Reading the Journal of Thomas Merton July 3, 1968 Hatha Yoga Vasishta the news and being left out of your reference group He is becoming a Buddhist California dreaming packing a suitcase decluttering the hermitage New mexico alaska burnt M’s letters

Love’s Last Madness by Barry Lerner poem 56 “the effulgence of the sun and moon” same as 35 in Mata e Nur by Sant Darshan Singh Love has only a beginning page 77 and page 138 Sawan Singh Kirpal Singh Harishchandra Chaddra Hindi commentary Rishikesh Sach Khand Alakh Agam 1948 1974 pita poot “I am setting aplunder the morning from the evening of my life; You should take the morning from the evening of my life. “

Mata’e Nur poem 63 of Sant Darshan Singh translated to english in poem 55 of Love’s Last Madness revised edition by Barry Lerner “when affliction assails them, they simply laugh it away” Spiritual Awakening page 120 “once in a while ... bestow a glance” “your mad lovers are cheerful, no matter their condition” “my sadness vanished when the King passed by” line 1690 Attar Conference of the Birds Persian poetry conventions “in the gay song, a lament, in the lament an allegro” Kabir p307 Raj Da K 6 12 Gu 219 168 Talash-e Nur 139 nah apne hosh ki parva nah apne dard ka fikr Urdu poetry reading

Poem 54 of Love’s Last Madness and Mata’e Nur by Sant Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi revised edition Rumi masjed-e kuran ze-ab o gel bovad Talash-e Nur verse 129 Rekhta.org santdarshansingh.org gham-e janan ko bhula dun Mansur al-Hallaj Ana’l Haqq “I am God” “love is a secret” Mansoor socially distant master memories Tuka Tukaram “I have the mettle within to contain the secret” “the vast reaches of time and space can never come between us - You may be far from my eyes, but not far from my heart” fortitude resolve nature steadfastness grit spunk caliber character disposition

The Journals of Thomas Merton a civil rights activist John Howard Griffin has a theory of white extremists provoking violence. “It is certainly true that the people killed in riots are mostly black” George Floyd curfew in New York the “contemplative mystique” “we should be serious about solitude, discipline and prayer California: Our Lady of the Redwoods monastery Bear Harbor Needle rock Astavakra gita Han Yu City Lights bookstore Lawrence Ferlinghetti Monastery of Christ in the Desert Abiquiu New Mexico “miles of emptiness” Rene Daumal Mount Analogue “nowhere is the real home” “mindfulness” “no mind” April 25, 1968 to May 24, 1968 The Intimate Merton

Mata’e Nur poem 3 of Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj gracious master Urdu poem translated by Barry Lerner in Love’s Last Madness revised edition poem 53 “the assembly of master artists revealed a world of radiant beauty” “o cupbearer, pour self-absorbed Darshan a cup of your wine- The vintage that frees the heart from all sense of me and mine” Guru Nanak Sikhism santdarshansingh.org Rekhta.org sufism sant mat bhakti nathism tippler

Latin exercise under quarantine New York

The Journals of Thomas Merton part VII the end of the journey 1967-1968 the seven story mountain Czeslaw Milosz Burmese Buddhism Basho Penquin “one of the most beautiful books I have ever read in my life” “sitting together in silence” “Old Syrian Liturgy for hermit” mozart quintets Bellarmine merton room Bangkok silence meditation writing General Theological Seminary Redwoods

Whose poetry is this that we keep reading - Sant Darshan Singh’s Mata’e Noor translated to English in Love’s Last Madness revised edition by Barry Lerner poem 52 / 53 “whose threshold is this where my head irresistibly bows?” Another way to drink take away bars in New York a “just complaint” “not remain unsaid” “arias of the intellect” moments of grace Sheikh Sadi Saadi Bustan gol berizad bevaqt e sirabi “petals scatter when they reach their bloom” ei keh panja raft o dar khwabi

The Barsi program of Sant Darshan Singh 2020 death anniversary It behoves all of us to fulfill the purpose of human life Just look within to find him Guru Nanak “we live based on our ego” “we think we are superior to others” “all our problems will be removed when we have our attention on God” intense thirst divine thirst take steps to speedily become one with God the highest knowledge is the inner sound our only purpose is to make the time to meditate “you will find God all you have to do is give flight to our Soul” Sant Rajinder Singh