Circle of Ecstasy

<p>Everyone is a poet and an artist. Life is an experiential range of wow and woe and the in-between ordinary living. Our unfolding moments are poetry in motions actions intentions and emotions. The extremes write themselves while the mundane; you must appreciate design and compose into a poem to be shared. Could you put them in words? Sure do! Love is relationship-dependent so why not capture your moments clarity and Isness and share your passion truth wisdom joy and suffering?</p><p> </p><p>I started writing Haiku at 76; I wrote two on a whim and shared them in our Med71 messenger group. Suddenly they kept coming out of my ears. In four months I have written over four hundred.</p><p> </p><p>In 1977-78 I had three spontaneous Satori/Samadhis/Transcendences. The first was a loss of Self from fusion with Sunlight and the explosion of light. The second was a loss of Self from fusion with Darkness and an overwhelming Suchness. The third was a fusion of two amorphous clouds in my awareness into Oneness; each event was accompanied by eternal/infinite ecstasy. I also had one Out of Body Experience(OBE) of symbolic death where my soul left my body. I converted the eternal bliss into a Circle of Ecstasy(COE) of daily routines.</p><p> </p><p>The book is about awareness appreciation enjoyment and gratitude for every moment of silence ease comfort harmony calmness peace paradise bliss stillness and Oneness expressed in a Haiku to be shared with others. Hopefully it leads one to experience an Epiphany Satori Samadhi Transcendence Religious Rapture Peak Experience and a joy that lasts forever.</p><p> </p><p>The book has 154 pages and 18311 words.</p>