BEWARE
Beware your life is short
Know that it is spent in a snort
Think before it is done
Where has your vitality gone?
Beware what you believe
It will dictate what you ultimately achieve
Surely shaping your final goal
Where was your eternal soul?
Beware what you preach
It colours whatever you teach
And become the luggage you shoulder
Where is your gear to remove that boulder?
Beware your memory is short
Death indubitably is life’s cohort
Do not forget you will die
Where did all the time ever fly?
Know that life is not the end
But at the end when your life is spent
Spirit soars forever free
Where will you find the eternal Tree?
Willie Maartens
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And after rain falls on the soil, we see
Fruit, vegetables, and herbs grow healthily;
When men eat vegetables, this doesn’t cease,
They gain contentment, joy, and inner peace.
When joy and pleasure fll your soul, then you
Will gain benefcence and kindness too—
Our bodies will gain food that’s spiritual,
If we aim higher than what’s sensual.
(Masnavi, Book 2, p. 65, verses 1097–1100, Rumi, 2007
Anna
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Wise thoughts pondering the ontological and spiritual facets of humankind... "Beware" leads awareness and wisdom.
May Mother-Poet, – the author of this unique Poem, “You”, – keep feeding the humanity of Your mind to nourish the eternity of your soul.
In admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU