religion – Page 3 – Love the Dust

The monotonous constancy of things

The best turned weary of their works. –Thus Spoke ZarathustraMore

All teachings sublime

O ME, man of slack faith so long! / Standing aloof—denying portions so long…. –WhitmanMore

Observers, and observing

What we see has roots in what we cannot seeMore

I shout and shout at the storms

Rage rage at the dyingMore

On Losing Truth

The truth could be in the blade of grass that we stomp onMore

Christ is a haunting figure

…but they were kept from recognizing him. –Luke 24:16More

They’re probably black as tar

I can find everything without within, and vice versaMore

What is it to meditate on Christ?

Who do you say that I am? Matthew 16:15More

I know that outside this roomsomething gives signs of life,something twitches or boundsand could join my legs jumpingbeneath the desk, seer legs.I know but don’t leave the roominstead I make the roomsmaller and smaller, shrinkingits proportions to a pointsomehow I still fit inside.I still look outside the room,my microscopic room,to the vastness out therethe trees…More

Job asks the god Why a bet

That power might as well have said, From going to and fro on earth, gambling the way we gamble on highMore

I think I’ll take a warm bath

They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching Thang to this effect: “Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again.” –Henry David ThoreauMore