Thought and Memory

A Scandinavian myth tells of Odin, the one god over all, the giver and protector, the slayer and destroyer, the one who discovered the song of the universe within the runes. Odin had two ravens named Thought and Memory. He would send these two out, to fly across the entire face of the earth. He asked them to observe everything with keen awareness. He asked them to return to him and report everything they witnessed and experienced. Like all myths, this one is living and dynamic. The story and facts will be different from person to person. But the Truth remains viable and worthy of contemplation.

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Being open and sensitive is brave, if not foolhardy to many. To be a live wire and sift through the static and electricity in the world may seem foolish and even suicidal. To feel everything, is that a drug or enlightenment? What would it be like to be Thought and Memory? What is it like to share all experience with the Spirits of compassion and The God over everything? To me, this would be the ultimate life.

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Ode to Odin

I am twin souls,

Thought and Memory.

I wing across the hidden sky trails and

witness all in the world.

In the darkness I come

back home to You,

Mother Father

Slayer Lover.

I tell you everything

we've witnessed.

I give you everything

we've become.

Then I sleep

like the double edged

sword resting in your sheath.

In your hands I am

the gleaming might of love,

the edge that cuts 

everything together.

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Love,
Rick

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