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Poetry in music: May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You

Posted on May 25, 2018by mktdaf

You & I learned this song ages ago, it seems, and it’s still a good one to start the day, to end kundalini yoga class, to wish on some good friend who’s leaving, or to sing with the kids before it’s time to dream. Written by Mike Heron and shared with yoga students all over…

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Categories: Poetry of Music, WritingsTags: long, sun, surround, time

Writings: Maybe, from the sun, hey….

Posted on July 13, 2014by mktdaf

The solar age is dawning…and just maybe it’s not a new idea. Here’s Jimmy Stewart in “You Can’t Take It with You” in 1938. As we work our way to an ideal in life that the things we do are connected with sharing & healing, it feels pretty natural to begin the process of moving…

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Categories: WritingsTags: Jimmy Stewart, solar, sun

Poetry: Good morning, starshine….

Posted on October 31, 2013by mktdaf

i thank you god for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth day of life…

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Categories: Poetry of Music, ThoughtsTags: cummings, rise, sun

Thoughts: Morning really has broken….

Posted on October 6, 2013by mktdaf

The morning, most days, is so beautiful that it’s really a good thing that it fades into the clear day….otherwise we wouldn’t get anything done! The morning’s colours fade, easily & gently, into that special place in our hearts where the embers warm us, through the morning hours & the rest of the day. Robert…

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Categories: ThoughtsTags: longtime sun, sun

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-- Woody Allen

About Brother Ian

brother ian in actionOver the centuries, Brother Ian has been collecting stories & information & discourses for the purpose of elevating the human condition as needed, dissecting it when necessary, and building the case for hope.

In the spirit of noting that organized crime, organized baseball, organized labour, and organized religion tend to engender controversy & occasional discord, I promise to be neither organized or critical of those who are.

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