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Jamie Millard's avatar

And even the sea of seas will have to give up it’s dead! Chills! Letting go of the self to become the essence of why we were always here. ❤️

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BB Borne's avatar

Did Lawrence believe in religious resurrection? Or was he expressing the innate existence of the ability of humans to survive self-destruction and remake themselves in all aspects of humanness living in the present world?

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Poetic Outlaws's avatar

A great book to understand Lawrence's philosophy is -- Apocalypse: And the Writings on Revelation.

He writes: 'The Resurrection is to life, not to death.'

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Poetic Outlaws's avatar

The latter.

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BB Borne's avatar

With the capital R on Resurrection, I paused.

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Maha's avatar

This is such a perfect and beautiful reflection, on this very day that I plopped down on this crazy, topsy-turvy planet 82 years ago. Many thanks for this beautiful outpouring from the master, DH Lawrence. It SO suits me as a spontaneous gift from the universe.

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Erin's avatar

This seems to apply on a large scale as a society, and a small scale as we go through changes in our individual lives.

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MaChienneLit's avatar

DH Lawrence spent so many years wandering the planet to stand still and bring us the world in all its beautiful and terrible places and moments with his incredible writing.

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Marcus Malesela's avatar

After reading today's post, a song come to mind. Hillsong Worship - Be Still

"Be still and know

That the Lord is in control

Be still, my soul

Stand and watch as giants fall..."

https://www.youtube.com › watch?v=H7pJb49vVQY

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Miller Henry Grace's avatar

The sea,

Making us see,

Life, let it be,

Making us see,

The sea,

Life in the prairie,

We're here,

Reading the sea,

Thoughts unite,

Let us see,

The sea!

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Mark L's avatar

Wow!

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Rod Bluhm's avatar

This poem reeled me in so quickly that I didn’t feel it happening. Thanks for sharing! Keep doing you.

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A_dreamer247's avatar

Damn i needed this! 🙏

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Janet L. Cucharo's avatar

As I read this powerful poem I heard in my soul Psalm 46:10. Be still and know that I am God.

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Bart Nijman's avatar

I needed that.

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Tesstamona's avatar

I have DH Lawrence's poem "New Mexico" tattooed on my leg. This "Be Still!" is one I hadnt read until just now, and it could not be more timely or relevant to what many of us are going through - including myself. Thank you for sharing this.

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Daniel Henderson's avatar

"Among all the smashed debris of myself

keep quiet, and wait.

For the word is Resurrection."

This gave me chills. Now this hits in all the right ways.

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Ned's avatar

I can't help but think of this quote from Fight Club:

"Self-improvement is masturbation. Now, self-destruction..." - Tyler Durden

Perhaps we need that "wave of destiny" to really break us down and wash away the parts that never mattered. This wave of destruction is the only thing that can bring geniue personal growth.

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