Poems Of Asia
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Title: Poems of Asia
Author: Kitaro
Chapter 1, Hajimari
In the beginning, the heavens and the earth were one. The sky was of angry black clouds and the sea was nothing more than a seething, murky swamp. Life as we know it did not exist. Then one day the clouds began to swirl and grow, thunder crashed and a terrible rain began to fall. It rained night and day for weeks and months, as if it had done so forever. At last the rain stopped, and the heavens and the earth had separated. From the waters and the mud the gods began to appear, like young shoots of grass springing forth from the east. This is how the world began.
Chapter 2, Sozo - The Birth of a Land
The last of the gods to rise up from the chaos were Izanagi and the goddess Izanami. From the Bridge of Rainbows in Takamagahara, far above where the other gods live, they stirred the sea with a spear. When they withdrew the spear, the drops of mud that fell from it created a most beautiful group of islands. Izanagi and Izanami went to live in the land, and were married. There, Izanami gave birth to many gods including those of the wind, the sea, the mountains and the earth.
Chapter 3, Koi - Love and The Death of Izanami
The last god to be born was the god of fire, after which Izanami died. Her death caused her son Mikoto, the god of the night, terrible pain and grief. At last his father, Izanagi, disturbed at his son's weakness, expelled him from the land of the gods. After much wandering, Mikoto, found himself in a village terrorized by the Eight-Headed Dragon and where the beautiful maiden Kushinadahime lived. It is here that Mikoto first discovered love.
Chapter 4, Orochi - The Eight-Headed Dragon
The Dragon was a terrible creature with eyes as red as Chinese lanterns. It had eight giant heads and tails long enough to span eight mountains and valleys. The monster dragon had already destroyed the village and devoured Kushinadahime's seven sisters, and it was feared he would soon return to claim the fair maiden. Using all of his cunning and strength Mikoto defeated the monster in a long and brutal battle.
Chapter 5, Nageki - Sorrow in a World of Darkness
After Mikoto was thrown out of the land of the gods, his sister Hikaru, goddess of the sun, took pity on him and invited him to come live with her in Takamagahara. Mikoto was happy to do so, but his mischief soon caused Hikaru much grief. Hikaru fell into great despair and went to hide in the Celestial Rock Cave, plunging the world into total darkness. For this, Mikoto was thrown out of Takamagahara.
Chapter 6, Matsuri - The Festival
Mikoto prayed and prayed to his father Izanzgi to get Hikaru to come out from the cave. Meanwhile, some of the other gods gathered around the cave to sing and dance in a happy and joyous festival. Hikaru, thinking it strange that people were holding a festival in a dark and cold world, opened the stone gate before the cave to see what was happening. Just then Tajikarao, the god of strength, pushed away the stone and pulled Hikaru from the cave. The festival had been nothing but a trick.
Chapter 7, Reimei - The New Dawn
As Hikaru came out from the cave, her light shown brilliantly in Takamagahara and throughout all the lands. Flowers began to bloom, birds began to sing and peace returned. With Hikaru's blessing, Mikoto and Kushinadahime were married and lived happily ever after. It was the beginning of a new dawn in Yamato (Japan).
Message of Sound
I send a Message of Sound
Towards the sky
Engulfing empty space
Souring far beyond grasp
High above mountain tops
Beyond ocean waves
Stretching to reach the Andes
And lightly touching Nepal
Watch as the sounds flow
Listen as you feel the wind blow
Nature is colored with romance
Unfolding a drama day by day
Plants breathe a rhythm
Insects play their melody
Light flies as wind cries
Now catch the sound . . .
feel the light
By feeling things which are with life
Innocents respond to the delicate sigh
Of the world, weaving their own dreams
Dreams which spread throughout the world
People begin to sing harmonies of love, wordless
This is a beginning Connecting the dream
To the color of your breathless heart
Peace and tranquility, you need only to sing
It is for you.
The Great Spirit
All living things come Face to face with the Great Spirit
And the Great Spirit dwells Within all living things
Tree
Flower
Water
Wind
All things At times the Great Spirit is severe
At times the Great Spirit is soothing Encompassing all life
Everyplace the Great Spirit dwells
Is the source of a gentle crystalline light
And within that light we become One
Floating as if in our mother's warm body
Living together as children
Of the earth
Without time
Without end..
THE MESSENGER
One came upon him not too late
Just in time to meditate.
Immersed in angelic harmonies Of the spheres.
Realizing this Heaven and Earth
Must be shared With the souls of spiritual children everywhere
MAGICAL MEETING PLACE
The World Came to me, I greeted the World
And the World allowed me to feel its pulse
Liken to a manifestation of fluttering butterflies, Some would land and linger
To be caressed in their full beauty
And then released Unharmed to continue their Sacred Journey.
Our purpose fulfilled… for now.
“Whatever joy there is in this world all comes from desiring others to be happy, and whatever suffering there is in this world all comes from desiring myself to be happy.”
(Shantideva. Buddhist Monk at Nalanda University in the 7th/8th century)