Speaking about silence? A paradox, of course, but a joyful exploration. I had the chance to join the thoughtful Raghu Markus on the Be Here Now Network for Mind Rolling, an hour-long podcast in which we speak about poetry as a spiritual path, meeting loss, transformation and trust, and being a “wide-open listener,” a term he used that i absolutely love–how might we become more wide-open listeners? We read lots of poems, many of mine, plus Raghu reads several by Stephen Levine–such a treat.
Up early, I made green tea and listened to this beautiful gift. Such openness, gentleness now. A rabbit hopping over the crusted snow, and the sky beginning to warm golden– this is the beginning of a good day. Thank you.
dear Tom! How good to hear from you! I loved that conversation–all the poems and quotes from Ram Dass that Raghu wove through, it was nourishing for me, too
“I feel sorry for their incarnation.”
what a line–
Here’s the Gregory Orr poem:
Not to Make Loss Beautiful…
Not to make loss beautiful,
But to make loss the place
Where beauty starts. Where
the heart understands
For the first time
The nature of its journey.
Love, yes. The body
of the beloved as the gift.
Bestowed. But only
Temporarily. Given freely,
But now to be earned.
Given without thought,
And now loss
Has made us thoughtful.
sooooo powerful–especially those first six lines … and the last three ..
I’ve bookmarked this interview.
Thank you.