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New poem from my brother, David Westendorp

8/31/2022

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What is missing
in me
can fill the Milky Way.
 
My life has more locks
than keys.
Silence is making me deaf.
 
In a dream I’m pouring
over a book
I cannot read.
 
When I can’t sleep
I still have
my telescope.
 
David Westendorp
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Paying Attention

8/3/2022

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Rabbi Jacob used to say:

Better a single moment of awakening in this world
than eternity in the world to come.

And better a single moment of inner peace
in the world to come than eternity in this world.

Why?
A single moment of awakening in this world
is living in this world with full attention.

The two are one, flip sides of a coin
forever tumbling and never caught.

Pirke Avot 4:22
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    Doug Westendorp

    I have written some poetry, and translated a few short poems from the ancient Chinese. 

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