John Keats

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art–

Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night

And watching, with eternal lids apart,

Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite,

The moving waters at their priestlike task

Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,

Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask

Of snow upon the mountains and the moors–

No–yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,

Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast,

To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,

Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,

Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,

And so live ever–or else swoon to death.

John Keats

  I wonder what John's point was in this poem? To me it throws a sense of nature, peace, and truth. "Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask" That phrase right there is full of some much life, I could think about what that means, for years on end. Some poetry I read is vague and difficult but this is clear and clean. 

I'd love to study John Keats as a person, to really understand how he formed his poetry, and how he formed his work!

Seth Knarr: Art

By: Seth Knarr

Free the Slaves

How many People know that Slavery is still a common practice today? In countries all around the world, children, men and women are still bought and sold for a price. Weather in the middle east, south Africa, South Asia, the list goes on. 

Amna Al Nowais is an activist, and film-maker who has traveled and done has work towards freeing the Slaves.

How did you learn that slavery still exists? How did you feel at that very moment?

I had some awareness that slavery still existed, but not that there were more people in slavery today­—and treated worse—than during the time that it was actually legal. I first learned this when I saw Lisa Kristine’s TED talk. I felt sickened and overcome with emotions that prompted an urgency to act.

How did those feelings turn to action and a donation to Free the Slaves?

The suffering of an individual not only being stripped of their bodily freedom but also subdued, starved and psychologically altered day after endless day is unimaginable. Making a donation felt like a very natural next step after seeing and hearing what I just had, especially because of how easy it is to do so: on the spot, securely and within a few keystrokes on a laptop.

What do you say when you tell others that slavery still exists?

Slavery is not only still real, it is also a multibillion dollar business, enslaving up to an estimated 30 million people. It seeps into our day-to-day and can be in the supply chain that produces anything from our raw materials to the food on our plates. The numbers seem overwhelming, but we cannot forget that the illegality of slavery makes any practice of it a government matter; and that as consumers we have real leverage to eradicate it. Breakthroughs are a result of dominoes—small and consistent steps.

What do you say to others to inspire them to contribute to Free the Slaves?

As individuals we might feel overwhelmed by the spectrum of eradicating slavery, but Free the Slaves is already freeing thousands of people, as well as preventing further enslavement through region-specific and tried-and-tested methods that are only becoming better and better. All that is left for us as individuals who want to help is to support it. A donation goes a very long way and a regular donation makes it even more sustainable.

Why do you choose to donate to Free the Slaves when there are many other causes to support and organizations fighting slavery?

Over 80 percent of Free the Slaves funds go to programs and services. They are connected to local partner organizations everywhere they work and base every action they take on well thought-out calculations—from prevention to post-rescue. This maximizes their resources and reach and, therefore, most importantly, their sustained effectiveness.

http://ftsblog.net/

MT

The Fruit of Prayer

The fruit of silence is prayer

the fruit of prayer is faith

the fruit of faith is love

the fruit of love is service

the fruit of service is peace.

Mother Teresa 

Krishna

Krishna 

At last I find a meaning of soul’s birth

Into this universe terrible and sweet,

I who have felt the hungry heart of earth

Aspiring beyond heaven to Krishna’s feet.

I have seen the beauty of immortal eyes,

And heard the passion of the Lover’s flute,

And known a deathless ecstasy’s surprise

And sorrow in my heart for ever mute.

Nearer and nearer now the music draws,

Life shudders with a strange felicity;

All Nature is a wide enamoured pause

Hoping her lord to touch, to clasp, to be.

For this one moment lived the ages past;

The world now throbs fulfilled in me at last.

 Sri Aurobindo

Education & Money

Education & Money

       I'd like this to be a call for action concerning the U.S's budget for the education system. It seems to me that all throughout the World Education is becoming a more, and more relevant. Our Education system, has a lot of nuts and bolts missing, it seems everyday another Guard Dog has to watch, and another TEST has been deployed. Our World is a very confusing thing, we don't know if we are animals, evolved from primordial goo, or if we are specific creatures placed here by God Almighty. We don't know if the world is 6000 years old or 56.9 Billion years old. Why is there so much confusion? We have found ourselves in the cross-fire, between whats right, true, and worth communing, and what is a lie, a deprived state, and a flook. With education in mind, how is it that, people can become truly educated? We need true educators, people who seriously take the time to understand true knowledge. 

      If we want true knowledge, we have to start with God, start with his knowing, his understanding, which is perfect, complete, and whole. Truthfully, we desire this relationship, sub-consciously, until it bubbles up into our conscious mind it remains a dwelling for our spirit and soul. 

   The way we handle money in America is a joke, our military budget is at-least 10x more than our education budget. It makes you wonder what our countries mind is set out. I have a reason for living, and it is to educate the people concerning specific events, structures and ideas. Because to strengthen ideas, concerning peace, joy, and true knowledge is the only way for us to become what we are suppose to become.

  I've written two letters to the senate concerning our education, military, and budget issues. Of course I got no letter back, but I trust God delivered some sort of concern to them. 

  What are we going to do as a people to separate the lies from the truth? 

Psalm 103 / 104

Study

Psalm 103-104