33
Beats of Spirit
(Part II)
Poetry
by
Fleming Calder
Smashwords Edition
Copyright © 2011 by Fleming Calder
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INTRODUCTION
I have always believed that our universe holds more than mere physical attributes. Assuredly, within our time and space, unseen spiritual elements must exist between the atoms and molecules of our outer and inner universes waiting for an opportunity to become discovered and relevant.
Fifteen years ago, in the early hours of a spring morning, my assumption was validated when I awoke writing a catharsis of my life in poetic old English. This true occurrence in my life was very intriguing to me because before that moment I had never scribed verse in such a manner, nor had I really written much verse at all before this instance. An unseen essence, some hidden or peacefully possessed part of me, which lay dormant between the empty spaces of my materiality for more than three decades years, had come to let me know that it was ready to speak in its own unique voice.
Within a period of five years, I put pen to paper and produced an abundant variety of poetry. Some of the poems were more related to spirituality than others - although I believe all poetry is spiritual by nature. In this body of work I have compiled verses relating to the spirituality and mindset of humanity and religion from both an objective and subjective perspective.
I’m happy to share with you this work entitled “33 Beats of Spirit (Part II).” As suggested in the title, there are thirty three poems within this work. Why 33 poems? The number 33 is very meaningful. For example, did you know that: the numerical equivalent of AMEN is 33 (1+13+5+14=33); Jesus performed 33 miracles; Pope John Paul reigned only 33 days as pope; the highest degree in freemasonry is 33; the Hindu Rig Veda has 33 deities? Of course, there are many other references to the number 33 as well. Check it out for yourself.
Also, these poems are a follow-up to a previous work entitled “33 Beats of Spirit (Part I) containing another 33 poems, which pertain to the soul, spirit, conscious and subconscious mind, meditative state, and divine more from an individual’s perspective.
In closing, I wish you and your spirit much peace and happiness for this lifetime, and beyond. Enjoy!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II.
Spirit of Humanity
Sustenance
Voyager’s Prayer
Questions
Stardust
Oneness
Eternal Flame
Meditative Mind
We Seek
Spirit’s Mind
Sand in Time
Living Time
Saving Grace
Being
First Cause Code
Apparently
Hidden Universe
From Wisdom with Love
Mystic Call
Home
Flame of Comfort
Hear the Changes
Windows of the Soul
Unpossessive
Two of a Kind
An Act of Life
The Word and the Sword
Spirit of Religion
In Spirit of the Season
Easter Remembrance
God is…
Final Karmic Face
Circling to the Beginning
Love, Peace, and Light
Religion
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SPIRIT OF HUMANITY
Sustenance
Taste the sweetness of the day.
Eat the fruits of laughter.
Bits of joy retained in soul
live in smile thereafter.
Sample truths of happiness.
Savor vintage wisdom.
Richness of compassion sipped,
flavors inner kingdom.
Swallow warmth of purest light.
Feel the rays of rapture.
Sun of understanding shines -
moment’s bliss to capture.
Quench the thirst from sea of love.
Enliven waves of mind.
Purity from source of life,
flows in humankind.
Voyager’s Prayer
May your captain’s eye
steer steady life’s wheel
upon ever-changing
turbulent waters,
as the Lord’s ageless wind
guides time battered sails
of your heart’s vessel,
to the horizon
of the sunlit truth,
on great tranquil waves
of love’s eternal
cosmic ocean.
Questions
What lies beyond the stars,
past Jupiter and Mars,
in universal sea,
within this you and me?
What are we searching for
if not our meaning’s core,
as days pass into night,
and shadows lend us sight?
What dwells behind our mind,
the spark of humankind,
in cells so far and near,
when loving is not clear?
Has knowledge lost in years
made self succumb to fears,
so ego bound to earth
will live again in birth?
The questions linger on
until our souls have gone
a long way past the sun
where each and all are one.
Stardust
Reach for the heavens,
for we are stardust.
Oneness
Mystical forces
exist in the east,
reside in us all,
will guide one to peace.
To bask in the beauty
of image in mind,
innately be will;
a love we can find.
When faith be subconscious,
inherent be call
to tap and to bind
the one with it all.
In melodic music,
through eloquent word,
by mountain or lake
a peace can be heard.
Vibrations in cosmos
be out there to share.
Obtained in a thought,
with willing to dare.
The path to be taken
‘tis harder to see.
Distractions must end
and way be set free.
Us seekers of knowledge
can learn from a book.
Yet, lessons within
‘tis where we should look.
To meditate often,
be answer and way,
with practice of love,
with yearning to pray.
When outer and inner
be tranquil in state
the road be much wider,
so wisdom be fate.
A light in one’s journey
will come void of sound,
when destiny’s dream
of ONENESS be found.
Eternal Flame
Translucent beauty - life ablaze!
Spark ignited streams to flow.
Flickering in aura’s haze,
singular and burning slow.
Blowing in the changing wind,
essence glowing, though be dim,
guides the darkened path within,
illuminating peace and vim.
Energy of seeker’s sight,
incandescent wisdom warm,
focuses ‘til blaze be bright,
remembered in embodied form.
Eternal flame of purest light,
unperceived reality,
shines to join itself in white,
ascending through humanity.
Meditative Mind
Open heart to love that's known.
Awaken! Walk the road less shown.
Challenge self to truer task.
Unveil the face behind the mask.
Freeing ego from its plight?
Dispose of threat to second-sight.
Deny the cravings of the heart.
Release emotions from the start.
Steady breath to concentrate.
Unbind the senses - Contemplate!
Silence thoughts to emptiness.
Concede to know the nothingness.
Seeing light without the eyes?
Surpass the mist revealed to wise.
Traverse into time's abyss.
Achieve the purist love and bliss...
...Drifting from the undefined?
Mantra brings you back to mind.
We Seek
We seek
what is known and unknown,
enlightened by the way,
which shines before us.
But to wander
from the shadows to the illuminated paths
without quest
is not
which we innately know;
That is, life is,
so we may reacquaint ourselves with our existence
in the now and forever,
which in itself
is one of the mysteries
unknown
we seek.
Spirit’s Mind
When peace with love and joy converge,
a glimpse of oneness will emerge.
Sand in Time
Each being is a grain of sand
that’s falling through a greater hand,
to glisten from a rainbow beach
with drifting hope, and heaven reach.
Wild shapes and sizes float on will
on sudden gusts or silent still,
awaiting rays from loving light