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	<title> &#187; Poetry</title>
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		<title>Being</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being The beingness of all that I am, on every level of my being, inflow, outflow, all encompassed in the stillness of the present moment. Watching, calmly aware, stillness pervades the loving eyes of awaremess itself. Content in the knowingness &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/388/being">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Being</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/?attachment_id=417"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-417" title="Being" src="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Being.jpg" alt="Being Being" width="650" height="460" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">The beingness of all that I am,</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">on every level of my being,</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: large;"> inflow, outflow, </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">all encompassed in the stillness of the present moment.</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Watching, calmly aware, </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">stillness pervades the loving eyes of awaremess itself.</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Content in the knowingness of its own divinity</span></span></strong></span></p>
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		<title>A visual poem titled: Simplicity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A visual poem titled &#8220;Simplicity&#8221; Swirling whirling eternal mists of night,split the darkness with soft saturnal light.Rushing, enveloping calmly crashing might,encroaching the rim of blind forgotten sight.tenuous, touching delicately poised,in tremulous silence no sound or noise,wafts a soft whisper of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/218/a-visual-poem-titled-simplicity">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>A visual poem titled </strong></span></em></div>
<div style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>&#8220;Simplicity&#8221;</strong></span></em></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/LightWithin.jpg"><img src="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/LightWithin.jpg" border="0" alt="LightWithin A visual poem titled: Simplicity" width="320" height="224" title="A visual poem titled: Simplicity" /></a></div>
<div style="color: cyan; text-align: center;"><span class="sz17" style="font-size: large;"><em><strong><span style="color: blue;">Swirling whirling eternal mists of night,</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">split the darkness with soft saturnal light.</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">Rushing, enveloping calmly crashing might,</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">encroaching the rim of blind forgotten sight.</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">tenuous, touching delicately poised,</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">in tremulous silence no sound or noise,</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">wafts a soft whisper of waking joy,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">the childlike awareness of a playful toy. </span></strong></em></span></p>
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		<title>Poem Titled: Being</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a new poem inspired from my painting &#8220;Being&#8221; The centre of ourselves as we really are,is as bright as the light of a brilliant star.Enmeshed in the worlds that come from within,lost from our centre amidst all the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/214/poem-titled-being-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><span style="color: blue;">Here is a new poem inspired from my painting &#8220;Being&#8221;</span></b></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="www.awakeningdreams.com poem from the painting titled Being" height="360" src="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/Being.jpg" title="Being" width="510" /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;">The centre of ourselves as we really are,</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">is as bright as the light of a brilliant star.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Enmeshed in the worlds that come from within,</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">lost from our centre amidst all the din.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Then awake once more to the truth of our being,</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">we settle in the silence at the centre of our scene.</span></b></div>
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		<title>Birth of the Warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a poem I created from contemplating on the painting below. Alone on a journey, thats all inside, where there&#8217;s never a place to run and hide. Then awareness awakens to the light within, giving strength for the journey &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/213/birth-of-the-warrior">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><center>Here is a poem I created from contemplating on the painting below.</p>
<p><img title="Birth of the Warrior" src="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/BirthOfTheWarrior.jpg" alt="BirthOfTheWarrior Birth of the Warrior" width="449" height="360" />
<p><font color="blue"><br />Alone on a journey, thats all inside,</p>
<p>where there&#8217;s never a place to run and hide.</p>
<p>Then awareness awakens to the light within,</p>
<p>giving strength for the journey about to begin.
<p>Michael<br /></font></center></p>
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		<title>Light of Truth poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The poem below came to me while contemplating on the above painting. The strength of our vision, shines ever in the darkest night, guiding our way in the sea of life.]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The poem below came to me while contemplating on the above painting.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The strength of our vision,</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">shines ever in the darkest night,</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">guiding our way in the sea of life.</div>
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		<title>Poem Titled: Being</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a new poem inspired from my painting &#8220;Being&#8221; The centre of ourselves as we really are, is as bright as the light of a brilliant star. Enmeshed in the worlds that come from within, lost from our centre &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/82/poem-titled-being">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Here is a new poem inspired from my painting &#8220;Being&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><img title="Being" src="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/Being.jpg" alt="www.awakeningdreams.com poem from the painting titled Being" width="510" height="360" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">The centre of ourselves as we really are,</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">is as bright as the light of a brilliant star.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Enmeshed in the worlds that come from within,</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">lost from our centre amidst all the din.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Then awake once more to the truth of our being,</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">we settle in the silence at the centre of our scene.</span><br />
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		<title>Birth of the Warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a poem I created from contemplating on the painting below. Alone on a journey, thats all inside, where there&#8217;s never a place to run and hide. Then awareness awakens to the light within, giving strength for the journey &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/48/birth-of-the-warrior-poem">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a poem I created from contemplating on the painting below.</p>
<p><img title="Birth of the Warrior" src="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/BirthOfTheWarrior.jpg" alt="BirthOfTheWarrior Birth of the Warrior"  /></p>
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Alone on a journey, thats all inside,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: blue;">where there&#8217;s never a place to run and hide.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: blue;">Then awareness awakens to the light within,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: blue;">giving strength for the journey about to begin. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: blue;">Michael<br />
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		<title>Light of Truth poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The poem below came to me while contemplating on the above painting. The strength of our vision, shines ever in the darkest night, guiding our way in the sea of life.]]></description>
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The poem below came to me while contemplating on the above painting.
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<p style="text-align: center;">The strength of our vision,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">shines ever in the darkest night,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">guiding our way in the sea of life.</p>
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		<title>Simplicity poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212; Simplicity &#8212; Swirling whirling eternal mists of night, split the darkness with soft saturnal light. Rushing, enveloping calmly crashing might,encroaching the rim of blind forgotten sight. tenuous, touching delicately poised, in tremulous silence no sound or noise, wafts a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/200/poem-titled-simplicity">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/LightWithin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" alt="LightWithin Simplicity poem" src="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/LightWithin.jpg" border="0" title="Simplicity poem" /></a></div>
<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><strong>&#8212; Simplicity &#8212;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Swirling whirling eternal mists of night,</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">split the darkness with soft saturnal light. </span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Rushing, enveloping calmly crashing might,<br />encroaching the rim of blind forgotten sight. </span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">tenuous, touching delicately poised, </span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">in tremulous silence no sound or noise, </span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">wafts a soft whisper of waking joy, </span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">the childlike awareness of a playful toy.</span> </div>
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		<title>Timelessness Poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwoolcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Timelessness &#8212;A poignant point on the precipice of time, enfolds the eons in its timeless grasp. A delicacy of movement transcends the spatial spheres. A knot of knowing awakens within the dark depths, alive in awareness of its own &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://awakeningdreams.com/blog/199/poem-titled-timelessness">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/HomewardBound.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.awakeningdreams.com/HomewardBound.jpg" alt="HomewardBound Timelessness Poem" border="0" title="Timelessness Poem" /></a><br /><span class="sz12"><i><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">&#8211; Timelessness &#8212;</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">A poignant point on the precipice of time,</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">enfolds the eons in its timeless grasp.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">A delicacy of movement transcends the spatial spheres.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">A knot of knowing awakens within the dark depths,</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">alive in awareness of its own unspeakable joy. </span></span></i></span></p>
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