Wheel of Life

Abstract

Wheel of Life Bell Hooks (bio) 1. The wheel of life turns round and round all hope alive in still presence a steady heart of compassion sacred ritual giving peace. 2. One drop of water flowing into the ocean wet with enlightenment a taste of eternal presence of morning dew, of night fall reincarnated dream. 3. Pure aspirations dark tara jewel of the most high open the heart’s door bear universal witness. 4. True nature of self-abiding darkness and light, male and female a sacred mandala past and present a tantric path that calls and liberates all eternal Buddha. [End Page 22] 5. Thread of tantra bind mind and heart imperfect being choosing to perfect love radiance of Buddha light shining. [End Page 23] Bell Hooks bell hooks (née Gloria Jean Watkins) is among the leading public intellectuals of her generation. Her writings cover a broad range of topics including gender, race, teaching, and contemporary culture across the literary genres and include the seminal Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism and, more recently, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place. She has taught at Yale University, Oberlin College, and the City University of New York, and has served as Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College since 2004. Copyright © 2015 Berea College