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Poetry, Writing

Lesson 15 The Way of the Wizard

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(Poem 106 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

“To the extent you know love, you become love.” – Deepak Chopra’s The Way of the Wizard    

AI Generated image I prompted on Gencraft.com https://gencraft.ai/p/0CT7bo

Love is a universal force,
not an attachment or
extension of the ego.
The opposite of possession
is an empty vessel ready
to be filled to the brim
with the energy of love
that is freely poured out
by the one who loves.
Rather than wait around
for an image of love to
reflect our own or hope
they repair our brokenness,
why not tap into the source
that can fill the void and
seal the cracks and make
us whole so we can learn
wholehearted true love?
Out beyond memory of
personal past filled with
shame or guilt, rejection
or resentment, lies the
“quiet experience of Being.”
True love is not a void of
lack papered over by
denial, but entering the
essence of self that is the
wellspring of love, the simple
silent home of the beloved.

@Home Studio – 106th poem of the year

Chopra, Deepak. The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want. New York, United States of America, Harmony Books, 1995, pp.102-108.

Runner ups for the Renaissance photos to accompany my poem:

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Partners

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(Poem 105 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

AI Generated image I prompted on Gencraft.com https://gencraft.ai/p/cAB3V7

It helps to have someone
by your side during the
tough times and the good,
to view the sunsets and
take shelter from the storms,
climb the mountains and
swim across the rivers,
have your back in a pinch,
listen to your stories again, 
scratch the spots on your
back that you can’t reach,
and give you a shoulder to
lean on when you are weak,
and the nice thing about
having a friend, is that
as much as they help you,
you do the same for them.                

@Home Studio – 105th poem of the year                     

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Floofy Jack

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(Poem 102 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

AI Generated image I prompted on Gencraft.com https://gencraft.ai/p/d1AA4q

Floofy Jack is a big teddy bear
who happens to have a lot of hair.
He’s huge and fluffy and stinky, too;
thanks to his height, he has the best view.

Once in a while he’ll come to town
and walk down the street, each step on the ground
shaking the buildings, one mighty paw
is sure to make onlookers stare in awe.

They know the gentle giant will leave
after taking a stroll and a moment to grieve
at the place where the little girl rescued him
and gave his claws their very first trim.

The story is legend across the land—
how the girl saved the giant with her tiny hand.
With pets and treats and laughter and love,
she helped him become as gentle as a dove.

She proved to everyone near and far
that size doesn’t matter; it’s how kind you are.
She named Floofy Jack and called him her friend
and was his companion until the end.

When she passed away, he cried for a week;
his tears created a new fishing creek.
And that’s how the town was finally named
Bear Creek, thanks to the girl and the giant she tamed.

@Home Studio – 102nd poem of the year