It is not my own I seek
but Grace and truth for all of us
within us
to be liberated
in a world where people do not have to cheat or steal
because they are aware
Of the MIRACLE ….the ABUNDANCE.
I believe we can live this way
and I am learning to forgive those lost souls
who cheat mostly themselves
because in their own authenticity only
can they be happy and fruitful
and be a blessing to the to planet..
cut the diseases and illness
that rises out of self.
This is the solitary voice
of one crying in the wilderness
A World of Peace Must come..
must it not…
The folly of the age is
that achievement or anything outside ourselves
can bring lasting happiness..
a sham from the start
a false path
a dead end road
the chorus of hungry starving people
as we gorge ourselves on delicacies
that are barbaric
and must surrender to the peace
that passes human understanding..
the peace that is all things…
Throwing poems from cliffs
and edges of mountains
that must be felt and lived.
I cry out for man to come forth
woman to shine.
Now is the time
LIFE BEGINS
C.2008
Stephen John Kalinich
Generosity is the linchpin to abundance…
Zeal alone does not always stimulate thoughtfulness..or regeneration..
Inspiration proceeds from abundance…
The content heart overflows
and the blessings flow in..
The giving opens up the door
and the more one gives
guided by love
the more one gets into the flow.
and experiences a peace
That feels no lack..
All serious blocks in the body
Can be dissolved by the solvent
of letting go of all attachments to outcome..
and allowing life to work its own way
Through whatever you are facing..
Dimensions of the self that are not visible
That are not felt
are hiding in your problems..
Your unhealed situation..
The solution is right there
Within the dilemma..
I receive all eh blessings the Universe is sending to me..
I am receiving directly the Divine healing light…
I am reversing through Grace..the prostate is shrinking the problem is under control..the diabetes..
the heart is open and receptive..
whatever IT IS
i CAN HANDLE..
NOW..
Just around my endless sorrow
there is a revelation…
Look among the multiple tasks of this single day..
Neither laugh or cry in the negative proclivities…
Yield to the grace…
Stephen John Kalinich
C.2008
This is the most learning and growing experience ever for me.
I am grateful for your voice in the shadows.
For the last month or two it has been hell on earth and heaven.
Cornwall brought it all through me to me.
The stillness of the raw life
the primitive and attempt at cultivation
together produced a concerto within my inner being
all aches from the past
all hurt came leaping into consciousesall
at once..all i did not face head on
the lost loves
the romantic nipped by disappoint
that retreats and hides the ruins tucked it in a corner of being
and forgets it is still in there
and needs release
letting go for the healing to occur.
You too are at this cross roads..
the road that so few face head on
and it either kills you or gives you new birth
,However most of us get caught in between
in between a reality that constantly changes
and a dream that we never quite realize
until we retreat into quiet inward streams
that go where no woman nor man treads
the ridges are more dangerous than the cliffs of Cornwall
AND all these outer VIEWS AND CONFRONTATION
ARE ALL REFLECTIONS OF AN INNER STATE
and that is my experience.
Discovering the map of self where we all merge
pass people on a train
waving goodbye to each other
because we want IT TO ALWAYS be
but we know can not be…
Every outward journey
is but a reflection of the soul a journey to the self..
C.2008
Stephen John Kalinich
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Speechless wonder
where few men walk
little beaches
at the end of dirt roads
old fishing boats
not used in years
and fisherman and gardeners
every where
Cornwall
little towns
sweeping down to the sea
beyond description
awesome sheer brilliance and wonder
silence before and after
silence takes over every experience
a hush comes over me
that says yes to life…
Cornwall is so exquisitely gorgeous
treacherous inspiring
rugged
more garden’s and Flowers
than i have ever seen.
What a great experience
and opportunity.
My physical and private life
has been very very rough
but the lessons are grand
and I am grateful
for each unfolding ambiguity
learning to let go of everything..
every expectation…
and this is a road to freedom.
I am swimming in stream now
and not drowning
and yes it feels
like i will not survive at times
but i am learning to flow like water
into and through everything..
temporary
beautiful
wonderful waterfalls
inside of me and you…
Stephen Kalinich
My friend stop smoking.
Throw them away.
Go to a place in your being
Cause this place to exist
where all that has brought you to this inhalation is released
every hurt feeling
every memory
release it in kindness to yourself
and choose a healthy human course.
Smoking is an attack of violence against yourself
and though I understand the difficulty
and the reasons for it that go so deep
as you say to your private body parts
and self that ache
that are wounded.
The part of your being that is crushed
Let IT GO!
I know I have only known you a few years
take it from me who has been close to Death.
Now you are young
you are beautiful
You are forever
but take care of your soul.
The body breaks down
the lungs collapse.
The body trembles.
Please do not ignore this plea
to the self that is within you
that cares for your survival.
let me appeal to it.
I know for many this will fall on deaf ears
and muted stifled consciousness.
Its blocked by a thousand thoughts and reasons.
He or she does not know
we say to ourselves.
They are not in my pain.
In my body.
Their soul does not ache like mine.
I feel for that.
It is not so simplistic I know.
Just to quit.
I am so bound so tied to this cigarette
but the addiction rolls out of your fingers
like a pencil or a tennis ball.
It is not tied to the the beauty
the beautiful of your soul
that allows you to create your Art -To do your drawings -your photography-Your acting-
Whatever you are doing…
Dance your dance
As you puff that motherfucker
of a cancer stick.
The people who make them
and profit from them
should be executed for killing you
with their services of your extremity
their keying in to your apparent need
at your lowest point.
Making you a tobacco junkie.
I will only write this letter once.
I want you to have life not death.
I am compassionate with your feelings
surrounding the smoking
but not as a defense for your actions
but as an acknowledgment that you hurt
but in the interest of your forever eternal being
the time to stop smoking is now.
Your life can only get better because of it.
It is too comfortable to say nothing
or not to voice the horror that I feel
because a beautiful soul like you smokes.
I hate it!
I despise it!
It makes me sick to my stomach.
Well I guess now you know how I feel.
I am trying to write this with kindness
and compassion not harshness.
I was walking to my addiction one day
The food would not stay down-
I was in a constant state of reflux and pain-
I made myself sicker and sicker
but automatically went to it.
as an addict goes towards addiction.
my body trembled.
if I did not have it.
I craved it.
Its desire attached itself to me like a parasite
and one day when I was walking to my dealer
I was 80% there-
A voice inside of me
seemingly coming out of nowhere
opened up inside of me
and I knew a healing was beginning to occur.
It was an act of grace
that turned me around
and I knew I could not drink again.
My survival depended upon it
and it became clear to me
in artistic tones
and a desire for health became clear to me.
The desire for health
became stronger than the desire for death
or giving into my weakness.
There was a peace and a freedom
I have never known
and I came out one step closer
to the unfoldment of my being.
That within me that causes Art
became one with my need to survive
and although I will slip again in some way.
I did it with charging with money with booze-
Somehow another notch has been carved
as i inch along toward the glorious one
that I can be that i want you to be.
love
Stevie
I think a song is coming.
C.2008
Stephen John Kalinich
All Rights Reserved
Beware of false teachers
or people
who try to tell you
how to act what to do
People who want to take over your life.
Center your thoughts and actions
on peace and harmony
but be alert to the darkness
and just where it may creep into your life
and experience.
Work and rest
take time every day
twice a day
to be quiet in your soul
To shut off all radios
and television
All sounds
to not engage in anything
and just be with your self.
One second at a time
only be the grace
Never stop loving
Enter into your own peace.
Kindness is the road
the path
Justice in all things
express and act it
to the best of your ability
always think of the other
what will the consequences be?
The highest peaks are reached
one step at a time
Do not rush your journey
each step is important
essential to you development as a being.
Touching each other
we brush the eternities
There is only one now
One at a time
Honesty in your thoughts
Be open to your flaws
There are grand lessons in them
Where do you need love
Where are you weak?
Where do you lack energy?
Look at it
See what it reveals.
Original thinking is
only tuning in to what is already there
in consciousness
Putting it together
in you own unique way.
Never give in to discouragement
feel it and move on
It will dissolve
if you are helping others
Equality for all beings
Quality of actions and expression
Do what is the best
for the world
and do not be brutal with yourself.
The Universe is ready to embrace you
at your lowest point
in the depths of your sorrow
and unhappiness
a river flows
a river of tranquil waters
That know all things
that has all answers
Inspired in your daily life
Go out into the world
and your day with vigor
Today you will make a dent
an impact
Your actions will move the world forward
Towards the lasting Peace.
Keep yourself UN rehearsed
be ready for the improvisational
Let life take you
to the new possibility
the new place
to the new hour
that has never been before
Let the healing come into the world
through you.
Just around the suppressed impulse
is the revelation
Each being worships his own God
But there is only the one.
Each breath is a Miracle.
Together we walk
together
we keep the undisturbed
melodies playing-
yearning ceases
just music
It is all symphony and sounds
It never stops
It is always playing
uplifting your humanity
throw out the beast
do not feed him
follow the rectangle
eliminate the endless downward
smile
that vanishes
Seek the gentle streams
Away from drawing attention yourself
Bask in the beauty.
Hear the voices
forever they say
begins today
Every silence is precious
Our task is to finish the poem
that is being written within us
There was a time before time
where angles danced on the shores
Of the eternal
where no moments are lost
that time is now
reaching the good slowly
i ascend in the realms of heart
Swim in the calm lake
I Quiver because the beauty
I have tasted and felt is just
The young world being born
in each of us
Today is the beginning
of Life
our first morning
all that has gone before
vanishes
We are the now
always changing
always different
always the same
The Peace will swallow the destruction
Freedom will reign.
C.2008 Stephen John Kalinich
I started a new practice I call it the forgiveness practice. Every morning when I wake up everyone in my personal experience who I am angry at or who I feel has wronged me or anyone I have judged harshly for that moment I let them go. It is not my call and I try not to sit in judgement. I speak it I say it i may even tell others then I release it and turn it over to Grace. Whoever it may be Any one in the past who i still carry. I release them all. It is not my job to police the Universe. When I do this i get such a burst of energy it is staggering so today I suggest you try this. It is healing
so today I offer a new lyric
I GIVE YOU MY HEART
stephen John Kalinich
Simplicity
Thats the key
It opens up
the Mystery
I rise up out of
The misery…
That’s what you
have done for me
for me..
I give you my heart
My life my soul
my everything
you make me laugh
Take away the sting
that life can bring
I give you my heart..
you make me reach
beyond my grasp
I am equal to
any task
my spirit soars
my body sings
I climb the heights
you are the harmony
that lives in me
you are the sweet sweet
that I seek
I touch the Grace
I embrace
your dignity.
I kiss your face
I live this love
Today I forgive
forgive you
I forgive
I release
Today i give
Today I live
become the peace
abundantly
you are me
This i know
Its how I grow
Its what I show
When the winds blow..
Let sadness come
ooh ooh
i will prevail
I give you my heart
What i present
what i invent
is what is new
This I do
I do ooooo for you.
I give you my soul
When you fall
think of me
for I will always be
A part of you
like the water
needs the ocean
‘like a flower
needs the tree
You will always be
A part of me
I need you
you need me
I give you my heart.
C.2008
Inspiration
it is music to my heart and ears
Powerful images sweep through me
like a white Piano
in the rain
when the sun comes down
and shines on it.
Each second of your new life
is alive
New avenues to explore
A calmness enters your anguish
You can face the the daylight again
Use this moment
Look no further
For all resides within
Night follows day
Grace is the decision
to daringly yield
to the approaching challenges
before they arise
Life is the liberation
Life is the awe of an hour
spent in bliss
A walk on the bluffs
below the world
is a shimmering metaphor
of brilliant colors
shapes and sizes
all blending into
a symphonic panorama
a splendor
only the day
can echo the night
relive the now
in present participation
All of life works
with you
A child is born
within you
that you thought was lost
the intensity of time and space
halts the illness
stops the lingering muted pains
that constantly
play in your body
as tiny white daisies
reach
the melody swells
up inside of you
Today is a new day
And you can dance again
eternity touches this moment
with tiny fingers
nothing but kindness
lasts
the day is far spent
but it is not over
hope rearranges time
into the width of the now
The now opens wide
One can hear the angels singing
How is life possible?
Is it not the greatest miracle?
a victory
Life triumphs.
i rejoice with you
my sweet friend
life is sweet
The scent of
orange blossoms
leaves its aroma
inside of me
for just this second
I know all things
we have lived
before
we are naked
and a presence
feels our every mood
and sensitivity -
we throw away
our old Pajamas
and wear a new gown
December has so quickly
become April
The days are falling fast
The only thrill
is now
We need not hurry
look at all the flowers
every variety
touching our eyes
believe in healing
In patience is the quest realized
it is right here
where we are…
In this beat between moments
joy uncovers
and cleanses
the stagnant air
and refreshes us
Release the constraints and confinement
We feel are holding us back
grace has save us
light ascends
rises up out of inner gifts
we sometimes take for granted
The first day of spring
just a few days ago
You are not alone
the intimate wind
Kisses your lips
caresses your body
your trembling breast
that once felt fear
again feel the life and vitality
swimming in your bloodstream
Make the most of each year!!
Celebrate each day.
Whisper to yourself
I am not a finished work
I am becoming
all will be known
yesterday is gone
we are living …..
You are a marvel
Always know
someone loves you
that you do not see
closer than your flesh to you
Just when sorrow
wants you to surrender
own your life
Follow
the road in front of you
Stay at the wheel
The pavement will be smooth again
and you will have tools
to deal with the new situations
that arise
A dream has come alive
You have been daring
through the disturbances
of your soul
Help is on the way
…the arrow points West
As you rest in the green fields
far from home
From Irish shores and storms
and I’m looking into your heart
forever is one moment
at a time
what we encounter and survive
reveal our path
what we make out of the chaos
is up to us
and as you said
Where there is a will
there is a way
and i found the way
well walk that way today
the way that you have found
There will be snows but bundle up
for one watches over you
each step of your journey
invisible hidden in the grass
in the snow
all around you
and within you
the source of all harmony
and music
for what is music
but the song of life expressing itself
through us
The longing of the heart
for comfort and peace
From Detroit to Los Angeles
From Brighton to the battlefields of Somme
You are one might warrior my friend
and
Terri
you are the inspiration for this piece.
Love
Stevie
