{"id":6377,"date":"2019-02-15T08:43:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=6377"},"modified":"2019-02-15T08:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:43:21","slug":"ellen-grace-obrian-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/ellen-grace-obrian-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Grace O’Brian – Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maya
\nby Ellen Grace O\u2019Brian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Buddha points to the earth
\nZen master points to the moon
\nArjuna points to the target
\nMary points to her child
\nJesus points to the heart
\nRumi points to Shams<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em>We all look
\nuntil we see<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from The Moon Reminded Me<\/a>, by Ellen Grace O\u2019Brian<\/font><\/p>\n


\n\/ Image by hapal<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not quite sure why, but reading this poem this morning makes me want to laugh.<\/p>\n

Everyone is pointing in all directions, yet they all somehow point at the same spot.<\/p>\n

We all look until we see.<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Ellen Grace O\u2019Brian<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Moon Reminded Me<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nLiving for the Sake of Your Soul<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nA Single Blade of Grass: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Life<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nLiving The Eternal Way: Spiritual Meaning and Practice for Daily Life<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n\"Ellen<\/a><\/td>\n\nEllen Grace O\u2019Brian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

US (Contemporary)
\nYoga \/ Hindu<\/a><\/a>
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Yogacharya Ellen Grace O\u2019Brian teaches the riches of Indian philosophy in a fully accessible and inspiring way for newcomers and longtime practitioners alike. She is a poet, teacher, writer, and spiritual director of Center for Spritual Enlightenment \u2014 a Kriya Yoga Meditation Center with headquarters in San Jose, California, USA. She teaches nationally and internationally and is the recipient of the 2015 Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Promotion of Religious Pluralism. Her published works include Living the Eternal Way: Siritual Meaning and Practice in Daily Life<\/i> and Living for the Sake of the Soul<\/i>, as well as three volumes of poetry.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Ellen Grace O\u2019Brian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maya by Ellen Grace O\u2019Brian Buddha points to the earth Zen master points to the moon Arjuna points to the target Mary points to her child Jesus points to the heart Rumi points to Shams We all look until we see \u2014 from The Moon Reminded Me, by Ellen Grace O\u2019Brian \/ Image by hapal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2241,2242,1368],"class_list":["post-6377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-ellen-grace-obrian","tag-maya","tag-point"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6378,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377\/revisions\/6378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}