The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
ABERJHANIHow many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.
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In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain.
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And now we step to the rhythm of miracles. –from The Light, That Never Dies
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When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary.
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When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge
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You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.
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How hard are human beings willing to fight to achieve and sustain justice, equanimity, or joy? And should progress be called such when it devours what is best within the human spirit?
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The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various ‘individuals’, or groups of ‘individuals’
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To heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries
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While it is unlikely that poetry or art shall eliminate the reality of war in the twenty-first century, it is thrilling to know there remain individuals, and even entire communities,
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Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy
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And other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties.
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Hope drowned in shadows emerges fiercely splendid–– boldly angelic.
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If life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness.
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And to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear.
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The books are also a part of what I call the great continuum of spiritual literary dialogue that I feel has been in progress since human beings
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