Man still is just man
When man mastered
the horse and chariot,
and later build cars
to drive over the earth
it made him no god
over it
and still he lacked
the knowledge
of how to make
out of nothing and a void
sand, pebbles and rock.
When man felled a tree
and build a boat
to float on the river
and the sea
and later constructed ships
and submarines
and mastered the art of sailing
he still was just man
and storms, huge waves
and water could still kill him.
When man mastered the art
of flying by machines
and could travel in the sky,
planes could still dropp and crash
and man was still bound
by the laws of nature.
When man mastered fire, steam, fuel,
electricity and nuclear power
and could harness it
at his choice
and reached into space,
he still stayed human
and a spec in the universe.
poem by Gert Strydom
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One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.
quote by Meister Eckhart
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Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then for the second time in the history of the world, we will have discovered fire.
quote by Teilhard de Chardin
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Dervishes and Mastery
Oh.
Time has slapped me in the face
The air was thick and settled
A new tick
A slower second
You have mastered time
You have mastered
Me
My.
You've really swept me off my feet.
Haven't let me down to breathe
For weeks.
I'm suffocating
Bury me deeper
Steal my atmosphere
Let me die this way
Heart speeding in a hundred different directions
Goodness.
I'm a flat out fool
For you.
I'm a fish out of water
I've grown wings
You tell me I'm your goddess
In frenzied dervishes you paint me
You whisper: muse
You brush my face with a smile
Is the creator of something divine
A god himself?
poem by Aria Siren
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Remember Earth
When I look into the sky,
I like to imagine the stars and planets
as human beings who were able to transform
themselves into these super spheres, circling in
an eternal meditative realm.
The earth is but a sad and failed entity
that had launched itself too eagerly, too fast
its consciousness has crashed into a million
trillion little consciousness, moving everywhere,
some squelling, some barking, some growling,
some ointing, roaring, and alas, the little egos
have even found it apt to turn on in each other,
devouring each other
These fragmented consciousness can be revived
for eternity, and now each has to find its own way
launch not your ego before you have mastered
your art - remember earth
another version
when I look into the sky
I like to imagine the stars and planets
as one time human beings who had transformed
themselves into these super spheres,
circling in an eternal meditative realm
the earth i stand on is but then a sad and
failed entity, an overambitious being that
had launched itself before it had even mastered
the full art of meditation, the art of transformation,
so that its consciousness ow has crashed and splintered
into a trillion zillion little consciousness running everywhere,
some squelling, some barking, some meowing, some chirping, some...
these fragmented consciousness can be revived for eternity
and now each has to find its own way
and now never launch your ego before you have mastered an art
be it to become an ant or planet
remember earth
now look into the space in your mind and meditate
like the planets circling round the stars
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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A Reminder To All
perhaps after man has
mastered the laws of the wind
and the land
and the water
he must venture on mastering
the laws of love
for by then
in another moment of history
we shall find again
that fire
that must continue burning
love, and more love
in our drying hearts.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The Pentagram
[Dedicated to George Raffalovich]
In the Years of the Primal Course, in the dawn of terrestrial
birth,
Man mastered the mammoth and horse, and Man was the
Lord of the Earth.
He made him an hollow skin from the heart of an holy tree,
He compassed the earth therien, and Man was the Lord of
the Sea.
He controlled the vigour of steam, he harnessed the light-
ning for hire;
He drove the celestial team, and man was the Lord of the
Fire.
Deep-mouthed from their thrones deep-seated, the choirs
of the æeons declare
The last of the demons defeated, for Man is the Lord of
the Air.
Arise, O Man, in thy strength! the kingdom is thine to
inherit,
Till the high gods witness at lenght that Man is the Lord
of his spirit.
poem by Aleister Crowley
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A Boy Drowned
A boy walked to and fro along the bridge,
His mastering of good news was sound and bright;
As the knowledge of wisdom set in from the river,
The waves had spent their effort for too long;
The rivers mastered the boy, for the bridge was long,
And the bridges were so far in the distance.
Every boy will learn for the news to be a world of good,
The good life exactly arrived with seas of wonder;
Knowledge exercised its power on the wondrous boy,
For the bridges he had traversed produced more learning;
Bridges across the water killed the boy who mattered,
For he was found on a riverbed, dead and drowned.
poem by Naveed Akram
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Disparage
Teacher, dear teacher
epileptic with knowledge,
spitting and apprehensive.
Enthused;
with a sweet lull
grounding mounts of will power,
mastered a way to make
brilliance uninteresting.
poem by Abhyudai Dhawan
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Master, Or Slave?
All men were created to be free
But some have chosen another way
Life choices were made into slavery
That ebbed their humanity away.
A man is a slave to what mastered him,
Alcohol, drugs, gambling and such.
Greed, pleasure, and every evil whim
Yes, the tendrils of Sin can grip so much.
Man takes the drugs in his own hand
And with his own mouth, he will then swallow.
Man takes the guns, pulls the triggers and then
Does the killing, the murders he sows.
Man, he created those nuclear weapons
Surely for the purposes of making war
For Hatred and Strife has mastered him on
And his Sin has gone so very, very far.
Though Man was given all dominion
Over the Earth and all living things
He has managed to reap sheer destruction
And the Cause and Effect now is coming.
Poverty and famine are man-made
Through corruption, neglect, and pollution
The Earth has succumbed and its womb forbade
The harvest of food for our consumption.
Pride is the other master that holds
Man will never acknowledge his need
For the only God Whose power can mold
Man back to his image, a master...His Seed.
'When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at the time...Those things result in death! '
Romans 6: 21
'For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.'
Romans 6: 23
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Copyright Cynthia Buhain-Baello
February 20,2010
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It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes and get them mastered. You have to create.
quote by Joe Elliott
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One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.
quote by Ron Howard
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The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.
quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt
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MARCIA Le MAGNIFIQUE
'Flies thru the air with the greatest of ease'
Like a Peregrine falcon…I’m quite sure
She's mastered the art of the flying trapeze
Though petite, pixie-like, and a bit demure
ROTMS
poem by Ray Lucero
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LEMURIAN or ATLANTEAN?
Look at me do I seem alien?
Do I not look like you?
Am I too outspoken?
Am I odd because I express from an open heart?
Perhaps it’s because I love you without expectation?
There’s only one difference between you and me
My soul remembers…
Long ago my ancestors came from Venus
A place where souls go to Master Love
Love-in-hand, they migrated to this water planet
“Earth”
They marveled at the beauty
They marveled at the natural balance
They settled on a vast lush continent
They named this Eden paradise “Lemuria”
They prospered;
Developed art, poetry
Mastered agronomy
Revered Earth and Sky
Far to the East there was another great civilization
“Atlantis”
A place ruled by great beings of high intelligence
Warlike beings, said to be from the planet Mars
Beings of logic that lacked compassion and love
Technology flourished;
They established trade routes to all parts of the world
Flying machines
Great seagoing ships
Gigantic crystals used to transmit power and communication
over great distances
They developed awesome weapons of mass destruction
They made war against their enemies
They tampered with and angered Earth Mother
She rebelled, unleashed great fury;
Great earthquakes ensued
Volcanoes erupted
Air temperatures rose
Icecaps melted
The waters swelled, flooding the entire globe
Atlantis sank beneath the deluge
Lemuria suffered the same fate
Many perished
Those who survived migrated East by boat
Atlanteans settled Western Europe
Lemurians settled the West coast of the Americas
Which of these two civilizations do you relate to?
Are you Lemurian or Atlantean?
Or?
ROTMS
poem by Ray Lucero
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I See A Boat On A River
He left on a boat
Just to follow a dream
He had to find.
You can't hold a man
When he follows a dream
That's on his mind.
I see a boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to the ocean,
Where to i can't say.
Boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to the ocean,
Where to i can't say.
I waited for him
Such a very long time,
Don't know what for
'cause i should have known
When he left on the boat
We'll meet no more.
I see a boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to the ocean,
Where to i can't say.
Boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to the ocean,
Where to i can't say.
Boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to the ocean,
Where to i can't say.
Boat on the river.
You're bound for the sea,
If you should find him
Please greet him from me.
There were people who came
And said it's really a shame,
Why did he take off
To follow just a dream.
But i guess they were wrong,
In life you're sailing along
And things don't turn out
As simple as they seem.
Boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to the ocean,
Where to i can't say.
I see a boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to the ocean,
Where to i can't say.
I see a boat on the river.
You're bound for the sea,
If you should find him
Please greet him from me.
Boat on the river,
It's sailing away
Down to
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The art of surfing
I have not mastered the art
of riding on rolling waves
fifteen feet high,
speeding by like a bird
in the overcast sky,
slicing the roaring thundering rush
of water filled with immense power
piping through swirling churning cavities
on a storm tossed sea
and almost drowned in the trying
with the board passing me
like a piece of driftwood,
with water enveloping me,
knocking the breath of life from me
and I sank like a piece of lead
and was tossed out
like spit on the beach.
poem by Gert Strydom
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Fluttering
'she is the self-crowned
goddess
of many things and
sometimes many
silly things
with an attention span
of a butterfly, she has mastered
the fine art of fluttering
in many ways
but flying in none'
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Harmless Heart
You said you were afraid to trust
So sorry for yourself it must be hard
Living inside your head
Well, Im no angel in disguise
Ive had my share of alibis
But I was true to you, I meant every word I said
But whats the use, you believe whatever you want to
Chorus:
You can run, you can hide,
Love will still come to find you
You can turn it away
Keep romancin your pain
Your the best at self defense
I say youve mastered the art
But baby, mine was a harmless heart
In your mind Im like the rest
Set me up to fail the test
And prove that you were right
Everyone lets you down
The ghost of all that might have been
Is tapping on your shoulder
But you just keep right on movin,
You never turn around
If you ever do, I hope you see that I really love you
Repeat chorus
Youre the best at self defense
I say youve mastered the art,
But baby, mine was a harmless heart
Yeah mine was a harmless heart
song performed by by Trisha Yearwood
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Man can…
I don’t feel I kill when I take
Antibiotics to kill germs.
I don’t feel I kill when I kill
Rodents, mosquitoes and serpents.
I kill fowls, goats and fish for food.
This’ the way I’ve been brought up
And I do it for my survival.
Terrorists don’t feel that they kill
When they kill innocent people,
Without which too they can survive.
Man’s mastered all his predators.
Terrorists are his predators.
It is time he annihilated them.
31.11.2008
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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