I am the Candle Flame
I am the candle flame for Tibet on high
My country stolen mountains in the sky
Valleys weep your clouds float on by
Freedom taken from me that’s why I cry
Oh mountain trails how I miss your track
My flame burns bright I want you back
Within my soul I yearn my eyes wet
Tibet you were my life ill not forget
Why did you come take my home away?
Even then you didn’t ask I had no say
You stole my heart my spirit all I had
Now here I burn my flame bright but sad
What did I do I ask the question why
For I grow weary to see my land for I die
Here I stand you smile look down on me
Ill fight for you till my death to set you free
So many years i've suffered silent in pain
How I yearn to touch your gentle soil again
To climb to yonder mountain peek above
Once more my spirit to feel of your love
Tony Robin Bulley 17th October 2008 ©

Vigil
Where are you now,
with your palms together,
bowing,
your dark red robes
wrapping the wisdom
of a thousand years,
white knife peaks,
and over six thousand
monasteries?
Your home not your home
and yet your home always,
you wander,
you meditate,
you chant and pray;
you teach, you love,
or you stay
and must keep quiet.
Yet prayer flags still blow
in high Tibetan air,
prayer flags still blow
in the deep dark-eyed hearts
of your people.
There are places
the intruders,
the violators
cannot reach–
places alive with
the smiles and tears
of your lost land.
Red robed ones
with your calm eyes
upon the world,
you who pay homage
to the consciousness
in all things,
you who see far beyond
appearances:
you know past time,
you love past duality,
and yet you cry too.
The mountains of Tibet,
the vast plateaus and
green valleys,
the sky lakes and blue rivers,
the sons and daughters
of this sacred land
know and wait for you,
and for their time
within space and beyond
to be free.
© 1996
Layne Russell
Many thanks to our member
Madeleine Weber
for her design work

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love and peace!!
Thanks for your sweet kindness. I am exceedingly peaceful right now....contemplating my upcoming trip to Israel/Palestine, where I will see what Light I can uncover.
shalomsalaampax......JAY
Thank you for your kind and wise words.
I know that I have to let go of my anger and grief over my Son's incident in Afghanistan. Many die in these violent incidents, and I wonder if the Taliban feel pleased with their results ? Try as I do, I can't understand Violence ..
Thank you for comforting me.
Namaste,
Jane.
Dear Yungchen,
Xavier spoke me about your father. Did you get news about him ? He spoke me too about the concert you are thinking about. Please could you send us more details at : lionsdesneiges_montblanc@voila.fr ?
Best wishes,
Anne-Marie

Love from Ito, I am happy you did accept me as friend.Bright Light
and Blessings

love from Ito
Hello Yungchen, I hope you enjoyed your Christmas. Wish you lots of love, peace and endless blessings_/|\_for the New Year. BevThat infused my heart with fiery passion
Wafting aloft and all over
Mirrored in all intuition
Fear for myself no more echoed
As I soar high over abyss
Burning my fire I have not lost
For I have not misplaced your kiss
As I inhale the scent of flowers in bloom
Thoughts creative stay in motion
Compassionate universal
Kind in oceans of perception
And sunlight warms all directions
United in common continuum
We must nurture our creations
For we are here to love freedom
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