I awoke this morning
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Mind, Nonduality, Poetry | 7 Comments »I awoke this morning a poem flowing out of me taking me from dreamland to morning light An acknowledgement of all the Shadows and the rightness of all the things I hide A poem that wouldn't end because everything is part of it A poem I couldn't ...
Already dead
Sunday, July 1st, 2007 Posted in Poetry | 12 Comments »I am already dead. Died, many times. Every moment, I shuffle off another body, as I shuffle off the moment to which it belonged. I stand on the corpses of a billion Jon Zucks and on the billion corpses that belonged to each of a billion other names. Amazing, how ...
Shaking up and chillin’ out
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Posted in My Life, Poetry | 3 Comments »On Monday, it was announced at my work that we're changing platforms. That sounds minor, but for people who have spent years honing their talents in PHP, it's not. Many of my co-workers are having to seek positions in other ...
The Sweet Pain
Monday, March 5th, 2007 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, My Life, Poetry, Spirituality | 2 Comments »In 1998, I began writing a long poem, an epic poem, on the life of Christ. After about six weeks, I stopped writing it (though it didn't leave me). What I was unprepared for was the intensity of his Presence ...
Ineffable
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 Posted in Poetry, Quick Thoughts, Spirituality | 4 Comments »Speak of it, and you're lying. Think of it, and you're deceived. Write of it, and you set errors in stone. Ignore it, and you bind yourself. Look at it, and you are bewildered. Realize it, and you are free.
Emptiness, clarified
Monday, February 20th, 2006 Posted in Nonduality, Poetry, Spirituality | Comments OffA friend of mine left a comment on my post on The Mystery of Emptiness and said that the term emptiness bothers her, and she'd like for me to clarify it. Well, how could I resist? In the past, I've ...
The Mystery of Emptiness
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 Posted in Nonduality, Poetry, Spirituality | Comments OffThe Mystery From a seed, which once didn't even exist, comes the redwood which massively does. From n o t h i n g comes EVERYTHING. This is the mystery, the source of all mysteries, the source of all. Does Emptiness scare you? Good! but go further. Fall in love with it. © jon zuck // ...
Lila
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Posted in Nonduality, Poetry, Spirituality | Comments OffLila How skillfully I have hidden myself from me! Layers within layers, folds within folds, Easter eggs within Christmas stockings nested in hidden Jacks-in-the-box. So I enjoy unwrapping, playing: Hide and Seek, Cowboys and Indians (Bang! Bang! You're dead!), and Love. The three games I never tire of. I am eternal child. © ...
A paradox
Monday, January 30th, 2006 Posted in Mind, My Life, Poetry, Spirituality | Comments OffA paradox I've noticed is that since I've stopped believing in the world, I love it more. It's like the little shift of last week opened a space and love filled the void. It's a slightly different kind of love than ...
The Suck
Monday, January 23rd, 2006 Posted in Mind, My Life, Nonduality, Poetry, Spirituality | Comments OffI may be an idiot for posting this. In spite of all my brave words, "The Wild Things of God," "Jedi Life in the Real World," the bottom line is I'm a fucking coward as attached to delusion, identification, and ...