“Feline” | Anthony Satori
“Subtler than subtle, in the midst of chaos, the Creator of the world, endowed with many forms, who alone encompasses all that exists – knowing Him, one gains transcendent peace.”
– The Upanishads
Subtler than Subtle
poetry
The Face of God
“Grey Hawk” | Anthony Satori
“To love another person is to see the face of God.”
– Victor Hugo
Connected in the Deep
“Spirit Hawk” | Anthony Satori
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface, but connected in the deep.”
– William James
Select Your Thoughts
“Windblown Sand” | Anthony Satori
“We need to learn how to select our thoughts just the same way we select our clothes every day. This is a power that can be cultivated. If you want to control things in your life, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
The Dreams of Time Itself
“At the Seashore” | Anthony Satori
“The ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and it is freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time itself.”
– H. P. Lovecraft
The First Love of the World
“Flower of the Ages” | Anthony Satori
“As I walked out one evening, I heard a lover sing… ‘I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you, till the river jumps over the mountain. I’ll love you till the ocean is folded and hung up to dry. The years shall run like rabbits, for in my arms I hold, the Flower of the Ages, the first love of the world.’”
– W. H. Auden
To Be Alive
“White and Silver Headphones” | Anthony Satori
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
– Anais Nin
The Door Between the Worlds
“Seagull on a Ledge” | Anthony Satori
“The door between the worlds is always open.”
– Rumi
Poems by Heart
“Starbursts in May” | Anthony Satori
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Where to be Happiest
“The First Poppies” | Anthony Satori
“When spring came, there were no problems except where to be happiest.”
– Ernest Hemingway
