“The moment yehâve stopped laffin’ is the moment yer maker calls yeh tah have a wee wuid about the stew yehâve created ’cause yeh forgot, there’s always more laffinâ to be had!”
âNanny đ
The real transformation of mindâs ego comes after the “wounds” of heart heal. Loveâs wisdom transforms anxiety to laughter. Love, and only love, can do that. Self-love first is from where all laughter flows.
Love is a power giving vulnerability a guiding light through the Eden of your mind–the antidote of cure is to be able to laugh at yourself. Love and laughter always–for sanityâs sake.
If only we knew then, what we know now, weâd know âhow toâ see, so as to break âthe curseâ of inbred patterns that lead to our self-loathing and false sense of unworthiness, and thus, we would have known âhow toâ .. âteach the children wellâ.
Know ⊠your ⊠place, of blood-oath, so that your children can own theirs. Teach them the importance of self-respectâa reconciliation of the dreams they carry meant to be brought to fruition.
Show them âhow toâ be happyâa inheritance of birthright. All else falls into place when the children of life are happy. Happiness begets self-love and sense of worth. Love feels love for others, and receives love from others in perfect karmic balance. Laughter, understanding, empathy, compassion, and kindness are the humane attributes of loveâthe ethos gained in the pathos. Teach children the art of being human; a pure lightâlove personified, so as not to lose their humanity to death by hegemonic discourse. Love is a humble power. Show them their place within their bloodline of lifeâtheir responsibility of place in the world. Teach them âhow toâ discipline their power of thoughts before actionsâa consideration and respect for others sharing this life with them, and along side them. It is the love they carry that will âschoolâ them to be independent critical thinkers skilled in lifeâs wisdoms to make the right choices for betterment of the whole, and not cleave to unnecessary things. Teach them that their energies on this planet make a differenceâgood, bad, ugly, or indifferent, and should be used wisely, and not for pretensive temporary gratification sullied in pretense or self-interests. Teach them, that gratitude is a power that will fulfill their wildest dreams. Teach them to be observant and aware that everything they say and do will have either a positive impact on others; a sense of reward, or a negative impact; a consequential outcome that sometimes cannot be rectified. Teach them to be authentic and honest in nature, and Nature will surely protect and sanctify their value.
If one chooses to bring children into this world as we know it, one should know the profound responsibility it is to do soâa solemn oath promise to raise them to know joy, because joy is what the world is waiting for, and your children are the sacred seeds endowed to bring it! Do .. the .. right .. thingâlove them madly, and wisely teach them to understand the ways of all living things, and in this they will see and feel and know the connective power of all one, and will be awed to joy! Only when your sacrifices have been meant in the planting, can you proclaim, checkmate!
There can be no peace on this planet until the children are free to rise up in love. Only then can be heard the synchronistic symphonyof the ohm of awe, where cherish .. is the word.
What we are so blessed to sew, lays solely in what we think, and how we proceed to nurture what needs to be sewn.
Some cannot fathom the dark-sided muse summoning withinâone who bears wisdomâs âhow toâ pursue promises promisedâa âsoulmateâ determined destined to liveâa force cleansing a curse of repeated patterned unhappiness. A force of museâa jealous âgodâ of realityâs elements. Instinctively we know the âsoulmateâ is presentâpeculiar and particular in compulsive inner pinning. All are born to feel it, and so we feel it and fear it, and most refuse to acknowledge it at all and do not surrender to the intimacy of madness waiting internally to speak on the external physical selfâthe misunderstood undisciplined oneâthe extrovert suited to egotistical expectation and vanity. It is the âsoulmateâ within what is the introverted faithful passionate one so long imprisoned from authenticity.
A muse of wonder vies for harmonious congruency as it swims the blood rivers of dreams and remains untamable and un-dam-nable. The mind and the heart curiously vie for favor, and must be balanced to remember which is the master of the dreamerâs awe sewing reflections of inflection born into generation. We are the dream of our ancestorâs dreamsâa river within that flows to and fro in tides of blood-knowing.
Being broken holds the lessons of âhow toâ break the boundaries of expectation, or âpurposeâ as we call it. Beyond the boundaries there is no fear, and time no longer consumes our thoughts and energies. We come to no longer fear the barriers of blinding gaslighting minds of otherâs agendaâand there will be many if there truly be such thing as âthe multiverseâ. Finally, comes a day we step through the barrier, and right there at the precipice, choose to drop the heavy burdens of othersâ fears and head-world drama, and we begin to feel the physical release of the beasts of orhersâ petty burdens. Funny thing happensâhappiness take its rightful place in-turn. Surely, this is checkmateâa âpurposeâ meant for livingâor in other words, peace- of-mind and heart in knowing a retuned sense of self freed to surrender to the greater muse within. Because itâs time for things to change, and nothing will or can change unless firstly, we can.
Gotta keep laffinâ. I think now about all those people, all our lives, endlessly and painfully telling us how stupid we were, and come to realize one day, quietly .. that .. hmmmm .. all they ever talk about is other people, and doom and gloom, and then we realize, we feel it, personally and physically. This ⊠is the moment we come to answer the ultimate nagging question in our mind of what exactly is âoneâs natureââgood? bad? indifferent? The answer it seems, is that we are, without exception, the energies of all threeâthe same, no matter how weâre judged by whomever. And then the question to question the question … which one have we been choosing to feed energies to? The most logical and reasoned answer is, to eliminate the one that sucks the most of you that have always been feeding your precious life energies to. The conundrum is, that all are vying for our precious life energies. Harmony lies within our nature. The universal PTSD we share what flows through our connective bodies, minds, and hearts is the absolute external power that corrupts absolutely everything in Natureâour greatest teacher repetitiously showing us the âhow tosâ of harmony. Cities, and their chaotic creator gods almighty, in truth, are killing Nature. We ⊠are ⊠Nature. And all all of Nature wants is to live, love, be loved and included, for what she isâcycles of creator and destroyerâthe beautiful and the good, the bad, and the sometimes brutally ugly. If we forsake her, in all her power and glory, sheâll just leave, and start all over again. Such is life. Give and take accordinglyâlest balance and chaos ensue to battle it out for you ⊠peace vs anxietyâthe equal opponent.
Create. And let create. Imagine that. Destroy. And let destroy. Imagine that. We all have the power to create and/or destroyour own world.
Photo: âepc, 2023 – Jenkintown, PA
So much wasted time spent in iconic ironic consequence. Just too bad humanity doesnât yet see the ironies of indignant indifference weâve created with lucidityâs labelsâlike a catalyst used to steer astray those who think differently, independently, from those who assume to sit on high perches controlling humanityâs sacred thoughts. We are born compelled fearlessly to dismiss unnecessary bullshit to get our thoughts across (Jeez ⊠even the Matrix movie series demonstrates this power). Embrace the gifts of intelligence, so to understand âhow toâ be understood. Learn the ways of being true to yourselfâso to realize that joy is the pinochle road to cross, because peace, is the ultimate goal. It is only when realized is there is worthiness of awe when weâre amazed in it.
Weâre born fearlessâso to better scathe the monster of mindâa manipulative fear-mongering desperate monster attempting to feed off our energiesâour very existence of innocence.
Children are the seedlings of tabula rasaâthe way of escape. They hold upon their bosom new beginnings. They see the awe in all of what they want to add to the shared sacred creationâthe something real and beautiful for those of all lifeâs forms âwaiting on the world to changeâ.
Getting past labels will compel humanity to understanding there are many directions of choosing âescapeâ. Nature perpetually eternally teaches life how not to become the missing. Itâs time to let go of mental anguish of survivalâs sufferings. Life is created to be lived. We must understand, so to not forget, that when Natureâs laws are broken, a dire consequence is inevitable.
I canât help but wonderâin terms of the theory that life is âan experimentâ, is this Earth the first one, or is it the last? And if itâs the last, then it is our last chance to change the polarity of our energyâso to know humanity has value within the experimental experience. The onus is on us to forge or not to forge our place within the natural order of lifeâs desires.
Never forgo the gifts of eternal grace in foreverâs states of influence.
Photo: Daytona Beach, FL (2022)
To the clouds is where imaginationâs child goesâso to feel the ache of dreamâs wonton wake.
When one loses a heartâs love born at oneâs day of birth, then itâs time to humble upon bended knees before Love. Apologize for indiscretions of âspiritualâ ignorance forced by regret for lack of remembrance because the inner-child was instructed by earthly âdemonsâ to forget Loveâs only requirement is to love.
Be forever humbled in gratefulness for the promise kept by the utterance of âsecond comingâ of chance when you hear Love say, âNo one gets through eternity without loveââa gift waiting to be opened in the event of imposed self-loathing. Love forgives in perpetuity, because eternity is always nowâthe forever lover!
We are the old souls come from still burning stars. We mustnât forget how universal energies connect through sacrifice of tears through time. Love is what keeps life alive here and resides within the tears of many sorrows. Love is the greatest warrior of unrelenting force carried through the blood of generational life. Follow throughâgive love to receive love to give loveâLoveâs eternal repetitious endeavor, because this ⊠is the law of Nature. Love endures through evolving energies. Life is loveâthe âsomethingâ real to fight for without fearâa foretelling of the âgodsâ of light and dark what would not abandon their children of determinate thoughts connected through grace.
Love resides of mind, body, and the internally burning atoms of the conscious heart. The rewards are great when learned is âhow toâ to quell the fire through waterâs ebbs and flows of human ignorance and consequence of contention. Remembered is joyâs just taste of memoryâs reflection. Learn and pursue the silent instructions of the mentor, Natureâacademically and personally, for this is the journey to knowing a truth of âTo thine own self be trueââlifeâs reasoned purpose to just be.
Whatâs in your heartâs dream?
What do you love?
What are you willing to sacrifice to wear loveâs sensual lingerie upon your continence of continuance?
“Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream. But a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, âthe dream is trueâ!”
âEdwin Markham
The Sun and the Moonâepitomes of life and death; always there of all tomorrows, because nothing and everything begins and ends accordingly ever afterâthe stories of evolutionary transformations.
Itâs a new dawn, a new day .. and Iâm feelinâ goodâ
âNina Simone âš*âą
âThe mindâs problemâ, is personalâa challenge of resolve to change something of core being needing changingâan equation of fact in lifeâs evolution. Do dream the desired designâa truth of choice vying for ownership of âthe problemâ. Accept it, solve it, or leave it! Because âthe problemâ is the answer. The solution begs the questionâwhat does the heart desire? This, is âthe problemâ, to convince the mind of its purpose .. to observe, and to control the paths to the answer. The answer is personalâa sacred humbled heartâs desire to change whatâs wrong to whatâs justly meant. So too, we see to accept, many times, that âthe problemâ within others is not solvable by you, and therefore, affectively, you must move away from thoughts of endeavoring to manipulating the mind of another. The first imperative and definitive change is to be authenticâto have clarity of oneâs personal truths. This means to be excruciatingly honest with yourselfâan intuitive and intimate relationship with âthe problemâ, and without the need for explanation, nor the want of understanding by others. While weighing available options of move toward change, we bear in mind three things; what is my current financial abilityâif need, we commit, to ourselves to make the necessary adjustments ⊠quietlyâas in choose to put away monetary resources for a future day. Privacyâoneâs life is a short an sacred life, not another soul on this planet needs to know personal things about us. Be aware to remind yourself that there will be others who are not understanding of your mindâs eye. Move quietlyâthere will be those who have impulsive tendency to judge and mock and intentionally purpose to ruin any ongoing good thing they may perceive. We should never allow another to place us in their âpressure cookerâ of expectation. To each his/her own pace in the pursuing the return to being ourselves. If one stays determined in these things, an inevitability of mental clarity will prevail. One comes to realize that some things in life are not controllable, thusly, the only resolution to change will be personalâa fading of old âpatternsâ no longer serving us. We are merely growing out of old stagnant âpatternsâ of behavior to make room for new thoughtsâa rising from our own ignorance learned through consequence of disconnection and dissonance. New lessons are like fresh water to newly planted chopâwhich to us is the âsomethingâ of desire seeking to grow that is better suited to our soul-natureâa meaningful purposeâto live and grow on our own terms, and to let live others as they so choose.
Life is an alchemical process working inwardly; a view of possible worlds within the world. Be amazed how changing your thoughts toward betterment, clarifies the chaos in others. Think of the vast possibilities when is realized is that fear was purposefully interjected into the equation of pursuance of hopes and dreamsâfear is turned on its head, and beauty can be seen all around you. Having faith in ourselves can conquers and scathes the misguided misdirected anxiety of the ego. Truth be told, it is the inner âgodâ protecting your peaceâthe greatest loveâa love that is able, without compromise, to have love for life, because it is Nature what sorts all design in all thingsâthe golden ruleâlife remains free and feral within the greatest experience of just being our born nature, or it will be choice suffering that expresses itself in equal chaotic measure. In due choice of order, a glimpse of joy can be had in awareness that we observe life through mindâs eye, but it is the heartâs eye that relishes in spectacles of lifeâs magnificent juxtaposition by way of gratefulness felt from a greater love greater than ourselvesâan unconditional loveâa true love coming from withinâa connection that had always been.
To see, through the heart, is to understand that the repetition of life is mandatory for the revelations of logic to be realizedâa repeated sway of way away from toxic negative influence until nothing is longed for but the peace of mind only Nature can instillâa new beginning revealed in positive charge summoned by oneâs unrelenting seeking for change.
The inner muse gives zero permissions to anyone who dares to mock a long suffered negative outer influenceâso to the gaining of oneâs definition of truth.
Love with truth. Accept that nothing is true without loveâthe dark and the light of eternal dance that saves oneself from entropyâs ruinâso not to forsake devotion to passionâs fruition meant to be.
This .. is delusional magic one might say, wishful thinking at best. Indeed! A return to the Garden of Edenâthe heartâs finding the sanctuary of inner light ⊠is magic ⊠and itâs real!
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đ Destiny arrives by way of faith in oneâs planted seedâthis … is the dream of the âsomethingâ we feel that is realâa gift of blood-oath temperance to remembrance.
âKnowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other peopleâ.
â Carl Jung
Q: Whatâs wrong with the human species the human species perpetually asks?
A: Labelingâlabeling based in wrongful assumptions and judgements, leaving false cause for indifference and division. Someâas in the many some, develop an over-inflated [false] sense of superiority [ego], and the masses keep falling for it in their forgetfulness that they are their own part of the whole, and are thus, a truth of gravity holding an innate intention. Thusly, we must respect anotherâs intention, and even without understanding. Humans have opinions, beliefs, and a personal innate faith which takes a lifetimes of growth to develop at the heart. No negative and detrimental responses required, nor should be given. Let the spirit suffer cause and effort for the learning curves of life. The high and mighty of ego will suffer anguished karma of mind in lack of understanding caused by cognitive dissonance. They fear, they became easily frustrated, they manipulate, and intimidateâthe very manifestation of vulnerability; a fear of losing false place suited in false indentureâthe outing of voice exposing the lies and ties of intimidation. Thisâthe very fear that must be faced to see that fear is a mask hiding courage to be redeemed moving forward to intended truthâa light of way out of the dark conundrum of confusion.
Understanding is the greatest lesson learned through experiences first based in scenarios of manmade hellsâthe dark-sided lies of humanityâs fearsâthe inner âprimitive beastââa monster of human form roaming the planet refusing to face its inner self-reflection, and so misses chance meet with heartâs intended intention, what s to recognize clarity of lessons coming from the eye of âG.O.D.ââa gaining of definition, a mighty force of gravity whatsoever may be of perpetual persistence for chance to dance in manner of dignity and grace no matter the matter, until the dance reveals self-worth; a grace of greatest reward found through personal battles of fight necessary toward remembering oneâs power for change clearing a path through mindâs mess for dreamâs to manifest the greatest story ever told, you!
âA society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy.â
âJohn Sawhill
Humanity is what can only save its place of worth within these many conscious choice physical realitiesâa seeking quietly and personally to the taking back oneâs right to life what was written and affirmed upon existence of long-standing ancient seed. Stepped aside weâve doneâtime and time again, from the gutters of uttered provocations of mankindâs proclamations moving toward unlawful induction into fearâlies and ties of thoughts storied in mankindâs dark-sided âsupernaturalâ frame of visceral mindâs complexity. A day comes when realized it is we of free thought who are responsible for the sustainment of choice thoughtsâa will of oneâs nature connected to callings for heartâs return to the gardens of âEdenâ. As âtheyââthe now of we of âtheyâ say, âTruth IS greater than fictionâ, if, we gather our thoughtâs and return to faith in humanityâs divinity of instinctual natureâthe âsomethingâ of natural selective sense of inner presenceâthe infinite soul of all one what knows what intended deed of force is necessary to the attainment of positive energyâs projection of intentâthat which is preservation.
Weâre all âAliceââall born to take risks that we must take, to do that which âtheyâ donât want us to do. And if we fail to do that which âtheyâ donât want us to do, we risk our chance at peace of mind.
Go mad we must, one by one, or forsake our very expectation to dream, to exist, to experience, and give in to the energies of insanity and corrupt mankindâs inhumane agenda of eternal waring in false claims of freedom and democracy.
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Is it true thenâthat without the synchronicities of pleasure and pain, thereâd be no experience, no existence?
âForgetting pain is convenient, but remembering the truth is worth the suffering. And our wonderland, though damaged, is safe in memory.â
âThe Cheshire Cat,
âAliceâs Adventures in Wonderlandâ
It is for humanity to remember a forgotten point-of-viewâthat we, the now of experience and expression, are the generations challenged to âseeâ the many magnificent prose of juxtaposition rendered ugly by divisionâs destruction. We then, in all that is intuitive common sense, must be the âkeepersâ of hope as observers to wisdomâs sanity drowning in perditionâs sanguineous stain. We are here to feel and hear the waters of blood, sweat, and tears moving through usâso to touch the mysteries of wonderâa yearning curiosity to know the whys for incomprehensible suffering created by betrayals that be. We are tasked with bleeding out the wrath of stagnant blood-oath offered by fallen fallacious âangelsâ and demented âdemonsâ of menâs minds who do not want us to recognize the light of promised grace of designâthe legitimate powers of imagination we carry, for this would surely mean we have the power to change fallacy of fate to destinyâs true nature. Loveâs laws are designed and destined to give joyâabove all else, so to better serve loveâs ends to all beginning. Be life simulated or not simulated, Natureâs design is conquers as intended by the protocols of the first law of physicsâthat all is one, in destruction and creationâan eternal mending of energies through changing forms of life and death cycles.
How much shenanigans can shenanigansârs even shenanigan? âWe the peopleâ are being smoked by pugnacious political posersâreligious and non-religious alike. The devastation done by uncontrolled/unbalanced chaos is immeasurable! Business as usual though, as âwe the peopleâ pursue an allotted faux vote, while âbottom-lineâ stays the course of status quo cheaters of chaos playing games of control swaying the ways of hope and despair as if their faces of âevilâ arenât evident. So many layers of players. âWe the peopleâ must call, checkmate! Time for a new game, âcause now itâs personal! Time to plink some foreheads or poke some third eyes.
HUMILITYâthe power necessary to achieve redemptionâan adjustment of gravity allowing for greater will to set fire to meaningless and unreasonable things wallowing in miseryâs debris!
âUntil we heal the root cause of our suffering, and awaken to our true nature, our inherent confusion will continue to manifest itself in the world around us.â
â Joseph P Kauffman
No doubt, we are creators and destroyers of form, through visionâs will of desire.
With all do respect to the wisdoms of the Buddha, I beg to differ in that âformâ does not exist. âFormâ is matter, and everything exists in many âformââbe it physical in nature. The trick is to not confuse blind-fate with determinate destiny. Fate is what we allow to happen to us. Destiny is what we are passionately determined towardâa compulsion to create in spite of mankindâs proposition to maintain an unnatural fallacy of fate.
Itâs the âconâ-formed mind that is denied chance at learning multiple perspectives toward a gaining of truthsâa dissolving of unreasoned uninformed misunderstandingsâa blindness of mind permitting truths to remain covert. Therefore, should we dare beg the question, âIs closed-mindedness a âformâ of subjective suffering? Because truth IS what it IS âtruth, no matter the subjective mindâs opinionated dissonance trained in apathy and avarice behaviors, so as not to be liberally open-mindedly persuaded by other perceptions of experience.
Think vast passed the deceits of the past to enable visionâs meaning of unbiased connective wanton eternal nature; a desire for wholenessâthe sustenance to understanding oneâs true form.
âAs above, so belowâ. We know now that every galaxy bares a âblack holeâ at the center. What makes us think gravity would hold us any different? Every form of matter shares the light within the dark, creating worlds of wishes, because all things are made âformâ by intuitive truths of experience through thought. We are a darkness at the center sucking in the light of existence. And at the same time, the mindâs compulsion [ego] is to destroy that which is striving toward the light.
The elements within speak silently clear, âtil finally we hear, âFearâs only nemesis is the inner Alchemistâs tearâ.
âȘâïž EarthâŹen enigma âȘđŹ Whispering winds âȘđ§Waterâs desire đ„ Fireâs kin âȘđ Air âŹof graceâNatureâs face
The amazing human bodyâa structure created to âperformâ like a machine. Unfortunately, there will always be âhackersâ throwing wrenches in the machine in attempts to cause seemingly perpetual breakdowns.
âThe mindââsays redemption, âis perched atop the structure absorbing the lightâwhatâs purpose is to be the servant observerâ.
âThe #heartââsays redemption, âis a pondering wandering dreamer residing in the dark awaiting messages to be filtered and discerned, and will become blind if the light is put outâ.
Intuitionâthe âsaviorâ laborer what must turn the light back on, continuously.
The conundrum is that the mind gets ahead of itself, and the heart, by nature, becomes overwhelmed by mindâs endless spectacles of visionâthe common good, the heinously bad, the ugliness of corruption, and the estranged indifference of Earthâs beauty.
The heart needs time to see, so to understand what the mind is relays. The heart aches when the mind is made to forget its function. And in the mindâs forgetting, the ego is busy usurping the mindâs forgotten time. And this .. causes heartache so great, that the wounds of regret become near impossible to heal.
âMeditationââsays redemptionâis a necessary catalystâa time out for the ego to be disciplined back to place. Meditative thought is the oil that keeps the machine in good mental, emotional, physical, and energetic spiritual healthâso to serve in the asking. Meditation dispels confusion caused by the confounded and confused ego that so easily forgets its cognizant nature as protectorâthe warrior standing in defense of the whole.
Humanityâborrowed energies of one of Natureâs co-creator created to affect a change in blood-consciousnessâan agent of design in stewardship and visionâan observer of the things of mysteryâs awe and harmonious wonder entwined in eternityâs dance.
âȘFaith: A dreamerâs tears of joy in recognition that one is connected to and not separate from lifeâthe all one of awe and reflection of mirrored heart. If one is sick at heart, he/she perceives the âGodâ energy as a tyrannical supernatural entity. In truth, the sickness come by way of egoâs reflection in the mirrorâcause for all of oneâs blind misery. Alternatively, If one seeks joy, one finds within a âprivilegeâ of gratefulnessâthe âGodâ energy obliging in kind to the positive mind, because lifeâs energies can only flow forward. Misery is only exulted when the ego wallows in stagnant waters of self-pity.
Humility is strength gained in times of stillness and solace: A listening within to truths of instinctual whispers coming from the âsomethingâ of vital aforethought of wonton move progressively forward toward its evolution.
G.aining O.nes D.efinition it seems, is pure conceptual imagination: A personal endowment of perception to un-compromised awe of the things of creation demanding our attention⏠to observe the current flowing through the pastâthe all of awed things of one name and of one reason in this irony of fluid gravity moving fractured fracktled existenceâa personal experience reflecting great conundrums of thoughts, dreams, and imaginationâs hopes despairs and desires to g.ain o.neâs d.efinitionâ.ââââââââ
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âLike ultraviolet rays, memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.â
âWalter Benjamin
Never think yourself awesome until youâve earned it. The goal is to go deeper .. Alice be thy name for âtimeâ. See peace true through the pains of wisdomâs knowing.
âTimeââa word meant to move the âhow tosâ of finding lessons hiding in the blood.
Thereâs power in blood .. sweat .. and tearsâa tattoo I carry on my back in Asian cuneiformâit compliments the Celtic cross there too. I walk with Koi fish on my feet, to help me remember how to swim in the waters of blood sweat and tearsâthe waters of my life.
âSomethingâ personal is what the source of love sings to pacify each heart. Love beseeches the beecher, âThe seeds of need are buried deep and dark within each heart. Be still, listenâso to recognize oneâs own reflection in the waters of loveâso to be power, nourished, so to growâ.