Can you hear
a whisper in the air
with that certain scent
the serene accent
of a reality much higher ?
Like the clockwork
of a Wagnerian concert
upon a flow of celestial poetry
Do you have an ear to hear?
When it comes down
to the state of the heart
do you even care?
🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆
Do you have eyes to see
the grand plan?
The same hand
that charts the eternal
and creates the parts
of an incalculable total
is ever reaching
out to open hearts
Are you willing and able?
🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆🔆 🔆 🔆
Where divine love is King
freedom in the spiritual
is a sure thing
To rise above
the madness material
The Prince of Peace
he patiently awaits
Yet violence and chaos
seems to be
the endless price
of this broken existence
Soul slavery with a bitter sting
There is a freedom express
that passes the taste test
with a sweetness that surpasses
every other earthly thing
Can you feel it tingling?
🔆 🔆 🔆🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆
Can you feel it?
The Spirit revealing
with such a rush
of Kingdom meaning
and just a touch
of forever pleasure
Once I was lifted up
through the ceiling
for a heavenly meeting
that left me reeling
with a joy beyond measure
I can still hear
those angels singing
Are you a true seeker
of hidden treasure
deep down at the core
with a thirsting for more?
Can you hear that gentle voice
whispering at your door
🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆
Cosmology
astronomy
your very biology
all supernaturally
in harmony
beyond the mathematical
pointing to a greater whole
Can you read
the writing on the wall?
Down deep in your soul
are you hearing
the whispering
of a celestial call ?
🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆 🔆
~ David B. Redpath © 2021
“One of the main functions of
organized religion is to protect
people against a direct experience
of God.”
“God has fallen out of containment
in religion and into human hearts
– God is incarnating. Our whole
unconscious is in an uproar from
the God Who wants to know and
to be known.”
“If our religion is based on
salvation, our chief emotions will
be fear and trembling. If our
religion is based on wonder, our
chief emotion will be gratitude.”
– Carl Jung
“A little unequivocal salvation,
a free gift the likes of which you
can never repay, goes a long way
towards a threshold of eternal
wonder … the dawn of a new day.”
– David Redpath 😇 🕶️
Artwork;
David B. Redpath © 2021
Very moving poetry as always … Great choice of music …And many congrats on the safe arrival of your beautiful child. What a wonderful gift!
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An exceeding thank you 🙏
The baby, Ava, is one of several
granddaughters. Blessings all
beyond measure 😎
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Grandchildren? You look too young to have grandchildren!!! Yes, each unique and so, so precious. Enjoy 🙂 You are blessed indeed!
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Can you hear it coming?
Coming on the air tonight!
Always a thought provoking write. Congratulations papa and mama bear, on baby bear. A 9 month miracle in the making. 🎉💫😎
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Thank you imminently, Elle 🙏🌹
Actually, Linda and I have had the
miraculous up to our elbows 👶👶👶
Now we’re counting grandchildren🐻
My, how the garden grows⁉️ 😎
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All the more sweeter! 😉😎
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Resonating with your wonderful poem! ☮🌞🙏
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Thank you with a wishful 🌈
of good vibrations, Betty 💛
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That is one beautiful baby you have nestled in your arm. What a blessing for your family!
I particuarly appreciate the quotes from Carl Jung, particuarly the first one, which I heard from my dad many times. (He was an Episcopal priest.)
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Carl Jung is my favourite shrink 😎
May explain my shrunken head, Liz.
He diagnosed correctly that religion
needed a good stirring. He was
inclined to throw the baby out with
the bathwater, and start all over again,
which I guess is a natural conclusion
when you see the damage done by
weaponized religion.
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It certainly is understandable. “Weaponized” is the right word for it.
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Wonderful David… “Ivor” Davies and Icehouse are ‘our’ music tributes today… now that’s a grand coincidence…. congratulations granddad…
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Thank you uber abundantly, Ivor 😎
According to William S. Burroughs Jr.
there’s no such thing as coincidence.
That must mean you and Ivor Davies
are related 🤔 🕶️
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I’ll have to check the old family tree
Is Mr Davies convict stock like me ??
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Mister Davies is certainly ☑️
a prisoner of Rock ‘n’ Roll
He’s doing hard rock time
for his musical crime
at Her Majesty’s pleasure 😎
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I’ll have ti introduce myself
Maybe he like my new book
For his old prison bookshelf
write me a about Tullawalla
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great photos, inspiring words. love the Jung quote warning of the dangers of direct experience of God; and congrats, David, on the lovely addition to your family 🙂
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Thanks most potently, John 🙏 😎
Just as Linda and I start putting the
shattered pieces of our life back
together another one comes along👶
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blessings, David 😉
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A baby! 😍
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I’ve read the sheet music
I’ve even sung along 🎶
but I’m still not certain
who wrote the song 🤔
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Wonderful Photos ,Great words and great choice of music!
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A deep thank you, Deb 🙏💛
Greatly appreciated.
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That pic of you and Lovely Lindy and the baby!!!! Are you a granddaddy now? I was just missing your beautiful words and images. Happy to get a fix. Looking radiant all three, I might add 😇👼🤓🕶💕 Heartfelt congrats.
🤗🎉💛
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Thank you most grandiosely, Lia 💖
Yes, I have contacted that grand
condition ☑️ I’m not exactly sure
just how it all happened❓🤔 🕶️
One minute we were just two 🐰🐰
the next thing I knew it was a plus
seven situation. Apparently that’s
the way the multiplication ball 🥎
keeps on rolling 😎
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Amazing David. Yes the creative powers work in mysterious and often joyous ways. Lovely when they result in a(nother) healthy and well-cared-for precious babe. 💕🌱🐇 Thanks for sharing this new little miracle with us. 🤗
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Congratulations, grandpa! 🥳
Love the quote and the verse.
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Thank you, Punam 🙏 💛
Being a grandparent is a dirty job,
but somebody’s got to do it 😎
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The grandest of thank yous,
Bojana 🙏💛
It would seems we’ve an over
abundance of grand kids.
Would you like one? 😎
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And who better suited than you, sir David! I am sure secretly you love it! 😉
Always a pleasure. 💙🙏🏼
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Oh my, a new grandchild? How beautiful….like the poem.
Congrats!!!
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Beautiful child, wonderful poem, great quote…
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Thank you muchly, Ally.
I’d love to post daily,
but being a hard pressed
grand daddy under much stress
from a hungry family,
I must limit the WordPress
. . . sadly 😎
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It’s a pleasure David. I too have a limit on what I can read and post…..Enjoy your grandbaby. 🙂
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It’s good to have boundaries, Ally.
I’m currently building a cage for
all the grand kiddies 😎
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❤
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💟💜😎
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Such beautiful poetry, David, and Congratulations on your beautiful granddaughter, Ava. Happy New Year!
~Lauren
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Thank you very much, Lauren.
May you sail above the maelstrom
in 2021, all the way through to 2022 🙏
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You’re welcome, David, and I’m sure trying! 😊
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Congratulations! So cute. 🙂
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Thank Jay-lyn 🙏
Ava is a keeper 💛😎
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I am sure she is. 🤓💜
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Great post, David! Loved the photo of you with a little one in your arms!!
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Thanks Chuck 🙏
All care given . . .
no responsibility taken 😎
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Beautiful photos and wonderful grandchild congratulations to you both. Religion blocks the way to God with untruths and controlling mechanisms to detour the mind and soul connection away from their rightful manifestor.
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Thanks for that, Nanette 🙏💛
A millennium, or two,
of human tribal dogma
and doctrinal palaver
is sure to cause some
karma trauma drama 😱
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That poetry exquisitely beautiful to read and the picture with baby so precious!
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Thank you muchly,
Pragalbha 🙏
As it happens
I did pen the poem
but I take little credit
for baby Ava 👶 😎
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😊😊
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Wisdom ~ Kindness 💫💫💫
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🙏💛🐰🐰😎
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
A SUPER FANTASTIC POST WITH POETRY, MUSIC AND PICTURES! A CRACKING GREAT MEANINGFUL WORK OF ART, DAVID!!!!!
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Greatly and Muchly Appreciated,
Oh Great Mumford 🙏 😇 🕶️
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What a beautiful baby! Congratulations!
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Thank you, Gerry 🙏 Ava is now a
matching set of three! 👶👶👶😎
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this post has inspired a poem, David; you can check it out on my lesser blog, the bigbluemouth one 🙂
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You not aging at all, eh?
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You’re only as young
as who you’re feeling 😎
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🙂
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This brought tears to my eyes. The little one is beautiful, David. ❤
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A heartfelt thank you, Anna 🙏
Your tears are my reward 😎
All aboard the Good Ship
Joy Of The Lord 🏝️🚢
How on God’s green earth 🌎
could anyone get bored 🤔 🕶️
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From my early catechism before I broke away from organized religion: “Confession is the telling of our sins to a duly authorized priest, for the purpose of obtaining forgiveness.” I felt I could talk to God directly… which works for me to this day. Peace, David.
Art
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Thanks. You too, Art ☮️
According to the good book 📖
we do have direct access 🙏
Thank goodness, as I no trust priest
(not the ones who touch at least) 🤔
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This is beautifully written.
Thank you so much for sharing it and I agree with each of your word!!
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Thank you very much for the
positive feedback, Shruthi 🙏
It is greatly appreciated 💛
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An amazing post–the poem took my breath away.
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Greatly appreciated, Jael.🙏
Thanks for reading, and
be sure to keep breathing 😎
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You’re most welcome🙂 Good reminder–we do need to keep breathing, despite all the muck around us 🙂
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Your words are passionate, raw, and pure. Thank you for sharing them. -D.O.
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You’re very welcome, O. D. 🙏😎
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What a beautiful grandchild, David. And your words are wonderfully comforting. I’ve never been a fan of organized religion. Too many boundaries and I feel I don’t need a middle man between me my faith.
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Thanks for imbibing, Eugenia 🙏
Yes, the Word is very accessible,
and inclusive. Truth doesn’t build
walls and fences. It liberates. The
fact that I’m still around to count grandchildren is a testament.
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My pleasure, David!
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A really touching poem, music. The baby takes the cake however.
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She’s a slice of heaven 🍰
fresh from the bakery 😎
Thanks for visiting, Parneet.
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