Divinity in Disguise:
Nested Meditations to Delight the Mind and Awaken the Soul
CLB Press, copyright 2003 by Kevin Anderson
Selected one of the best spiritual books of
2003 by Spirituality & Health magazine
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"Doubt is a croc."
Performance of "Doubt is a Croc" at
Ann Arbor Poetry Slam event
The new writing form introduced in Divinity in Disguise, the nested meditation, uses repetition, wordplay, and changes in punctuation to allow each stanza to be its own separate meditation. In creating a nested meditation, the writer is led not by the logical, thinking mind, but by the playful mind to places of surprise, grace, and even healing.
The piece below, written in 2014, illustrates the playful and revealing nature of the nested meditation form:
Doubt is a croc.
Doubt is a croc
waiting daily near the river bank.
Doubt is a croc
waiting daily near the river bank
where the wildebeests of my dreams pause and gather.
Doubt is a croc
waiting daily near the river bank
where the wildebeests of my dreams pause and gather
their courage for the crossing.
copyright 2014 by Kevin Anderson
Here are two excerpts from Divinity in Disguise:
My life is a gestation.
My life is a gestation,
this world is but a womb.
My life is a gestation,
this world is but a womb,
death's another birth.
My life is a gestation,
this world is but a womb,
death's another birth
canal, and dying is just hard labor.
copyright 2003 by Kevin Anderson
Joy is succulent, wild!
Joy is succulent, wild
black raspberries.
Joy is succulent, wild
black raspberries
overhanging every path.
Joy is succulent, wild
black raspberries
overhanging every path,
scratching for your attention right and left.
Joy is succulent, wild
black raspberries
overhanging every path,
scratchingn for your attention, right? And left
mostly unpicked?
copyright 2003 by Kevin Anderson