thought for the day

You like poetry, you read poems, and perhaps even write them. That’s fine, continue to do so, but know that true poetry is not found in literature, true poetry is not something that is written: it is a quality of inner life. You will only truly know what poetry is the day you harmonise your inner life with the images, rhythms and melodies of the world of the soul and spirit. Those who truly love poetry sense that it must stem from within. They endeavour to think, feel and act poetically by fostering clear and luminous states of consciousness. These states of consciousness create true poetry in them: they are inspired, they feel as though a current is flowing through them, because within they are connected to the world of harmony. And they must do everything possible to maintain these higher levels of consciousness. »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov