Notes to Poem: Meditations on 66

NOTES TO POEM: MEDITATIONS ON 66

By Peter Y. Chou, WisdomPortal.com

Line in Poem Literary Sources

Make a joyful song unto God—
rays rise up to fair place of heaven,
without harmony there cannot be peace,
the sage is ever-changless like empty space.
Psalms 66.1 (1000 BC)
Rig Veda, I.66.5 (1500 BC)
Bhagavad Gita II.66 (240 BC)
Astavakra Gita 18.66 (400 BC)

God is with you when you pray—
your mind blazing with heat & light,
To be sincere is the way of Heaven,
Mind is the Way, and Way is Heaven.
Evagrios the Solitary, On Prayer, Text 66 (399 AD)
St. John of Karpathos, For India Monks, Text 66 (680 AD)
Ch'eng Hao, "Sayings 66" (1085 AD)
Wang Yang Ming, Ch'uan-hsi lu I.66 (1518)

Unitary vision is the awakened state—
Mind is real, beyond matter and energy,
I set my eyes on her—
my Love, which last forever...
Wei Wu Wei, Ask the Awakened, Ch. 66 (1963)
Paul Brunton, Notebooks 16.2.66 (1988)
Dante, Paradiso I.66 (1321)
Hafiz, Verse 66 (1389)

Such gleaming glory to the sight,
perfect Love nought can supersede
my last gift folded in my final song—
unions for exultations and ecstasies.
Pearl Poet, Pearl, line 66 (1400)
Emily Dickinson, New Poems, Poem 66 (1870)
Tagore, Gitanjali, Verse 66 (1912)
James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, 66.9 (1939)

For love are in you am in i are in we—
I love you, Love, in fire and in blood—
approach with such a careful tremor
trembling as water does near thunder
e.e. cummings, Xaipe, Poem 66 (1958)
Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets, Sonnet 66 (1960)
Robert Creeley, Poem 66 "Something", Selected Poems (2008)
Robert Bly, Poem 66 in Stealing Sugar from the Castle (2013)

the broad winged raven of despair
do not care for freedom even love.
Beloved, what do you want of me?
I am Love, who am filled with the all.
Kay Ryan, Poem 66 "Paired Things", The Best of It, (2010)
James Richardson, Aphroism 66, By the Numbers (2010)
Jane Hirshfield, Poem 66 Women in Praise of the Sacred (1994)
Marguerite Poret, Mirror of Simple Souls (1300)

Resurrection is transformation
of butterfly peacock in forest
paradise— your golden journey
to Spring Iris and Wisdom Fountain.
Numerology: Resurrection = 66; Transformation = 66;
Butterfly Peacock = 66; Forest Paradise = 66;
Golden Journey = 30 + 36 = 66;
Spring Iris = 66; Wisdom Fountain = 66

Line in Poem	Literary Sources
Make a joyful song unto God— rays rise up to fair place of heaven, without harmony there cannot be peace, the sage is ever-changless like empty space.	Psalms 66.1 (1000 BC) Rig Veda, I.66.5 (1500 BC) Bhagavad Gita II.66 (240 BC) Astavakra Gita 18.66 (400 BC)
God is with you when you pray— your mind blazing with heat & light, To be sincere is the way of Heaven, Mind is the Way, and Way is Heaven.	Evagrios the Solitary, On Prayer, Text 66 (399 AD) St. John of Karpathos, For India Monks, Text 66 (680 AD) Ch'eng Hao, "Sayings 66" (1085 AD) Wang Yang Ming, Ch'uan-hsi lu I.66 (1518)
Unitary vision is the awakened state— Mind is real, beyond matter and energy, I set my eyes on her— my Love, which last forever...	Wei Wu Wei, Ask the Awakened, Ch. 66 (1963) Paul Brunton, Notebooks 16.2.66 (1988) Dante, Paradiso I.66 (1321) Hafiz, Verse 66 (1389)
Such gleaming glory to the sight, perfect Love nought can supersede my last gift folded in my final song— unions for exultations and ecstasies.	Pearl Poet, Pearl, line 66 (1400) Emily Dickinson, New Poems, Poem 66 (1870) Tagore, Gitanjali, Verse 66 (1912) James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, 66.9 (1939)
For love are in you am in i are in we— I love you, Love, in fire and in blood— approach with such a careful tremor trembling as water does near thunder	e.e. cummings, Xaipe, Poem 66 (1958) Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets, Sonnet 66 (1960) Robert Creeley, Poem 66 "Something", Selected Poems (2008) Robert Bly, Poem 66 in Stealing Sugar from the Castle (2013)
the broad winged raven of despair do not care for freedom even love. Beloved, what do you want of me? I am Love, who am filled with the all.	Kay Ryan, Poem 66 "Paired Things", The Best of It, (2010) James Richardson, Aphroism 66, By the Numbers (2010) Jane Hirshfield, Poem 66 Women in Praise of the Sacred (1994) Marguerite Poret, Mirror of Simple Souls (1300)
Resurrection is transformation of butterfly peacock in forest paradise— your golden journey to Spring Iris and Wisdom Fountain.	Numerology: Resurrection = 66; Transformation = 66; Butterfly Peacock = 66; Forest Paradise = 66; Golden Journey = 30 + 36 = 66; Spring Iris = 66; Wisdom Fountain = 66

Meditation Notes to Poem:

This poem was written for my friend Cathy's 66th birthday on August 5, 2017.
For context of sources for the lines, consult my web page On Number 66 to see how this poem was constructed. Despite the difference in space and time of
the composition of each line, what unites these writers quoted is the number 66.
The writer's words appeared in verse 66, sonnet 66, chapter 66, line 66, or page 66.
The poem was arranged essentially in chronological order from "Make a joyful song"— Psalms 66.1 of King David (1000 B.C.) and "rays rise up" in Rig Veda I.66.5 (1500 B.C.) to Neruda's "Love, in fire and in blood" from "Love Sonnet 66" (1960).