{"id":2917,"date":"2016-09-05T14:02:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T18:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asc.wdtest.info\/en\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:38:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T22:38:33","slug":"pure-light-by-trinh-huynh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/pure-light-by-trinh-huynh\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Light by Trinh Huynh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael!<\/p>\n<p>You cast the dragon down to earth,<\/p>\n<p>So man, on earth, can look up to heaven and witness pure light.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dragon fell into abyss of matter.<\/p>\n<p>There in darkness, pure light of redemption reaches it not,<\/p>\n<p>For from above, in humanity, divine light becomes lost.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Depth of the abyss attracts man more than height of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>He looks down rather than looks up.<\/p>\n<p>Into darkness, he forgets pure light.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dragon lures man deeper into its abyss.<\/p>\n<p>In darkness of materialism, he falls asleep.<\/p>\n<p>In endless dreams, he builds up materialistic wonders!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes, death blows man into dust.<\/p>\n<p>The meanings of his existence; Who he is and Why on earth;<\/p>\n<p>All with the light are lost in his wild dreams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Humanity! Are you waking up?<\/p>\n<p>From the height, Michael\u2019s light casts its hint into abyss\u2019 depths,<\/p>\n<p>Seeking souls that have awakened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the dim light, man must find his own light!<\/p>\n<p>Brightly, that new heavenly light will shine forth from the furthest depths!<\/p>\n<p>Heaven on earth, humanity must become!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With his divine light, man will then penetrate the dragon!<\/p>\n<p>Redeem it and transcend materialism!<\/p>\n<p>Human beings! May you find your light!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>T.H. (with edit suggestions from brothers)<br \/>\nFor Michaelmas \u20182016<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Michael! You cast the dragon down to earth, So man, on earth, can look up to heaven and witness pure light. &nbsp; The dragon fell into abyss of matter. There in darkness, pure light of redemption reaches it not, For from above, in humanity,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12896,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions\/12896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}