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    Poetry from Freedom
    Poetry from Freedom
    Poetry from Freedom
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    Poetry from Freedom

    By Colin Drake

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    This is a book of poems based on articles from ‘Freedom From Anxiety and Needless Suffering’ plus an unpublished selection praising and describing (facets of) The Absolute.

    I have been asked why write poetry after four books of prose? When discussing this with a poet friend of mine he asserted that poetry has the potential to be more powerful than prose, as it is more condensed and thus requires the reader to investigate its meaning more than prose, which tends to put the meaning 'on a plate'. As my writings are always an exhortation for the readers to investigate the Truth for themselves I was greatly attracted to this and I think that it has some validity.

    I have found that the discipline of rhyming forces one to look for new ways to say things, so that the poem produced often contains different ‘pointers’ than the poem on which it was based.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJul 21, 2016
    ISBN9781365274213
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      Book preview

      Poetry from Freedom - Colin Drake

      Poetry from Freedom

      Poetry from

      Freedom

      Pointers and Practices to Aid Awakening

      Based on the Meditations, Investigations, Contemplations and Experiences

      of over Forty Years of Spiritual Search and Practice

      By Colin Drake

      Copyright © 2016 by Colin Drake

      First Edition

      All rights reserved.  No part of this book shall be reproduced or transmitted, for commercial purposes, without written permission from the author.

      Published by Beyond Awakening Publications, Tomewin

      Cover design, photography and other titles by the author:

      Beyond the Separate Self

      The End of Anxiety and Mental Suffering

      A Light Unto The Self

      Self Discovery Through Investigation of Experience

      Awakening and Beyond

      Self-Recognition and its Consequences

      Awareness of Awareness - The Open Way

      The Happiness That Needs Nothing

      Pointers to That Which is Always Here

      Freedom From Anxiety and Needless Suffering

      The Simplicity of Awakening

      Ripples In The Lake Of Eternity                                                                 Pointers to Realizing and Loving The Source Of Being

      Poetry From Beyond The Separate Self

      Poetry From Being A Light Unto The Self

      Poetry From Awakening and Beyond

      Poetry From Awareness of Awareness

      Poetry From The Happiness That Needs Nothing

      Humanity Our Place in the Universe

      The Central Beliefs of the Worlds Religions

      All of these titles are available as: e-books and in hard copy at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/ColinDrake

      Contents

      Introduction

      One - Separation is Suffering

      Two - Simply Free to Be

      Three – Identifying With Awareness Creates a World-View

      Four – Dwell Not in The Inner Void

      Five – Have Faith in Your Realization

      Six - Misidentification, Not Mind, is the Problem

      Seven – Three Phases of Liberation

      Eight - Mind/Body as a Computer

      Nine – Awareness The Fundamental Heart

      Ten – Practice Makes Perfect

      Eleven – The Beloved

      Twelve – Dawn Song

      Thirteen - Spiritual Experience

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