Companion blog for the essay: "UNIFICATIONISM a critique & counterproposal"


"A religion does not need to be interpreted literally
in order to be valuable and taken seriously."
—Anonymous

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Daughters of Shim Jung - personal poems from http://twitter.com/utblog - May 2014

2014-06-01

I don't know damn thing ~~ abandoned destinations ~~ so to dance and sing


2014-05-25

selfless Holy One ~~ "flowing with milk and honey" ~~ flower rising sun


2014-05-23

two meals eating flesh ~~ one meal makes the heart fall small ~~ the other, rise best


2014-05-18

fruit of the vine new ~~ no longer separated ~~ one in heart with you


2014-05-17

if you only knew ~~ holding back a torrent flood ~~ 'cause I care for you


2014-05-15

fair knight in distress ~~ sworn to become Holy One ~~ failed her in the quest


2014-05-13

what is this power?! ~~ vast ocean of time and space ~~ throe any hour


2014-05-12

practice every night ~~ letting go the waking dream ~~ peace that came with sight


2014-05-08

thank you Holy One! ~~ am truly blessed in all things ~~ rainbow cries; "the Sun!"


2014-05-05

bouncing off bedrock ~~ raindrops slowly chip away ~~ soft loam of Isaac


2014-05-04

eyes see the kingdom ~~ inward awe felt looking out  ~~ in wonder through them


2014-05-03

Greenie and I sat ~~ same stories over coffee ~~ melt under my hat

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Daughters of Shim Jung - personal poems from http://twitter.com/utblog - April 2014

2014-04-30

love without a doubt ~~ power force of thousand suns ~~ raw fierce art floods out

2014-04-30

love ever fleeting ~~ strong characters blank pages ~~ poetic reading

2014-04-28

I dreamed a lion ~~ she could kill me any time ~~ love kept living on

2014-04-23

it's what I've become ~~ fallen into the concrete ~~ dam and I are one

2014-04-21

takes a great martyr ~~ mystic's spouse year after year ~~ worthy of honor

2014-04-21

light up a mystic ~~ go back to first beginnings ~~ life realistic

2014-04-20

lord, come back to life ~~  rise out of my dark tomb heart ~~ dance me in the light

2014-04-20

Eve from Adam start ~~ separated in oneness ~~ level of the heart

2014-04-15

o sweet suffering ~~ dive again eternity ~~ make the angels sing

2014-04-15

all the colors blue ~~ even on a sunny day ~~ can't live without you

2014-04-15

verum cinnamon ~~ bread spread without which all's bland ~~ spice like morning sun

2014-04-10

one bitter springtime ~~ a cup of vinegar past ~~ so we too can shine

2014-04-10

worked in the garden ~~ daughter and I together ~~ dreaming good harvests

2014-04-09

which is more sacred ~~ the key that closes and locks ~~ or yet created?

2014-04-07

God doesn't give "tests" ~~ He too on the adventure ~~ sacrifice smells best

2014-04-06

Pinocchio's dream ~~ to be real as Geppetto ~~ by cutting his strings

2014-04-04

your love honors me ~~ that I could make you feel this ~~ though you could be free

2014-04-01

horrific know'r ~~ world flooding under stand'r ~~ knowledge destroy'r


2014-03-31

happiness, rejoice! ~~ soaring through your own blue sky  ~~  singing in true voice

2014-03-29

lonesome winnower ~~ morning into the mid night ~~ searching widower

2014-03-28

searching for love's truths ~~ yet on the scales found wanting ~~ standing in my shoes

2014-03-27

entire cause most ~~ opened her eyes toward me ~~ too humble to boast

Monday, March 31, 2014

Daughters of Shim Jung - personal poems from http://twitter.com/utblog - March 2014


2014-03-22

Spring conquering death ~~ broken hearts remain open ~~ eternally blessed







2014-03-20

nothing in return ~~ standing on that other shore ~~ pleading His concerns




2014-03-19

he climbed in once more ~~ each day never easier ~~ but she's the what for




2014-03-16

yes, of course you do ~~ but that doesn't stop my heart ~~ from thinking of you




2014-03-15

would say no to Eve? ~~ and never have known Jesus? ~~ sacred Calvery?




2014-03-15

climbed a high mountain ~~ grand vision offered itself ~~ butterfly lighted




2014-03-13

thank you Holy One ~~ even just hearing your voice ~~ is my morning sun




2014-03-12

gasping to breathe in ~~ did see the face of Mary ~~ greatest of his friends




2014-03-10

good-bye charity ~~ beholden God be with you ~~ as you God with me




2014-03-08

I love three sisters ~~ saints Faith, Hope and Charity ~~ Wisdom their Mother




2014-03-08

new morning sun rose ~~ her voice again long silent ~~ words only she knows




2014-03-06

Adam fell asleep ~~ woke up when woman appeared ~~ and learned how to weep




Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Daughters of Shim Jung - personal poems from @utblog October to December 2013

2013-12-30

Sabbath is a verb ~~ eternally still summit ~~ fount of holy Word

2013-12-29

victory of grace ~~ you loved me through the fire ~~ til flame found its place

2013-12-27

behind blue pine doors ~~ universe purpose unfolds ~~ worlds not seen before

2013-12-24

it all began small ~~ a conception in the heart ~~ she answered the call

2013-12-22

life's three kingdoms odd ~~ birth past, present and future ~~ Animal, Man, God

2013-12-21


"the winter is past" ~~ "Rise up, my love, my fair one" ~~ "the rose of Sharon"

2013-12-19

potato poem ~~ simmer until fork tender ~~ or eyes are open

2013-12-18

rise eve·ry Mary ~~ encourage cowering hearts ~~ life itself carry

2013-12-17

chorale whip of chords ~~ drives out our sheep and oxen ~~ temples of our lord

2013-12-13

Clovis point arrow ~~ flaked from imagination ~~ through bone to marrow

2013-12-11

when madness the rule ~~ sunset mistook for sunrise ~~ truth appears the fool

2013-12-10

most who see me curse ~~ unacceptable to norms ~~ yet my universe

2013-12-07

east night visitor ~~ witness the birth of a star ~~ eternal sister

2013-12-06

it's snowing today ~~ corn stock leaves like Buddhist flags ~~ blowing out to pray

2013-12-06

our suffering soul ~~ comforting authority ~~ mercy's begging bowl

2013-12-01

bring back the red chair ~~ turn on all the great hall lights ~~ teach us how to dance

2013-12-01

outside the paling ~~ wildflowers bloom without thought ~~ some ancient failing

2013-11-29

words don't understand ~~ fortresses carved deep in stone ~~ temples built on sand

2013-11-29

Santiam clear night ~~ shooting star burns slow then gone ~~ gratitude still bright

2013-11-24

talking to a chair ~~ abstraction on abstraction ~~ no warm body there

2013-11-23

lacking polished form ~~ unsophisticated be ~~ not perfect, but warm

2013-11-21

love is personal ~~ a kiss, a touched hand, a look ~~ clear-eyed cathedral

2013-11-18

Columbia come ~~ wash away time's golden dreams ~~ carry home your son








2013-11-12
we know in our bones ~~ there's a choice to walk away ~~ or take one step home

2013-11-11

bald eagle returns ~~ scavenger of fish really ~~ yet hero's name earned

2013-11-11

crescent moon rebirth ~~ the star of eternity ~~ kept his true promise




2013-11-11

enthroned crimson chair ~~ lap of Isis with Horus ~~ Son of Mary's care

2013-11-08

lives interwoven ~~ convenient separation ~~ illusion proven

2013-11-07

did I see you there? ~~ some glimpsed movement following? ~~ hope arising shared?

2013-11-04

november again ~~ come full circle in the heart ~~ refuge is a friend





2013-11-03

what are we to do? ~~ why, "there is none good but one" ~~ gave my heart to you

2013-11-01

October moon rise ~~ The Fall from a northern view ~~ Spring in southern eyes





2013-10-30

far away longed for ~~ once an accidental touch ~~ knocking on the door

2013-10-26

God said, with her hand ~~ man is become as one of us ~~ and I become man



Thursday, October 31, 2013

Daughters of Shim Jung - personal poems from @utblog - August 2013 to October 2013


2013-10-11 

daughters of shim jung ~~ your personal sacrifice ~~ in secret unsung

2013-10-09 

crescent moon again ~~ so much has changed since last time ~~ my temporal friend

2013-10-06 

white chrysanthemums ~~ careful greenhouse oceans grow ~~ red sport abruptly

2013-10-05 

true inner voice hear ~~ with shouting of the world's crowd ~~ ringing in your ear

2013-10-03 

cold polished mirror ~~ four times as clear as the mind  ~~ king still the see-er

2013-10-02 

Adam still apart ~~ asleep to Eve of his own ~~ level of the heart

2013-10-02 

toe in the water ~~ still very cold despite warmth ~~ let it run farther

2013-10-01 

there's no finish line ~~ purpose of creation filled ~~ when one raptures time

2013-10-01 

"I said, Ye are gods" ~~ prince looking in pauper eyes ~~ both worthy of nods

2013-10-01 

irony supreme ~~ when ideals of love fulfilled ~~ clip the wings of dream

2013-09-30 

need fall and revive ~~ one without its other kin ~~ night without sunrise

2013-09-29 

four mile nature walk ~~ fowls of the air pure bathing ~~ no thought I may talk




2013-09-28 

sweet connections are ~~ beginners on mountain tops ~~ kissing favorite stars

2013-09-27 

arrow shot too far ~~ target being very near ~~ missing of the mark (apologies to Rumi)

2013-09-27 

fruit of the spirit ~~ eternal star in blue sky ~~ gentle don't fear it

2013-09-27 

the great middle way ~~ between fire and water ~~ harvest blessings stay

2013-09-27 

care full heart felt placed ~~ songs on the altar of life  ~~ unmerited grace

2013-09-27 

light bursts through the blinds ~~ between dark bars in the hall ~~ honoring my mind

2013-09-27 

book full of feelings ~~ stark one sentence prison keep ~~ broken hearts reeling

2013-09-27 

snow on summer leaves ~~ winters cold warning again ~~ bliss is never free

2013-09-24 

time/eternity ~~ time is what separates us  ~~ God, from you and me

2013-09-22 

waiter for sunrise ~~ watcher in starry darkness ~~  giver of our skies

2013-09-22 

"love is in the air" ~~ Jesus said "love is the wind" ~~ in the sail of care




2013-09-21 

crag to crag leaping ~~ better in peaks and rock falls ~~ own counsel keeping

2013-09-20 

great joy to great pain  ~~ Holy One colors new worlds ~~ patinaed with flame

2013-09-20 

reaching back to you ~~ journeyed in the rising sun ~~ called, did not know me

2013-09-18 

ancient prophets knew ~~ sunsets are watching oneness ~~ we can know it too

2013-09-18 

wishing you Godspeed~~ our distance shrinks to zero ~~ eternally free

2013-09-17 

one eternity ~~ peel past and future glaucous ~~ layers to the heart

2013-09-13 

"love is in the air" ~~ Jesus said "love is the wind" ~~ in the sail of care

2013-09-12 

three jewels divide ~~ origin until union ~~  one understanding

2013-09-11 

how strange is a kiss ~~ spirit given mouth to mouth ~~ lips out finger tips

2013-09-10 

God's above all love ~~ how can we teach another ~~ unless we're in love

2013-09-08 

crescent moon rebirth ~~ the star of eternity ~~ kept his true promise




2013-09-07 

from the fall refrain ~~ summer light waning to gold ~~ until born again

2013-09-06 

original sin ~~ Latin sont- sons est guilty ~~  is from sin to be

2013-09-04 

all appearances ~~ seeming outwardly common ~~ hide eternity

2013-09-03 

there is mystery ~~ at the heart of the matter ~~ many and the One

2013-09-02 

leavened bread of life ~~ grain, herbs, water, breath, strength, tears ~~ one through sacrifice

2013-08-31 

life's breath of warm pain ~~ becoming one heartbeat to ~~ separate again

2013-08-30 

upon reflection ~~ seeing myself more clearly ~~ understanding you

2013-08-30 

a table two chairs ~~ for hours nothing to do ~~ but turn inside out

2013-08-30 

primal inspire ~~ each vision a vast volume ~~ origin fire

2013-08-29 

freedom oh freedom ~~ the clock is wound tight again ~~ and the gears let fly

2013-08-27 

rays of the new moon ~~ promise rebirth and passion ~~ promise eternal

2013-08-26 

eternal circle ~~ or the call of a true bell ~~ alas garment clean

2013-08-26 

oh to kiss those lips ~~ they are just there imagined ~~ my kingdom for love

2013-08-25 

there is mystery ~ division is illusion ~ we are holy one

2013-08-25 

recipe for loaves ~ if the recipe makes loaves ~ it is a good one

2013-08-23 

pearl behold within ~ beauty from impurity ~ pain to priceless gem

2013-08-22 

reaching out for thee ~ journeyed in the rising sun ~ called, did not know me

2013-08-21 

LORD, where taking me? ~ I think this is too painful ~ more than we can bear.

2013-08-21 

You are holy one ~ to be made in your image ~ free to be yourself

2013-08-20 

Holy One let's talk ~ understanding is so rare ~ what it means to care

2013-08-18 

daughters of shim jung ~ your personal sacrifice ~ in secret unsung

2013-08-17 

rapture and heartache ~ she dances in my garden ~ spring, summer, winter

2013-08-16 

Holy One thank you ~ thank you for "taking my hand" ~ "walking through this land"

2013-08-16 

mystery garden ~ eternal to temporal ~ mortal life for love

2013-08-14 

darling I miss you ~ separation and return ~ sweet rhythm of love

2013-08-13 

morning sun did rise ~ east to west a warm light touch ~ blooms open again

2013-08-09 

understanding where ~ "neither lo here!, or lo there!" ~ eternal life bear

2013-08-08 

while others silent ~ here and now affectionate ~ past irrelevant

2013-08-06 

every kingdom wise ~ bold and strong failure defied ~ jester's jibes relied

2013-08-05 

harsh realities ~ perplexing as they may seem ~ present beauties speak

2013-08-02 

tame my warring tongue ~ weapon words to medicine ~ balm of gilead

2013-08-02 

if i dwell on You ~ so be it, i dwell on You ~ best teachers repeat

2013-08-02 

turning inside out ~ accidental artwork born ~ love letter intent

2013-08-02 

ever creating ~ not a person, place, or thing ~ describes an action




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