सिद्धार्थ (Siddhārtha [Efficacious]) by Douglas Colston

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Ingenious states of mind:ease; simplicity; lightness; and brevity. Ubiquitous margins describing utopia?The remote peripheries. The target?Innate, guileless, innocent and simpleintentions, plans and creativity. You (and I)most rank ‘good’ delicious …the goal, the act, the heart. In the...

Fanciful mysticism or grounded philosophy? by Douglas Colston

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] “Shiva and Shakti,”some say,“are indistinguishable.They are one.They are the universe.Shiva isn’t masculine.Shakti isn’t feminine.At the core of their mutual penetration,the supreme consciousness opens”. Energy, ability, strength, effort, power and capability(शक्ति [śakti])and happiness, welfare, prosperity, bliss and liberation(शिव...

The New Year and Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) by Douglas Colston

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Russians launch more rockets against Kiev,celebrities, a pope and other mere mortals are dropping like flies(including holiday-makers killed in a helicopter crash at Sea World),China faces a new form of COVID calamity,Twitter probed after hack involving 400...

How the crow goes: naturally by Douglas Colston

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Why the crow? It is natural. The ideal way to live one’s life –whether referred to as मार्ग (Mārga: ‘the eight-fold noble path’),道 (the Dào)or Λόγος (Logos: the ‘Word’) –crows concerning all manner of things …including the...

Regarding Creativity and Nourishment, Worldly Wisdom and Destiny by Douglas Colston

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] ᛗᛖᚦ:ᚠᛟᚦᚨ:ᚻᛖᛁᛗᛋ:ᛋᛈᛖᚲᛁ:ᛟᚲ:ᛟᚱᛚᛟᚷ:Með fǿða heims speki ok ørlǫg(Regarding Creativity and Nourishment, Worldly Wisdom and Destiny) In the last days,my son spoke candidlyabout how he was dazedby the newsthe Queen had died …and I responded. Those momentsbecame times for reflection...