Soul's Estate

 The Soul's Estate

Have all the words been written

That prescribe a Soul's estate?

Has Destiny chiseled an eternity

Firmly fixed in the greedy grasp of Fate?

Do Inner Lands--fields, hills, and moors

Exist and even grow?

Or does a finite rule restrict

The inheritance of a Soul?

Does the Soul's estate possess

One simple, solitary goal?

Or does the Universal stream

Offer profuse purposes as it flows?

Where is the Will and Testament

That allots the Soul its wealth?

Who is the Timeless Testator

From whom the Essential is dealt?

And if one chooses to disregard

The existence of a Soul,

Is the inheritance claimed

By Disbelief to pay that costly toll?

Does the Soul's estate exist

Or is it impossible to find?

Each answer creates the experiences

That pave the landscapes of a life.

Copyright © 2012 by Vicky Lynn Macchione

Note:  The background of the photo collage above was taken from a work of art by the talented artist Dorothy Fagan.  You can read more about her and see her lovely paintings on her web site.

Blossoms of Illumination

"I am what I wanted and I want what I am."

-- Meister Eckhart --

"Illuminated Blossoms" Inspired Mandala © 2013 by Vicky Lynn Macchione.  
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An "Inspired Mandala" is a mandala that I created from one of my original photos, which serves as the background for the mandala and to which I add an inspirational quote. 

SON-Light

"You have no need to travel anywhere -- journey within yourself.

Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light."  

-- Rumi

"Sunlight" Inspired Mandala © 2013 by Vicky Lynn Macchione.
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An "Inspired Mandala" is a mandala that I created from one of my original photos, which serves as the background for the mandala and to which I add an inspirational quote. 

Summer Surprise

"Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place."  -- Rumi

"Summer Surprise" Inspired Mandala © 2013 by Vicky Lynn Macchione.
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An "Inspired Mandala" is a mandala that I created from one of my original photos, which serves as the background for the mandala and to which I add an inspirational quote.