Natural Poetry * Basho

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Basho “Your poetry arises by itself when you and the object have become one, when you have plunged deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden light glimmering there. However well phrased your poetry may be, if your feeling isn’t natural – if you and the object are separate – then your poetry isn’t true poetry but … Read More

Beyond the Brain * Vimala Thakar

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Vimala Thakar “Going beyond the brain, transcending its dimensions, is not turning your back on the content of culture. It is not running away or announcing: “All that is worthless for it is not the absolute reality.” Going beyond the brain, you enter into elegant simplicity, but the elegance of simplicity requires a very mature being. You require maturity to … Read More