Comments on: Thich Nhat Hanh – Interrelationship

By: ebrahim

ebrahim — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:23:39 +0000

if i forget your name, don’t cry -
we are body all the same
and if i am oblivious to your being, don’t cry –
we are in seed one and the same
so near i am to you that i cannot see you
and so near you are to me that i have mistaken
your pores for mine
i wish i could see you as you and me as me
but whence death came she threw out all
discrimination and identification
now i cannot distinguish what is you and who is me
save if someone says this is that
i concur and say that is this

By: fuzzy tom

fuzzy tom — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:31:33 +0000

Could this have been my “inter-are”?

SYMBIOSIS.
I am who I am,
you don’t judge me.
Appreciate me,
you don’t have to.
Accept me,
if you care.
Understand me,
you might have to
and just give me that little space to be me,
that me that won’t judge you.

You are who you are,
I won’t judge you.
Appreciate you, I will.
Accept you, I will.
Understand you, I must
and will give you that space to be you,
hopefully that you, that will not judge me.

Judgment, I would leave to our real conscience,
yours and mine,
because it will inform these bodies of ours rightly,
if we will understand one another and not seek the path
of ‘Abram and Lot’ and their quarreling herdsmen.

Fuzzy tom

By: Ivan M. Granger

Ivan M. Granger — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:11:31 +0000

Thank you, Arlene, for your lovely, heart-felt note. A beautiful way you phrased that — being exhausted as one of your spiritual practices.

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By: Arleen Winer

Arleen Winer — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:01:11 +0000

Hello Dear One:

I am a young Senior that has been thoroughly enjoying your website, the poems you so beautifully choose, your commentaries and your own thought for the day. I also purchased your poetry book……sensational! Since I am not very computer friendly, please tell me how I can send a little donation to you for your inspiring work. Does it have to be done on line or can I send you a little check? Just know that I have been on this spiritual path for some time, am a Lover and supporter of our beleaguered Mother Earth, and…although the body is getting on in years, I feel like a new beginner each day. I’m so glad that at your young age you are so steeped in Truth and Divine Love. I have been physically challenged healthwise through the last 2 decades and being exhausted is one of my Spiritual Practices, so I can truly be in compassion with you on your Chronic Fatigue moments. Many blessings to you on your Journey……as Thich Nhat Hanh says so exquisitely….you and I “inter-are” and what Grace that is!!!! Sincerely and respectfully, Arleen Winer, Surfside, Florida

By: MILVIA A. R.

MILVIA A. R. — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:08:51 +0000

THICH NATH HANH’S “INTERRELATIONSHIP” IS SIMPLY A PERFECT POEM… A PERFECT VIEW… A PERFECT MESSAGE TO YOU AND ME… ABOUT A PERFECT IMAGE OF YOU AND ME…

By: Michael Skelding

Michael Skelding — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:51:36 +0000

If I let you be you
and you let me be me.

If we let them be them
and they let us be free.

To peacefully pursue
each personality.

That is unique to you
and is unique me.

How wondrous
life would be.