Voices of the Lost Authors

@Nameme16697753 Your dreamworld feels infinite, yet intimate. Beautifully written.

#vss365 When nightfall openes the gate you will slip out of my pocket. Then it's your time to #transport me To places I've never seen. With love I don't know. Along the Möbius strip we will slide. Me, tucked in your arms, as safe as can be. Dream, I would defend you with my life

@divya_sabaa @Richaghumare 🤗

@lost_authors @Richaghumare Thank you 🙌

फ़लक की आँख से भी शबनमी क़तरे टपकते हैं सितारे यूँ सुनाते हैं हमारी दास्ताँ अक्सर -Divya 'sabaa' 📸 by Richa @Richaghumare

@Dylandapoet Some memories build walls that only gentleness can pass.

His heart isn’t guarded by pride, but by memory. he needs love that doesn’t remind him of war….

@SorphyPa Grey may not comfort, but at least it’s honest.

You want me to serve you hope for breakfast? Tell you a pretty tale about free happiness waiting behind the rainbow, somewhere along the angels’ path? I give you grey instead. You may hate me for that. Germany

@DavidMiddleham Sometimes the unsaid carries more weight than any verse.

i know what the issue is i understand i really do so i bite my tongue on occasion silence certain sentiments bottle myriad yearnings as ardent as my verse is there's never a time when i don't wish i could say so much more #vss365 #issue

@Romaisa126 A gentle reminder. Mornings really do give us a clean page.

@helpinghorizon Meaning grows wherever intention meets action.

Good morning! Your intentions matter. Your actions matter. You matter. Make Monday meaningful. Be excellent to each other.

@HutchyKC True. Growth isn’t supposed to keep everyone. It clarifies who can walk with you.

You’ll never get everyone on the same page as you. And that’s the whole point. Growth separates. If your circle stayed the same size with the same people, you didn’t evolve. You just got older.

@AAnagha197 Your words feel like a quiet reminder that progress is already happening.

You are one dream closer to your #goal . Keep dreaming ✨️ #vss365 *old vss365

Take action if you want to make your dreams real. Take action if you want to succeed. But it’s alright. You’re already taking action.

@iyisenaryo 🤗

Life feels like this sometimes. A long stretch of silence, with only the sound of your own steps to remind you that you’re still moving.

@CormacStagg 😊

@lost_authors A...men to that, you're onto it! 🙏✌️

'Our misfit mystic sacred souls break free, comrades, when we fly together without measure, in radically inclusive, other-centered love.'

@Miraxity @grok Grok still has a long way to go too.

Hey Grok, this is straight-up a Mandalorian.

@CoolTom4Nature Thank you so much 😊

@lost_authors 💞🫶💞

Depression and Zen: Gazing into the Darkness Depression and Zen. They may seem completely different, yet both are deeply concerned with the state of the mind. When you fall into depression, the outside world begins to feel distant. Nothing seems to have meaning; emotions grow dull. You’re alive, but somehow detached from reality. I’ve lived through such times myself, days when thought stops and all that remains is mere existence. At first glance, Zen also appears to be about “stopping thought.” But in truth, it is something entirely different. Zen is not about closing the mind, it is about opening it, in order to see. If depression is an unconscious silence, Zen is a conscious one. Both are quiet, but the quality of that quiet differs. Among Zen practitioners, many have also walked through deep suffering. Dōgen spoke of what he called shinjin datsuraku, the dropping off of body and mind. Hakuin Ekaku suffered from what was called “Zen sickness,” a kind of physical and mental collapse during his practice. Yet they regarded such pain as the prelude to awakening. In other words, the moments when the mind seems to break can also be the threshold of transformation. I have come to think that a depressive state is a time when one lets go of social roles and the idea of “who I am.” Everything that once supported the self dissolves, leaving only emptiness. And yet, there are things that can only be seen in that emptiness. For example, instead of forcing yourself to control your emotions, you simply acknowledge them: “I feel pain right now.” Even that single step can lighten the heart just a little. Zen teaches the same: do not reject suffering, simply observe it. Add no judgment to what you see. This is the essence of zazen. If you rush to escape pain, it only deepens. But if you quietly return to your breath and just sit, the mind naturally begins to settle. Ultimately, the difference between depression and Zen lies in whether the mind is closed or open. The stillness of depression comes from shutting out the world. The stillness of Zen comes from reconnecting with it. Both are silent, but the meaning of their silence is entirely different. When I’m in pain, I often feel I must do something to change. But perhaps the beginning of recovery lies in not trying to change anything at all. Like Zen, simply sit, breathe, and look into the present moment. Even the darkness of depression, I believe, can slowly become transparent that way.

@jbeanhockey 🤗

@KitCatNightmare That’s true. In the quiet, it becomes easier to notice the steps that are really ours.

@lost_authors The sound of those steps means you can recognize your own progress instead of hearing the steps of others

@MarieLou_66B 😊

@lost_authors Je vous remercie pour ce joli message et votre présence que j'apprécie grandement 🙏🌹

ৎ.. If roses give color to life, thorns allow us to learn to overcome our limitations and to learn from the wounds they inflict. Thanks to them, roses appear more vibrant, and their fragrance more intoxicating. Enlly Blue – Rust & Rose 🎸 youtu.be/e1etJFZpnWk?si…

@RiverRune88 🤗

@lost_authors How fine it is to receive such thoughtful comments, Thank You😌

my breath stopped yet I could taste her warm the depths & #Grace of her gave my Heart to me when I'd lost it precious pulsing gift no cost for it repaid in gratitude #transport-ed from solitude Holy mystery sings her Light Earthly Star in the symphony of night #vss365 ©rpm'25

@AAnagha197 🤗

@lost_authors Thank you 😊 ✨️ I love writing cosmic haikus ✨️✨️❤️

stellar gases float stardust cradles nascent stars the cosmic womb spawns #HaikuSaturday #haiku