Donald Traxler's Poetry

Friday, July 24, 2020

There Is No Part

There is no part of his body that is not holy,
there is no part of his body that has not
a divine purpose, and no part that does not
contain Divinity.
There is no part of his body that must be hidden.

Il n'y a aucune partie de son corps qui ne soit sainte,
il n'y a aucune partie de son corps qui n'a pas
un dessein divin, et aucune partie qui ne
contienne la Divinité.
Il n'y a aucune partie de son corps qui doit être cachée.

No hay parte de su cuerpo que no sea santa,
no hay parte de su cuerpo que no tenga
un propósito divino, y ninguna parte que no
contenga la Divinidad
No hay ninguna parte de su cuerpo que debe ser escondido.

Não há parte do corpo dele que não seja santa,
não há parte do seu corpo que não tenha
um propósito divino, e nenhuma parte que não
contém Divindade.
Não há nenhuma parte de seu corpo que deve ser escondido.

Beyond This Point

Beyond this point,
you may see naked people.
You don't like it?
Then don't come to my door.
Why should I give up
my comfort for yours?
Beyond this point,
people are people.

Au-delà de ce point,
vous pouvez voir des personnes nues.
Vous ne l'aimez pas?
Alors ne venez pas à ma porte.
Pourquoi devrais-je abandonner
mon réconfort pour le vôtre?
Au-delà de ce point,
les gens sont les gens.

Más allá de este punto,
Puedes ver gente desnuda.
¿No te gusta?
Entonces no vengas a mi puerta.
¿Por qué debería abandonar
mi comodidad para la tuya?
Más allá de este punto,
las personas son personas.

Além deste ponto,
você pode ver pessoas nuas.
Você não gosta disso?
Então não venha à minha porta.
Por que eu deveria abandonar
meu conforto para o seu?
Além deste ponto,
pessoas são pessoas.

Thursday, July 23, 2020

88,000+ Visits, and a Couple of Pirates

In the last 24 hours this blog has had approximately 1,000 visits. It's a new record, by far, but I'm not particularly happy about it. It pushed us way past the 88,000 milestone (we're now at 88,635), but most of the visits came from pirates in a couple of countries, possibly working in concert.

C'est la vie, I guess. They have good taste, but nothing much in the way of ethics. Times are tough, I know, but it's no excuse.

I'd rather speak to the rest of you, who are not abusing your access to this blog. Once again I would like to say thank you for your continuing interest, your loyalty, and your enthusiasm. Merci, gracias, obrigado, go raibh maith agat, wadó, ꮹꮩ.

Ode 2 of Solomon

I thank thee, Father, for the blessing of this new day,
and ask that thou guide me and strengthen me in its use,
so as to use it wisely and give glory to thee.
Let this house and all who are in it be well and safe,
and let thy abundant peace be always upon it.
I give thee thanks, O heavenly Father, for my nakedness,
that there be no obstruction between me and thy creation,
nor impediment to thy glorious sun, which is like unto thee.

"Translated from the Akashic" by Donald Jacobson Traxler.
Text and image Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Seen through the Eyes of Ajña Chakra

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

Seen through the eyes of Ajña Chakra,
all time is now.
Agya is full potential,
and feels no need to rest.
Agya is not the goal;
it is the gate that leads us there,
it is the gate into the garden.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Three Quarters of a Century and More

Three-quarters of a century and more,
the decades have left their marks.
Still, the spirit is strong,
and will go on, and on.

On the Conservation of Energy and the Uselessness of Theology

Henri Bergson taught that we need more than reason alone to make sense of this world: we also need intuition.

Science teaches us that energy is always conserved, and never lost.

Religion teaches us that spirit goes on, and does not die.

Perhaps spirit IS energy, and energy is spirit. My intuition tells me that it may indeed be so.

So what, then, is matter? We know that it is not solid, that it is mostly empty space, and is held together by energy: in other words, by spirit.

What, then, is the world? Was Madonna right when she sang that she was a "material girl," living in a "material world?" Her own life makes us doubt, considering her later fascination with Kabbalah and with Hinduism.

Perhaps Shakespeare was right when he wrote that "all the world's a stage, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Granted that the world is a grand illusion, just on the face of the physics of it, does it really signify nothing?" My intuition says "no."

I don't think we can get answers to these questions from theology, which assumes a dogmatic knowledge that it does not have. It cannot tell us anything about Divinity, because Divinity is for us not thinkable.

So we are back to what we can see with our eyes, illusory or not.

If we apply both reason and intuition to this world, we may at least be able to tell good from evil.

Henri Bergson is gone. He died of pneumonia on January 4 1941, at the age of 81, after standing in line for many hours in the winter cold of Paris, waiting to register with the Nazis as a Jew.

Did any part of Henri Bergson survive his physical death? My intuition says "yes."

Requiescat in pace. May his memory be for a blessing.

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