Those who know me well, Know that have Thoroughly indulged in the dance of opposites~
From the seemingly spiritual esoteric sage~poet to the insecure egomaniac…The “Black Sheep”, plagued (and Blessed) by addiction, anxiety, fear and selfishness~
None of these are “Who *I* AM”….. In Essence~
As I spread All parts of this persona upon the altar of life, as I reveal and bring into the light all of the “seeming” aspects of Satprem, I am freed from the illusion that I am one OR the other~
I am both All and None of these expressions~
As I admit (let in) all of my “Human” frailities, fears, and foipols, they loose their power and I find myself, Happily in the midst and in the arms of my Human Family~
As I share with you, All of my “Humaness” as well as my inherent “Divinity”, I am giving you the opportunity to trust me enough to share these same expressions with me~
When I am authentic, in the Deeper Knowing AND in my human conditioning, I open the door for you to come in to yourself and to Love and express All parts of Your unfoldment with me~ Knowing, Always Knowing that you are Not Alone in your fears and your pain, your Inspiration and your Highest Truth~~
Β With all of that said, I thought that I would share a little more of a detailed Bio, as I always enjoy knowing more about the seeming “person” who’s words I am reading , art I am viewing or music I am listening to~
In the appearance, I am 51 years young, Father of 6 and Grand Father of five~
I have been writing poetry since I was eight years old and it is truly my Greatest Joy (besides my children and grand children) to write and read all forms of literary expression~ What I post on the blog here is poetry and writings from my entire life, in and through many different circumstances and states of being, both high and low, dark and light, human and divine~Β
Having grown up (still growing) in quite a few different environments and with many different relatives, I had the opportunity to explore all of their bookshelves, paradigms and belief systems~ My Father’s bookshelf was my favorite and had a vast amount of books on philosophy, religion, spirituality, science and metaphysics and this being so, some of the first things that I read as a youngster were books like “Be Here Now” by Ram Dass, Poetry by Rumi and many other Eastern mystics, “The Dancing Wu Li Masters” was one of my favorites and opened my eyes to other ways of perceiving this reality~ I also loved fiction/fantasy works and my favorite authors were Tolkien, Frank Herbert, Ursula K. Le Guin,Β Madeleine L’Engle, Isaac Asimov, C.S. Lewis and was absolutely enraptured by Arthurian Legend and especially Mary Stewart’s books~ I din’t really start reading theΒ contemporaryΒ poets till I was in my twenties and although I love a lot of their works, my favorite poetry comes from the East~ My favorite epic poem is “Savitri” by Sri Auribindo and one of hisΒ disciples, “Satprem” is one of my absolute Favorite writers~ “On the way to Supermanhood” is a Great Read by him~
I started this blog primarily to get the words out of my journal’s and spiral notebooks and into book form (first the blog) and because of a desire to share my particular expression with my human Family~ I am very open to learning more about creative writing and am open to any feedback that may be offered~Β
Thank you for taking the time to visit this cyber~container and I truly look forward to making connections, reading, viewing and hearing theΒ magnificentΒ art available here in the blogging universe~
Blessings of Love~ _(*)_ Namaste’~
~Satprem
Humbleness… π Love the presence in your writings, looking forward to see you blog unfold.. Thank you for sharing.
Blessings of Love and Gratitude, Priyesh~ I Loved your Blog and will adventure further into your expressions~
Hi Satprem,
I am going to put a link to your blog in my sidebar. I have a category called ‘Poets Corner’, which seems to be the ideal place.
~ Paul
Grateful, Dear Brother~ I will do the same~ BeWell~ π
Beautiful open and honest blog and it moved me. I too am keen to get my journal entries down in a book but am starting with a blog. I love that you are open about the different sides of the person that is you. This week I have been deeply touched by the passing away of a young man – suffering from addiction, at the age of 36. I wish he had been able to open himself up to help from others who understood – instead he wrote beautiful poetry which was not appreciated/or seen until his funeral service! Share your story to help others and be gentle with yourself.
Thank you for visiting and I loved your blog as well~
Satprem, I nominated you for the sunshine award! Don’t feel pressured to participate but if you want to pass it on, here’s my link: http://arabwriterchick.com/2012/05/24/sunshine-award/. Have a great day π
Oh My~! Thank you for this~ I am stashing the 3 awards that this blog has been nominated for, in a folder and will accept, nominate and participate when I feel like I have explored other blogs enough to honestly nominate other deserving bloggers~ I Absolutely appreciate the award but feel to get more acquainted with, not only “wordpress” but this wonderful blogging community~ Blessings of Love~
Satprem~
Thank you Satprem for your Presence, I appreciate you! < Love, Linda
Mutually Felt, Dear Soul~ Love,Satprem~
Thank you for following my blog.
And you, mine, Dear Soul~
Lovely bio. I have to giggle, because when I first looked at your blog, today, I saw age 8 on your bee poem, and I thought this was an eight year old’s blog. hee hee. Lovely to find your blog. Light to you, Sam π
Wrote you a wordy reply on my blog now I’ve come over here to add more π LOL. On our discussion of Awards I wondered if you might enjoy my ‘take’ on http://professionsforpeace.com/2012/05/26/ongoing-learning-from-awards/
Whew. I must say, once I’m done my current ‘homework’ I am joining you in your gorgeous image from ASIFA if I may. A perfectly kind and appropriate image.
Oh~! Thank you,Dear Heart~~ Just hearing from you has Blessed “my” moment…Completely~! I will certainly visit the link and continue this awesome conversation~ Thank you for replying~ Love Only,
Satprem~
Hello dear Satprem, I have now joined the ranks of those like you who have chosen to not do awards at this time. However I have mentioned you and provided links to this wonderful blog a couple of times in my final awards post, so I wanted you to know about it. Here’s to focussing on sharing the love and light we feel abundantly within out to the world! ~Warm Hugs, Gina
http://professionsforpeace.com/2012/06/06/and-the-award-goes-to/
Deeply acknowledged, Gina and as I mentioned on your blog, creating dialogue, conversation, connection and communion is what I love most about the blogging experience~ Feeling so blessed to have connected with you and look forward to many moons together here, spilling our souls upon the altar of life’s grand, creative un~foldment~
Blessings of Love to you and yours~
Satprem~
Namaste!
Namaste’, Dear Heart~ π
In deed your words reflect the intricacies of life and the depth lying deep within them… Its an honour to be able to read about such experiences…
Well Thank You~! I Love what I have read of yours and look forward to perusing more of your musings~ π
welcome !
Writing since you were 8 years old, self-read, self-taught and rejecting the schoolhouse conditioning…a true poet indeed and my hat goes off to you…
Thank you, Unsung~ I am looking forward to immersing my mind in your words and will visit your blog soon~ Blessings~ π
I’m “borrowing” your no more awards sign. He he….thanks. π Sam
You may indeed~ I actually borrowed it~~~tee hee~ π
there is such a presence in Wisdom as compared to knowledge
one just is and the other is usually bought and paid for…but then
the knowledge is someone’s else’s truth….wisdom is one’s own truth….
no truth is the same, it cannot be for it is an experience… reaction in/of emotions
I like your wisdom….it speaks of the university of life…your life….
which is unique when it is your own thoughts you share…
I like this…I will enjoy wandering through the thoughts you have scrited here in cyberspace…
Thank you for stopping by….please come again….
Take Care….
You Matter…
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maryrose
Thank you Dear Heart~ I will certainly be visiting your Masterpiece of a blog and if you will permit me, I would like to put a link to yours from mine~ Blessings~ π Satprem
Thank you ..though I am don’t think of mine as mastrpiece LOLs
I appreciate you saying so…
its more like trying to find mortal words to the whispers I hear on the wind and deciphering the language of the heart where it makes sense…especially to me….
I am gad you like my thoughts..
come by anytime….
You are very kind
Take Care…
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maryrose
Namaste Satprem your writings in this beautiful blog spread a subtle form of awareness! Wish you well.
Thank you~ Wish you well as well~ π
I have nominated you for ‘A Thought Provoking Blog’ Award…..thanks…
Although deeply appreciated, I am not accepting awards at this time~ I put a notice about that on the left sidebar~ I am honored to have been chosen for this and happy that you are enjoying the blog~ Namaste’~ π
Your words are soul touching. I love your side bar… recent ramblings! Wish I had thought of that one! You have an amazing gift. I see a thousand lyrics in each word!
Oh Thank you~ Blessed to know you and appreciate the “follow”~ I’ll head on over to your blogs today and delve deeper into the Costalmom~ β€
You have a beautiful soul! Congratulations on your grandchildren.
Thank you Dear Heart~ I hope your travel adventures are fun and safe for you~ Blessings of Love~ π
I greatly appreciate that. π
I have loved so many of your posts, but can’t find how to Like – is there some obvious button that this technological illiterate is missing???
Not sure on that one but thank you and I like that you “Like”~ π
Wonderful blog π
Thank you kindly~ It’s been quite some time since I visited my own cyber~space~ I actually haven’t written for a long time … or so it seems~ BeWell~ π
Thank you~ I have taken quite a bit of time off from writing, sharing and blogging but I feel the return of inspiration dawning quietly, peeking out over the horizon of my thought~scape~ Maybe something will flow soon, we shall see~