﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hours of my human experience</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/</link><description>Manifestations without Hesitation</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:03:07 GMT</pubDate><copyright>Copyright 2010 B!</copyright><generator>jeeran RSSGenerator v1.0</generator><image><url>http://onedevotion.jeeran.com/photos/profile_t.jpg</url><title>Hours of my human experience</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/</link></image><item><title>Outdone by Devotion</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2010/1/1008941.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1008941</guid><description>Softly the music eased into the crevasses of my humanity&lt;br&gt;Gently my thoughts gave way to the echos of serenity&lt;br&gt;The full moon splashed my desires with rays of reality&lt;br&gt;Scaling the mountains of grace, my eyes wept of absurdity&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The more I understood, disenchantment whispered in my ear&lt;br&gt;Confidence and Conviction danced for the sake of faith as I stood near&lt;br&gt;The clouds of doubt breezed over my fear thinking they were dear&lt;br&gt;Alone this night, I am blinded by what brought me this tear&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Loneliness found me atop the mountain, huddling over the fruits of love's Devotion&lt;br&gt;Convictions confused memories only to disorient the mind's oreintation&lt;br&gt;Shadows played games upon my naivete, Wisdom exhaled in contemplation&lt;br&gt;Was I outdone by Devotion ? Love was not about to answer compassion..&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2010/1/1008941.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author><category domain="http://www.onedevotion.com/categories/Reflections/">Reflections</category></item><item><title>The hour before dawn</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2010/1/999148.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">999148</guid><description>A gentle wind hushed me to sleep, &lt;br&gt;Intrigue was the story my life would keep&lt;br&gt;The journey was sprinkled with joys and sorrows deep&lt;br&gt;Appreciate the Sunniest of days, I learnt not to weep&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We all have days we care not to remember&lt;br&gt;A gift arrived upon my life this December&lt;br&gt;Almost thinking it would be Thanksgiving in November&lt;br&gt;The gift was the sum of my life's work and the happiness&lt;br&gt;we may have shared in the voyage that began one October&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reminisce of days gone by was a faint memory now&lt;br&gt;Celebrating simple moments of kindness yet to come&lt;br&gt;Life seems so simple now with gestures of thanks&lt;br&gt;Thanks to the hour before dawn.&lt;br&gt;The hour fears left me before dawn&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Once a month, a full moon visits &lt;br&gt;Deep inside I felt a presence&lt;br&gt;and recognized gratitude of your essence&lt;br&gt;It was what I felt in the hour before dawn&lt;br&gt;The hour fears left me before dawn&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:47:20 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2010/1/999148.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author><category domain="http://www.onedevotion.com/categories/Reflections/">Reflections</category></item><item><title>Horizons undone</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2010/1/996975.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">996975</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Amidst the fog, sights were lost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div startcont="this"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;With their wings fighting the frost,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Faith healers gathered throughout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Upon the chaos of yesteryear, the silence beckoned me here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Upon the laughs of the child, strengths fought to be near&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Upon convictions of nature's call, you became the sea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Upon my emancipation, the ocean's transformed what once was me:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Seeker of the heavens, the embers of this self have I become&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Finder of peace, this life now glows over horizons undone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Giver of love, my soul has merely begun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;Fate is my gateway to other moments we thought were gone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;In to the depths of awareness, this soul swims becoming one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;In to happiness, the self has flown against the comforts warmer days&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;In to devotion, nature has revitalized a desert in to bloom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;When the self disolves, silence shapes our bare souls into one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2010/1/996975.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author><category domain="http://www.onedevotion.com/categories/Reflections/">Reflections</category></item><item><title>Salvation of the Mind</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2009/12/989456.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">989456</guid><description>







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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Baskerville Semibold&amp;quot;; font-style: italic;"&gt;Experiences change minds&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Baskerville Semibold&amp;quot;; font-style: italic;"&gt;Salvation of the mind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:44:44 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2009/12/989456.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author><category domain="http://www.onedevotion.com/categories/Reflections/">Reflections</category></item><item><title>Confessions</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2009/11/974340.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">974340</guid><description>







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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Who can understand the true fate history reports of fallen
kings?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;How long does eternity hold the beauty and grace of a love
lost?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why will ambition and pride sink mountains to the depths of
history?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;When will the soul refine it’s appetite yet maintain its
youthful hope?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;What is the price we must pay for forgiveness and mercy?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Fallen from grace, I am the king whose tears cried for the
kingdom lost&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Blessed with Eden only to watch it vanish in frost&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;For all those who seek they shall find,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The fruits of my labor I have received in roses of regret&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Shame is my crown for violations of this soul&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The present can be written and the future may be shaped&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;However we survive after the storms will not be foretold&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Hope that will erase the sins my false friends; arrogance,
jealousy and fear&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Faith that we shall raise our heirs to respect commitments&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Honor the knock of love upon our hearts&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A ship limp’s to port after the devastation of life’s storms&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Hope and faith are the winds delivering the fallen to their
homes&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now that all my deeds are sunken treasures for history to
hide and…&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Dedication of this saga to the one who shall honor gifts and blessings&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The ultimate love transcends time and place for the living
and the dead&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:21:20 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2009/11/974340.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author></item><item><title>Where Emancipation Awaits</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2009/9/942450.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">942450</guid><description>There is a road we seldom travel yet one we like to nest are dreams upon&lt;div&gt;There is a sunrise we long for within aspirations long frowned upon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There is a friend we have often ignored in winters long gone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are all born with the recipes of greatness and mediocrity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Somewhere in the dream we forget to yearn and serve our humanity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Compassion comes to those that can listen to their inner heroes of eternity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Selfishness can derail even the best of intentions in our search for clarity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There is an inner peace to be found for those that take the time to understand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There is a companion traveling alongside us, even when we forget the reasons at hand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There is laughter and joy to be celebrated for the kindness erupting from this land&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are daily decisions and momentary lapses within that derail many a plan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let's take a moment to stop and breathe, long breaths and revive the dream&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first breathe allows to reflect upon our existence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The second breathe allows to revive our persistence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The third breath fills the sails of our renaissance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The fourth breath is the motion of dreams manifesting consequence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The fifth breath is recognition of what we have known yet ignored&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The sixth breath transpires events in other timeline we may have never discovered&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The seventh breath discards our fears of fear, where emancipation awaits...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:06:27 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2009/9/942450.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author><category domain="http://www.onedevotion.com/categories/Reflections/">Reflections</category></item><item><title>Guilt of Fate</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2008/12/745280.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">745280</guid><description>Guilt of fate&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where do I begin to explore this epic ?&lt;br&gt;Was it so long ago that it is for me merely a relic ?&lt;br&gt;Maybe a long time I would have accepted this as ironic&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This morning is so different that I am drawn to what once was the fire&lt;br&gt;The years have no longer made me sensitive enough to anybody’s ire&lt;br&gt;Could I have entered a time in my life to reflect upon this connection as dire?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The sails of my aspirations are now taking in all your winds pushing me forward&lt;br&gt;The waters are dangerous around this time of year for the uninitiated, and a reason to stay home for the wise&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have taken wisdom as reason to sail again into the unknown, leaving my inhibitions for the shores of certainty&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If only I could capture the eyes that looked right through me, and the arms that held me, for only in that moment in time have I recognized my humanity&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have become the lover within the beloved shedding my armor that was merely my blanket from the cold. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Within a glance, my life’s achievements, failures and pride were captured deep, deep within your eyes&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My path is illuminated with the energy of your spirit, for if I am to continue, I am to give up my guilt of fate and embrace you as a fate of bliss.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We may all get second chances in life, and if this is mine then truly the God has even more love for us than we can possibly conceive</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:04:54 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2008/12/745280.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author></item><item><title>Reunion of Souls</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2008/11/737687.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">737687</guid><description>What happens to a man when there are no more inhibitions in his heart ?&lt;br&gt;When is a women’s smile more than an ego boost, but more of an awakening ?&lt;br&gt;How can such a potent torrent be kept so hidden for so long ?&lt;br&gt;The day I came upon you, confusion ruled the day as to the source of this beautiful inspiration ?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The gentle wave that sweeps us deep into the undercurrent of our emotions is what you have become.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Never knowing when the winds of your smile might die down, I am the lover seeking the beloved. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yet the more I seek you, the deeper I realize you are the glove the hand never knew&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For all my blessings, I cannot bet my achievements that you are indeed the saviour of my heart, unless I negated a higher power’s ability to bring us together&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We are united by this delicate dance, while our words are simple and express our yearnings in life, our eyes cannot hide the innocence that these emotions manifest upon all.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is far too simple for us to assume these emotions are renegade and that we never secretly harbored them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The warmth of your eyes and your vibrations resonating within me, testifies that this is merely the tip of an iceberg representing the life we may capable of. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My heart rejoices at this reunion of souls celebrating life's experiences&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:59:42 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2008/11/737687.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author><category domain="http://www.onedevotion.com/categories/Reflections/">Reflections</category></item><item><title>The Potential that I am</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2008/3/487734.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">487734</guid><description>A soul that yearns to spread its wings is what I have become&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere in between our dreams and aspirations I got caught up in the whirlwind of life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many beautiful aspects to this life that we appreciate, yet none higher than the freedom to do what we love the most&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inspiration comes, as the winds upon the sea moving our vessels to destinations unknown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A yearning deep inside of me is here with me tonight awakening me, rejecting the controlled climate, and wanting to run with the gusts of winter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The desire to free ourselves from our own slavery may be what we all hold on to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unsure of my compass that moves me across these Oceans, I have closed my eyes and let my energies lead me to what may become&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the simple acts of love, there used to be little pleasures that heighten my sense of gratitude&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introspective of my past, and proud of my present I seek the depths of the future, where I can further grow and feed my consciousness into the potential that I am</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:11:29 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2008/3/487734.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author></item><item><title>Recieving</title><link>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2007/10/341727.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">341727</guid><description>Arriving to this day, my comprehension would not carry me&lt;br /&gt;Years have passed thru the valleys and oceans that brought us&lt;br /&gt;Unaware of the time that has run its course&lt;br /&gt;Inquiring within my soul as to the journey that lay ahead&lt;br /&gt;Has life’s challenge brought me to the answers that hid beneath my eyes?&lt;br /&gt;Where are you now in your directions that have lit that path?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was there a road that could have led me closer to you?&lt;br /&gt;If for a moment, I had had the slightest clue, it may have altered this reunion&lt;br /&gt;In our hearts we may despair at the choices that lead us down this path&lt;br /&gt;How many nights have we yearned to be together for all the wrong reasons?&lt;br /&gt;In those wrongs we have managed to right the sins of the past in to the bliss of today&lt;br /&gt;There is a life somewhere out there where we may both find the peace within&lt;br /&gt;That is the place I pray we may find each other in, if even it was not the same&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight I shed my fears, and recognize the strength in your happiness&lt;br /&gt;For if this destiny manifests itself in your companionship or in your distance&lt;br /&gt;A part of me will laugh at the sincerity that life will deal me&lt;br /&gt;The days have surely taught me the bittersweet taste of maturity&lt;br /&gt;In this love I manifest to be with you, I release you from the confines of my ego&lt;br /&gt;Coming to terms with love, is probably the lesson all men must one day confront&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My anxiety is vaporizing slowly as this night wears thru the moon&lt;br /&gt;If I am to have you as my lifelong love, I could not refuse you&lt;br /&gt;As the stars illuminate the night, your smile lightens my depths&lt;br /&gt;We could be together for an eternity, for the remainder of days or for the simple moments spent in each other’s company. &lt;br /&gt;Sailing thru the calm waters, the ocean has illustrated the facts softly on the waters&lt;br /&gt;The reflections of what might be, whichever direction the winds blow in the morning&lt;br /&gt;A reflection of you dwells within my eyes, for the gifts of time I will be blessed in receiving.&lt;br /&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://www.onedevotion.com/archive/2007/10/341727.html#comments</comments><author>B!&lt;bassemkudsi@yahoo.com&gt;</author><category domain="http://www.onedevotion.com/categories/Reflections/">Reflections</category></item></channel></rss>