Category Archives: essay

Essay on the Oneness of Being

Posted on November 3, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

A mystic seeks to sense what he knows is beyond the capabilities of his own instrumentation. He knows the search is an abandonment of all he knows…and perhaps all he knew that he sought to refine. It is surrender, submission … Continue reading →

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The “hidden potential” and the “emptiness” of all things

Posted on August 30, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Here is the irony with visiting our own wilderness – as soon as we get there, it’s no longer wild.  How does one remain still with such compelling curiosity?  How does the ney flute remain silent, when its purpose as the once … Continue reading →

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Matt’s Rancho Martinez

Posted on August 25, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

I was sitting at Matt’s Rancho Martinez outside Dallas.  I caught the blurr of a waiter zooming by with shots on his tray.  It’s a loud place – reminds me of the echoing noise of my grade school gymnasiums I guess. … Continue reading →

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Social Media and Literary Dalliance

Posted on June 5, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Words. Those damned words. They pour through me like grains of sand from the womb of the writers mind to the readers heart… and the hourglass is turned again. Another hour passes With the passing hand. Wee hours spent in … Continue reading →

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The Need for a Lover

Posted on April 28, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

The difference between loving outwardly and going deeper and deeper into the anthology of my life is that of a need for a lover.   Of outward and inward, one is always a lonely journey into the past, the other, … Continue reading →

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Writers Jihad

Posted on April 28, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hence this writers jihad… We’ve become modernists of belief, infused with the fear of punishment taught to us all our lives; we take the whip, milk, and honey from the “hands of God” as if those were the gifts of … Continue reading →

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Ishq

Posted on January 16, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

“Water derives its color form the vessel that holds it.” ~~ Sufi Al-Junaid of Baghdad Behold the Moon, she loves the Sun so deeply, that all we see of her is the solar light of her beloved reflecting off of her … Continue reading →

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Into the Company of Shadows

Posted on January 13, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Educate our hearts before we speak our minds. For it is we who keep our shadow company, not our shadow ours. I try to catch the latest news, Lest otherwise, I become rolled over by it. And I heard the … Continue reading →

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Iqra!

Posted on January 1, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

“What if the first command were ‘Write!’ not ‘Read!’” (intended and received as a deeply introspective and profound posit by Maha) What of the pristine experience Of pure meaning before the knowledge of word, it’s metaphor. Even this pondering without … Continue reading →

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Enter 2015

Posted on January 1, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Morning reflections as we enter 2015: Civilization has evolved over time – and as I reflect on the present, I’ve never found a conflict between these religions where there wasn’t first an abandonment of faith. Each closes their eyes in … Continue reading →

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