The Soul: A Wide Listening

When I Am With You, We Stay Up All Night. When You're Not Here, I Can't Go To Sleep. Praise God For Those Two Insomnias! And The Difference Between Them.

Thinking Gives Off Smoke To Prove The Existence Of Fire. A Mystic Sits Inside The Burning. There Are Wonderful Shapes In Rising Smoke That Imagination Loves To Watch. But It's A Mistake To Leave The Fire For That Filmy Sight. Stay Here At The Flame's Core.

No More Holding Back. Be Reckless. Tell Your Love To Everybody.

The Meaning Of Poetry Has No Sureness Of Direction; Is Like The Sling, It Is Not Under Control.

Every Need Brings What's Needed. Pain Bears Its Cure Like A Child. Having Nothing Produces Provisions. Ask A Difficult Question, And The Marvelous Answer Appears.