Posted here are 3 short volumes of CONFESSIONS OF AN EX-JESUIT that you might enjoy. Some would say that these are NOT poems, but aphorisms.
They are mostly different experiences that I have had, with various new age/spiritual modalities, or summaries of books that I have read over the years.
Vol 4 is presently in the works, after a few years break.
Of GREAT interest to many readers are the extensive FOOTNOTES, citing numerable sources and recommended readings.
| CONFESSIONS OF AN EX-JESUIT | |
| Kenneth Pollinger, Ph.D | Vols 1-4 |
| SPECIAL THANKS also to the following authors whose books inspired me to write the enclosed lines:
– Spiritual Enlightenment, by Jed McKenna, – From Onions to Pearls and From Seekers to Finders, both by Satyam Nadeen, – The Power of NOW; and, Stillness Speaks, both by Eckhart Tolle, – and finally The Heart of Awareness (a translation of the Ashtavakra Gita), by Thomas Byron. – These books are a good preparation for Peace and Harmony in Daily Living, by Ramesh S. Balsekar. Books, such as The Heart of Awareness, write about more general insights into the spiritual life. My Confessions, on the other hand, attempt to apply the more generic to the concrete specific happenings/thoughts in my life. |
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| Volume 1 | |
| I. “In the Beginning…” Spiritual Evolution Seminary and Afterwards Why I left Will of God Special Thanks Consciousness in the form of Ken Pollinger Our Father: Ineffable Original Intelligence THATII.Synchronistic Webs John Jordan Erin Elizabeth My Wife’s Wedding Dress An Answer to My Brother My Friend John My Webmaster CharlieIII. Daily Encounters Walking The Hudson RiverTrail Yoga Meditation T.V.IV. Infinity’s Point The Point of Infinity On Route 17 To the Point An Enlightened Community The Mountain Top Out of Nowhere The Temple of Consciousness |
V. BodyTemple BodyWork To Grasp or Not to Grasp? Peeling the Onion Gestalt Therapy: Awareness Supreme Sculptor of Persons Consciousness as Healer The Goddess Appears Deliverance The Fountain of YouthVI. Observations The Illusion Questions If Walking Between Two WorldsVII. Enlightenment Awareness Freak Enlightenment: Before/After Gnostic Secret Teachings: Christian EnlightenmentVIII. Alternatives Advaita Nadeen Buddhism Believers or Seekers? The Gnostic Jesus Apologies Needed? Codes Da Vinci: Novel or Reality? Planetary HistoryIX. The New Age Center X. “At the End…” My Father, by Erin |
| Volume 2 | |
| XI. Worldly Concerns Wondering E-mail: Democracy or Plutocracy? A Father’s Son Consciousness Communicates “Who are you, Ken?” The Sacred Sun a.k.a. The 144,000 The End of the Mayan Calendar? 5 AMXII.Enlightenment Poems Unicity Culmination of the New Age Movement To Be in the World But Not Of It From “Do-ing” to “Be-ing” Deathwork To see God in All Things Imperfect PerfectionXIII. New Poems Clarification An Instrument Speaks Infinity’s Experiment Is It an Illusion? Progressive Understanding Do You REALLY Want IT? Is There a God? |
XIV. New Poems Present Synthesis A Three-fold Jesus? On Being 72 Manifestation Essential Realization Essence versus Ego Identity Programming/Deprogramming/Reprogramming Essential Bodywork Spiritually Underwhelmed Essence ArisingXV. New Poems Immortality JUDAS, A Real Friend? Illusion Upon Illusion A Letter From Jesus? Pandora’s Box: Da Vinci Code “Ken, Are You a Christian?” The Path of Awakening: Dual/non-dual Meditation Jesus Laughs/We Awaken 2012 Dead Sea Scrolls |
| Volume 3 | |
| XVI.Awakening Poems Wake Up! Improving the Nightmare? Waking Up The Pathless Path Too Much (Demasiado) Ode to Beloved Energy Sacred Sacraments Spiritual Warfare The Void The Rest of My LifeXVII. Truth-Seeker Poems Intelligent Design Intelligent Design, II The TRUTH The TRUTH, II “Illusionism” |
XVIII. Osho’s Teaching Aphorisms Socratic Dialogue A Platonic Discourse Plato’s Footnote Osho’s Synthesis Working the Night Shift “This, I Am,” Meditation The Witnessing Experience Two Paths: Which One? Freedom Ode to Yoga Sex Matters Total Freedom To Technique Or Not To Technique: That Is The QuestionXIX. Mixed Bag of Poems The Gospel of Judas REVISITED Trans-Substantiation Reprogramming Explicated The 12th Planet/The End of Days White Powder Gold: Food for the Light Body Last Night’s Dream Ode to Yoga |
| Volume 4 | |