A Candle Flame

February 15, 2013

A candle flame lights the night
Like the sun lights the day
The peacefulness of a flame
Can chase the loneliness away

A candle flame can be a light of hope
As the flickering from the flame
Can calm an excited soul
In church you can light a candle in God's name

It can burn eternal on a grave
It can help someone find their way
It can light a darkened world
It can bring hope to a new day

~Ray Hansell

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  1. Reply  

    YELDI . R

    February 15, 2013

    wow greart candles,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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    Charles van Dijk

    February 15, 2013

    The darker the more effective it is, it just can't compete with the sun during the day. Such is the role of teachers just candles in a sea of darkness. For the enlightened soul they are redundant.

  4. Reply  

    Raj Bhoyedhur

    February 15, 2013

    “Make of yourself a light,”
    said the Buddha,
    before he died.
    I think of this every morning
    as the east begins
    to tear off its many clouds
    of darkness, to send up the first
    signal – a white fan
    streaked with pink and violet,
    even green.
    An old man, he lay down
    between two sala trees,
    and he might have said anything,
    knowing it was his final hour.
    The light burns upward,
    it thickens and settles over the fields.
    Around him, the villagers gathered
    and stretched forward to listen.
    Even before the sun itself
    hangs, disattached, in the blue air,
    I am touched everywhere
    by its ocean of yellow waves.
    No doubt he thought of everything
    that had happened in his difficult life.
    And then I feel the sun itself
    as it blazes over the hills,
    like a million flowers on fire –
    clearly I’m not needed,
    yet I feel myself turning
    into something of inexplicable value.
    Slowly, beneath the branches,
    he raised his head.
    He looked into the faces of that frightened crowd.
     
    ~ Mary Oliver ~
     
    (House of Light)

  5. Reply  

    krishnanand Madho

    February 15, 2013

    The light that brighten everything is the source from which everything is burnt.

  17. Reply  

    Hussein Ismail

    February 15, 2013

    Candels always remember me with emotions and lovely nights

  18. Reply  

    Dewie W

    February 15, 2013

    <—–Even I can see the light in the dark world I hail from

  20. Reply  

    Dewie W

    February 15, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos This light has given me a new outlook on this journey I am on.
    Thanks for sharing you Light

  28. Reply  

    myo min

    February 15, 2013

    မကုန္ေတာ့ဘူးေနာ္

  37. Reply  

    Shanth H

    February 15, 2013

    EVERYONE NECESSITY LIGHT FOR LIFE

  50. Reply  

    Rendy Dwi

    February 15, 2013

    very like this…..could you tell me how you made it…..

  61. Reply  

    Rendy Dwi

    February 15, 2013

    I do…but quite old…photoshop 7…is your candles pic a gif file….

  63. Reply  

    Jendhamuni Sos

    February 15, 2013

    Photoshop 7 is even better.
    I can send you instruction on how to animate them +Rendy Dwi Please give me some time, okay. I need to get some work done first. Very easy to animate. Soon you will be addicted.

  73. Reply  

    vijay uppar

    February 15, 2013

    This is called a dancing flame, one of the ways a candle communicates with you. The dance has meaning and once understood, can help you determine how .& WELCOME..

  74. Reply  

    Rendy Dwi

    February 15, 2013

    no need to be rush by me please….by the way…..it is nice poetry…….

  82. Reply  

    mady sach

    February 15, 2013

    very nice,for al our love ones,who are gone

  83. Reply  

    joe healey

    February 15, 2013

    jhn;j5tr79t6235c6 bge2bewyfgc70btwcbowg

  84. Reply  

    Sunny Wadhwa

    February 15, 2013

    GUD MRNG FOR U ….. i am ging to sleep dear

  86. Reply  

    Will Meinhart

    February 15, 2013

    I think I will buy some candles tomorrow….
    I need some light in the darkness, and some hope….

  88. Reply  

    Reg Dawn

    February 15, 2013

    So beautiful. Thank you my dear Jendhamuni.

  106. Reply  

    Felix Du-Bois

    February 18, 2013

    All the Words have been used, there is nothing I can say!!!

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