you respect and what you disrespect, what you love and what you hate. The full Gospel takes away from you any power to decide and discriminate where God is and where God isn’t. The old Baltimore Catechism answered the sixteenth question, “Where is God?” quite clearly: “God is everywhere.” But we never really believed it!

Gateway to Silence:
Brother Sun, Sister Moon, help me see God in all things.

http://createsend.com/t/d-8E0EA64B180F1B62

I'll vote

I'll vote, once for two things.

Point me toward the booth.

More important: how do you spell the name of the candidate standing for intelligent & kind leadership?

crossroad

Haiku 
     (for Election Day)

In two days the US

votes  In three days we will learn

What becomes of us