Donald Traxler's Poetry

Monday, September 21, 2020

94.000 Visits and One Added Camera

Today we are passing the milestone of 94,000 visits to this poetry/photography/writing blog. Progress is steady, and the pace is moderate. As to content, the Upanishad poem-series now has 28 parts. I like to think that it will reach 108 parts, but I'm not sure about that.

Those of you who are more photographically inclined may notice different and wider angles and higher resolution in some of the illustrations (the illustration on this page is an example). That is because I now occasionally use my cell phone camera, which I was not doing before. That is mainly because I've installed an app on the laptop that makes access to the cell phone pics easier. The only problem is that tripping the shutter is a bit clumsy at the angles that I need. I expect to resolve that before long.

As usual, I would like to thank you all for your continued interest and enthusiasm. Please feel free to contribute comments, which are always welcome.

Upanishad XXVII - This Body Is a Fiction / यह शरीर एक कल्पना है

This body is a fiction and an illusion.

It is made of protons, electrons,

and empty space.

It contains energy and can be

converted back to energy,

but it is not solid.

Nagna says:

It is nothing, really.

Only Consciousness

is real.

यह शरीर एक कल्पना और भ्रम है।

यह प्रोटॉन और इलेक्ट्रॉनों से बना होता है

और खाली जगह।

इसमें ऊर्जा होती है और हो सकती है

वापस ऊर्जा में परिवर्तित,

लेकिन यह ठोस नहीं है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

यह वास्तव में कुछ भी नहीं है।

केवल चेतना

सत्य है।

Upanishad XXVI - We Love the Illusion So Much / हमें भ्रम बहुत पसंद है

We love the illusion so much

that we feed it,

we exercise it,

and trim its pubic hair.

Nagna says:

But there is only Consciousness.

हमें भ्रम बहुत पसंद है

हम इसे खिलाते हैं,

हम इसे व्यायाम देते हैं

और हम इसके जघन बालों को काटते हैं।

नग्न कहते हैं:

लेकिन केवल चेतना है।

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Upanishad XXV - Today's Work / आज का काम

Today's work will be

from another world,

for another world,

and for this one.

It will be in a distant language,

from a distant time

and for this time,

and all times.

It will be from me

in all those other times,

to me in this time,

and therefore

to you.

Nagna says:

We are One.

आज का काम होगा

दूसरी दुनिया से,

दूसरी दुनिया के लिए,

और इसके लिए।

यह दूर की भाषा में होगा,

दूर के समय से

और इस समय के लिए,

और हर समय।

यह मुझसे होगा

उन सभी अन्य समयों में,

इस समय में मेरे लिए,

और इसीलिए

आप को।

नग्न कहते हैं:

हम एक हैं।

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Welcome to My Office

Welcome to my office.

It is here that I work

from dawn to dusk

and beyond.

It is here that I chase

the subjects, the lines,

the rhythms that I want.

It is here that I follow

that something more,

that forever knocks

on my door.

Upanishad XXIV - As the Illusion Wanes / जैसा कि माया घटती है

As the illusion wanes,

the Real gains

in power and efficacy.

Nagna says:

A shift of focus is needed.

जैसा कि माया घटती है,

असली बढ़ता है

शक्ति और प्रभावकारिता में।

नग्न कहते हैं:

फोकस की एक शिफ्ट की जरूरत है।

Friday, September 18, 2020

GTh Logion 29 and Nagnopanishad XXII - Consciousness = Spirit

It is a curious fact that in the whole Bible (including both Old and New Testaments), the word "consciousness" is never used. But the word "spirit" is used hundreds of times.

Yet Consciousness is the basis, the ground, of all being. Where "Spirit" is written, we could substitute "God/Goddess," "The All," "All That Is," or whatever we like. We can make such substitutions because ruach/pneuma = spirit = consciousness.

In Nagnopanishad XXII (published in this blog on Sept. 15 2020) we read that "Consciousness does not depend on the body; the body depends on Consciousness."

In Gospel of Thomas (GTh) Logion 29, we read "Jesus said: If the flesh has come into existence because of the spirit, it is a marvel; but if the spirit has come into existence because of the body, it is a marvel of marvels. But I wonder at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty."

We are multidimensional beings. That is one of the secrets of life. Consciousness is also multidimensional. We live on planes/levels/worlds that have been called "Astral," "Ethereal," etc., and by other names in other cultures. We live on these planes simultaneously, When the body eventually dies, because that is what bodies do, the other planes of consciousness, which do not depend on the body, persist. But there is then a missing plane, the physical plane, and it must be replaced. It will be replaced, with another body. The set will then be complete once again.

The Gospel of Thomas begins thus: "These are the secret words which the Living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas wrote. (1) And he said: Whoever finds the explanation of these words will not taste death." Logion 1 is literally true. Bodies come and go (Nagnopanishad XXIII), but "we" (multidimensional beings) don't die.