Notes to Poem: Meditations on 67

NOTES TO POEM:

MEDITATIONS ON 67: Be Glad and Sing for Joy

By Peter Y. Chou, WisdomPortal.com

Line in Poem Literary Sources

Be glad and sing for joy—
sing prayers within your heart
with the gift of compassion
that will be blessed and multiply.
Psalms 67.4 (1000 BC)
Rig Veda, I.67.2 (1500 BC)
Tao Te Ching 67 (517 BC)
Book of Enoch 67 (105 BC)

Hallelujah to those without desires—
Everyone receives what he deserves
in accordance with his inner state.
Without dispassion, no one can see God.
Astavakra Gita 18.57
Saint Mark the Ascetic On Those who Think that
They are Made Righteous by Works, Text 67 (400 AD)
St. Hesychios, On Watchfulness & Holiness, Text 67 (400 AD)

Go directly to core when teaching
as Daishi's lecture to Emperor Wu—
one bang on the lecturn & it's over—
going beyond jump to the other shore.
Sayings of Joshu, Koan 67 (860 AD)
Fu Daishi (497-569) & Emperor Wu (464-549)
in Hekiganroku (Blue Cliff Record), Case 67 (540 AD)
Wei Wu Wei, Ask the Awakened, Ch. 67 (1963)

Superior man's learning renews itself daily,
thus his action will be always correct.
Purify the mind to be enlightened
and life becomes balanced & sublime.
Chu Hsi, Reflections on Things at Hand II.67 (1200)
Wang Yang Ming, Instructions for Practical Living I.67 (1518)
Paul Brunton, Notebooks 16.2.67 (1988)
Subramuniya. Merging with Siva, Lesson 67 (1999)

In watching her, within me I was changed—
Thou art the sky and the nest as well.
Give me your kisses, water to my soul—
yes the mountains are dancing together.
Dante, Paradiso I.67 (1321)
Tagore, Gitanjali, Verse 67 (1912)
Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets, LXVII (1960)
e.e. cummings, Xaipe, Poem 67 (1950)

What is emptiness for. To fill, fill.—
How fresh water is, coolness of far North.
When Love first spoke to me of love
I plunged to the bottom of her eyes.
Robert Creeley, Poem 67 "The Language", Selected Poems (2008)
Robert Bly, Poem 67 "The Moose" in Stealing Sugar (2013)
Hadewijch of Antwerp, in Women in Praise of the Sacred (1994)
Stephen Mitchell, Poem 67, Parables and Portraits (1990)

Garden bridge to golden fountain,
phoenix tree on Christ mountain,
spring fire in magic sunflower,
dragon treasure is eternal spirit.
Numerology: Garden Bridge = 67; Golden Fountain = 67;
Phoenix Tree = 67; Christ Mountain = 67;
Spring Fire = 67; Magic Sunflower = 67
Dragon Treasure = 67; Eternal Spirit = 67

Line in Poem	Literary Sources
Be glad and sing for joy— sing prayers within your heart with the gift of compassion that will be blessed and multiply.	Psalms 67.4 (1000 BC) Rig Veda, I.67.2 (1500 BC) Tao Te Ching 67 (517 BC) Book of Enoch 67 (105 BC)
Hallelujah to those without desires— Everyone receives what he deserves in accordance with his inner state. Without dispassion, no one can see God.	Astavakra Gita 18.57 Saint Mark the Ascetic On Those who Think that They are Made Righteous by Works, Text 67 (400 AD) St. Hesychios, On Watchfulness & Holiness, Text 67 (400 AD)
Go directly to core when teaching as Daishi's lecture to Emperor Wu— one bang on the lecturn & it's over— going beyond jump to the other shore.	Sayings of Joshu, Koan 67 (860 AD) Fu Daishi (497-569) & Emperor Wu (464-549) in Hekiganroku (Blue Cliff Record), Case 67 (540 AD) Wei Wu Wei, Ask the Awakened, Ch. 67 (1963)
Superior man's learning renews itself daily, thus his action will be always correct. Purify the mind to be enlightened and life becomes balanced & sublime.	Chu Hsi, Reflections on Things at Hand II.67 (1200) Wang Yang Ming, Instructions for Practical Living I.67 (1518) Paul Brunton, Notebooks 16.2.67 (1988) Subramuniya. Merging with Siva, Lesson 67 (1999)
In watching her, within me I was changed— Thou art the sky and the nest as well. Give me your kisses, water to my soul— yes the mountains are dancing together.	Dante, Paradiso I.67 (1321) Tagore, Gitanjali, Verse 67 (1912) Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets, LXVII (1960) e.e. cummings, Xaipe, Poem 67 (1950)
What is emptiness for. To fill, fill.— How fresh water is, coolness of far North. When Love first spoke to me of love I plunged to the bottom of her eyes.	Robert Creeley, Poem 67 "The Language", Selected Poems (2008) Robert Bly, Poem 67 "The Moose" in Stealing Sugar (2013) Hadewijch of Antwerp, in Women in Praise of the Sacred (1994) Stephen Mitchell, Poem 67, Parables and Portraits (1990)
Garden bridge to golden fountain, phoenix tree on Christ mountain, spring fire in magic sunflower, dragon treasure is eternal spirit.	Numerology: Garden Bridge = 67; Golden Fountain = 67; Phoenix Tree = 67; Christ Mountain = 67; Spring Fire = 67; Magic Sunflower = 67 Dragon Treasure = 67; Eternal Spirit = 67

Meditation Notes to Poem:

This poem was written for my friend Cathy's 67th birthday on August 5, 2018.
For context of sources for the lines, consult my web page On Number 67 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 67.
The writer's words appeared in verse 67, sonnet 67, chapter 67, line 67, or page 67.
The poem was arranged essentially in chronological order from "Be glad and sing for joy"— Psalms 67.4 of King David (1000 B.C.) and "sing prayers within your heart" in Rig Veda I.67.2 (1500 B.C.) to Pablo Neruda's "Give me your kisses" in Love Sonnet 67 (1960) & e.e. cummings' "mountains are dancing together" from Poem 67 in Xaipe (1950). The final stanza are words whose letters add up to 67 in numerology. Crossing the Garden Bridge will lead to the dragon treasure in quest of the eternal spirit.