If you read and like this book please submit a review below-customer reviews are effective and very much appreciated. "Gordon Burnham is one of the best nature poets writing today. These latest poems of his are among his finest." Cliff Johnson, Author of "Inner Peace In a Busy World" This second book of one hundred eight poems follows "The Mystical Dance," expanding on nature, spiritual and mystical themes. "Whispers of Light" aspires to poetry's potential to lift and inspire the heart, mind and soul. These tapestries of words are woven from nature's inspiration and the universal spiritual philosophy of Vedanta from India. Poems can reach deep into our hidden inner chambers to touch and heal. They can pierce the cloud of unknowing to reveal the light of awakening, and unveil the beauty that language can only point to. Poetry, like a fragrant spring morning or a bolt of lightning in a summer sky, captures the mind and gives wings to our thoughts. Nature is the mystical wizard that will open our eyes to miracles if we but look and listen. Truth more astonishing than fairytales and fiction speaks silently and waits for an ear. "A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease" John Muir A few words can move us to depths of inspiration. Yet, words themselves can only be pale reflections of what they seek to express. It is that which cannot be spoken, that poetry must be inspired by, and point us to. Why 108 poems? The importance and power of the number 108 was established long ago in India. See: "Significance of 108" at the end of this book.

NOTE: If you read and like this book please post a review below. Customer reviews are effective and very much appreciated. Thank You. Mystical Poetry Spiritual Poetry Nature Poetry Inspirational Poetry "The Mystical Dance" is a book of one hundred and eight mystical, nature, and spiritual poems inspired by Rumi, Tagore, Paramananda, Hafiz, Thoreau and the great world spiritual teachings. SAMPLE - PLEASE NOTE: The "Sample" link above is not long enough to include any poems so several poems from the book are included below: (click the "Show More" link) ************************************** The Improvisation The sun returned this morning from its journey Around this blue celestial sphere Bathing the sky in a rosy glow Clouds are floating lazily like flamingo feathers in a pool of golden light Life is singing all around The Divine improvisation that never stops for applause The tapestry of mountain stream and skylark melody Woven only to adorn the Silence from which it springs ************************************** Mountain Stream Laughing The sound of a mountain stream laughing in the canyon Is the joyful song of yielding and the free-flow of surrender Spontaneous streaming of a water song rings like liquid wind-chimes Pouring freely from the well of Nature's singing heart ************************************** Thimble Heart There is no room in here It's so full of me there is no room for You Help me to pour myself out through the window of this poem So You Who can pour the ocean into a thimble May pour Your love into my heart ************************************** Liquid Mirror The surface of the water became still Like a liquid mirror And I saw the reflection of a wondrous world A world I had never seen A world I live in every day but had never seen Until the water became still ************************************** Kiss The Starry Night I throw open my arms to the sky My whole being kisses the starry night The lantern of the moon hangs like a pearl In the ink black stillness of the night ocean above Pale ashen moonlight falls like silk on barren trees All these words Just language dancing with creation Words and language are only candles telling tales of the Sun ************************************** Copyright 2011 Gordon Burnham"

An intimate, beautifully written diary of a woman's spiritual journey. Over a period of thirty years, the author, a well-known short story writer, candidly records her inner struggles and eventual spiritual fulfillment.