Poetry is to Music as Lyric is to Soul: Leadings of Lust

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Leadings of Lust

For have you not heard You are pure awareness, And your beauty is infinite! So why let lust mislead you? -Ashtavakra Gita 3:4 From "The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita," by Thomas Byrom, 1990. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston. www.shambhala.com. Leadings of Lust Some folks lust for money; Some folks lust for fame. The game is never over, The game is always the same Whatever be the name. Some folk lust for sex; Some folks lust for power.... Sign in to see full entry.

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