Author: aletheus

• jewel of practice

  

  here now as is nothing is missing

  aletheus

  2021

  POETRY

  buddhism, meditation, poem, practice

• Green Tara Prayer

  

  a short mantra prayer for meditation practice and post meditation activities

  aletheus

  2020

  …, buddhism, POETRY

  buddhism, meditation, poem, practice, writing

• Litany by the Sea

  

  In an abundant woodOf Queen Anne’s lacedried and brown like bamboo,the ant scurries its way over fallenbramble and raspberry thorn,twisted California poppy blooming orange.As I lay there, intertwinedlistening,I hear an old manwith an ancient smilein simple language say –“Every step is a Prayer.” 1 Every feather in a wingevery sail set to seathread woven as clothhorn […]

  aletheus

  2018

  POETRY

  poem

• The Abnormal Is Not Courage…

  I love this poem, for so many reasons, but mainly because it fortifies the heart and strengthens resolve. The Abnormal Is Not Courage… poem by Jack Gilbert, Monolithos The Poles rode out from Warsaw against the GermanTanks on horses. Rode knowing, in sunlight, with sabers,A magnitude of beauty that allows me no peace.And yet this poem would […]

  aletheus

  2018

  art, SPIRIT

  poem

• tree, a story

  

  . The Tree is an ancient symbol in many cultures. The Tree of Knowledge, the Family Tree, and the Tree Of Life are three powerful examples. “Every atom belonging to you belongs to me.”   ~ Walt Whitman ♦ Picture if you will, a Tree. An old Tree that stands in the middle of a […]

  aletheus

  2018

  fiction, SPIRIT

  story