Expressions May 2025 IX

Here rests his head upon the lap of EarthA Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown.Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth,And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. From: Thomas Gray, "Elegy written in a Country Church-yard"

Navigating Your Spiritual Journey: A Path to Self-Discovery

The Spiritual Journey is a personal, liberating path of self-discovery that transcends societal illusions. It emphasizes individual truth and philosophical inquiry, allowing one to peel back layers of reality. Despite potential solitude, this quest fosters introspection and the realization of one's significance within the broader context of existence and universal energy.

Expressions May 2025 VIII

To thee the falling leaf but fades to bearIts hues and odours to some fresher air...In one eternal round they go and come;And where they travel, there hast thou a homeFor thy far-reaching thoughts.—O, Power Divine,Has this poor worm a spirit so like Thine?Unwrap its folds, and clear its wings to go!Would I could quit … Continue reading Expressions May 2025 VIII

Expressions May 2025 VII

Our time consumes like smoke, and posts away,Nor can we treasure up a month or day . . . .Consider how the lingring hour-glass sendsSand after sand, until the stock it spends.Year after year we do consume away,Until our debt to Nature we do pay.Old age is full of grief: the life of man(If we … Continue reading Expressions May 2025 VII

Expressions May 2025 VI

Can storied urn or animated bustBack to its mansion call the fleeting breath?Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust,Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death? From: Thomas Gray, "Elegy written in a Country Church-yard"