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QUICK DEATH

June 7, 2017June 10, 2024 by Adi Kanda

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[caption id="attachment_140660" align="alignright" width="606"] Photo by MADS[/caption] For a glass to break it must first fall from a height and in the shattering be returned to the dust from which it was made This destruction must happen for the form to be recreated explosive necessary for those who would be…

The Grace of Mother Love

May 14, 2017May 14, 2017 by Adi Kanda

Adi Kanda

When my mother, Vivien, was a young girl in Cornwall, England, her father was a sailor and was frequently away. One day he got on a ship to Canada and never returned. My grandmother was left to cope on her own, and years later she received a note saying “come…

Privilege is Not the Problem

March 10, 2017June 10, 2024 by Adi Kanda

Adi Kanda

In the stirring of the loins of a sleepy Lady Justice, in the passions of a reborn activism, a new feminism, politically correct environmentalism; in the name of LGBT rights, indigenous rights, disabled rights and the poor; in the variations of colour and gender, of body weight, of faith, of…

TREASURE

February 12, 2017June 10, 2024 by Adi Kanda

Adi Kanda

I dreamt last night there were maps falling from high in the deep sky drawn by a great artist’s hand And in them were found secret pathways and tombs which told us of reasons and purpose and worlds beyond worlds maps between dimensions a great gift unfurled Rendered leaves from Heaven they…

Good Guru, Bad Guru, Inner Guru

July 19, 2016June 10, 2024 by Adi Kanda

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Guru Purnima is traditionally observed on the Full Moon day during Ashadha month (June-July) of the Hindu calendar. Guru Puja or Guru Worship is done on this day, as disciples traditionally offer puja and pay their obeisance to their Guru or teachers. Guru in Sanskrit is translated as “dispeller of…

Vengeance Made Legal

March 26, 2016March 27, 2016 by Adi Kanda

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A great enactment of karmic sexual confusions has been played out in the story of Jian Ghomeshi and the women who came forward to speak of their wounded dynamic. So much suffering, and so very much shame. Our justice system, in its currently unconscious state, cannot solve a trauma profoundly…

Good. Friday.

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 by Adi Kanda

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Transmission 2004 In response to the film, Passion of the Christ. This that happened to me was the purest of moments and yet it was born from the purest pain I cannot tell you of the pain without telling you of the joy and this you who show me…

F*CK IT. (Strong language warning.)

March 15, 2016September 24, 2020 by Adi Kanda

Adi Kanda

Poetry from a moment of imminent release. This is it. Fuck it. There is a moment, a moment in time. It comes like a long-awaited tsunami, crashing over consciousness like a dam break. The consuming, exquisite pain reaches a certain point where it’s been too blinding, too long, too far. Only…

Why Your New Years Resolutions Didn’t Work and 15 Real Ways to Rock Your World in 2016

January 26, 2016January 28, 2016 by Adi Kanda

Adi Kanda

We are nudging our way into February and I'm willing to bet that you may have already slipped with one or two of the resolutions you might have made. Oops that carb explosion at dinner last night. Did I really pay for a full year membership at the gym? As the calendar…

I AM

January 2, 2016 by Adi Kanda

Adi Kanda

When was the last time you felt completely, absolutely accepted and loved by those around you? Can you remember meeting the eyes of others and feeling truly seen by them, free from defence, protection and fear? When was the last time you completely, absolutely accepted another, loving them unconditionally because it was…

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