ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

What's in a Name and Character?

Updated on July 13, 2020
manatita44 profile image

Manatita is an esteemed author living in London, UK. He writes spiritual books, flash fiction and esoteric poetry, his favourite genre.

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Source
Source

What’s in A Name?

When I awake at mornings, I offer Gratitude to the Supreme, and then, in worship, I adore, praise, offer silence ... and I finish with an Invocation to God. I have done this daily, without fail, for the last 33 years.

This morning, I arose a bit early, and suffered the experience of visiting my Hubs prior to Prayer. For it was there that I ran into the saddening comments of a Hubber, concerning one of my poems, which affected my good name, and helped to tarnish my image with some of my friends.

What’s in a name? I have been reading ever since I was old enough to remember, and as such I instantly remember the lofty uttering’s of my good friend Shakespeare:

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare | Source

Shakespeare Quote - "Who steals my purse steals trash"

Iago:
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

Othello Act 3, Scene 3

A Bird and River of Light

Source

So if my friend Shakespeare is to believed, I’m now much poorer, saddened and dejected by this subtle attack on my character, my work, my Faith ...

I would write this piece and then let go; leave all to the Master Artist, the One who has entered into the Spirit of my spiritual brother here in Poetry: A Golden Vessel of Descending Light; the same One who is burning, dancing and singing in my Heart and Soul.

I am innocent of the accusations, of course, and frankly the few words mentioned are petty, and at best naive, for one who seems to have been writing poetry for a while. Every sincere poet knows that similarities can sometimes occur. In fact, I have said that we are all influenced, to an extent, by words both present and past, and of Millennia. They're embedded in our psyche. That's nothing new, and so coincidences are not only possible, but do happen.

More Light

Source

Let me tell you a little about the esoteric poet: There are words which are very familiar to us, as we see them in our life and meditations, and write or reflect on them in a very powerful way. Take the word, Light, for example, and its myriad connotations: Lamp, candle, shimmering, radiant, brilliant, translucent and my favourites ... effulgence, candela, rainbow, horizon, moon, sun, twinkling stars ...

These words are secondary to our nature, as we are drawing from an inner Source. Also birds, swans and eagles, are all symbols of the Soul in flight, and we use them to paint hidden or occulted pictures or images.

I say all this, because my friend speaks of the word ‘sway’. Dance is also dear to us. Sway, dance, waltz; dancing and swaying to the beauty of Love Divine; A river of ever-effulgent Light ... you get the picture? They all come effortlessly to me. Water, fountain, drunkenness, inebriation ... all used to express Consciousness and deep spiritual experiences. Light is so important to the esoteric, the spiritual poet!

Source

“O Bird of Light, O Bird of Light,

I am drunk with the supernal wine

Of Your intoxications!

Lost in stupor, in this field of rainbows,

Come touch my Soul with Your Fire of Delight,

And carry me to the other Shore.”- Manatita. (Spontaneous)

All this comes naturally to me, but could easily have been written by someone else. The intuitive poets, steal, as it were, from the Ether, from a life of school and experience; from the ancients and hoary Seers of the past ... nothing is new really, and yet, this is an ever-transcending world; a field of progress.

So I will ask my friend to look again; to think again, to recognise that we are all different, all consciously or unconsciously wishing to serve, to lift or elevate, to offer our Hearts and reach out to other Souls with charm, eloquence and excellence. I have tried to cover this in two works of prose dedicated to Poetry, and also in about five poems of artistic beauty, also dedicated to Poetry on Hub Pages.

Here my views are expressed and summarised exquisitely and succinctly. I trust that my friend can read at least some of these Hubs, and we can come together to celebrate our work, in the true Spirit of Love and Oneness. Jai Lord!

-Manatita, The Lantern Carrier. 27th June, 2015. Copyrighted.


~Awakening The Inner Light ~

You can use this soothing video while you read. Courtesy of the Sri Chinmoy Centre Int

Bullied or Victimised

Have you been victimised on Hub Pages?

See results

© 2015 manatita44

working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)