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True Strength

If you look to
the palm of your hand
expecting to see
mansions and roads of
gold, you will be sorely
disappointed – it is a 
spiritual truth,
forced to use physical
language

literal interpreters of the 
Bible, look more to your 
heart, and less to your 
head

akin to finding a cure for
love, in a medical journal,
when love only became an
illness, when men started 
treating it as a virus or 
bacteria – love is never a 
weakness nor predator, in fact, 
our most faithful protector 
and strength!

faithlovepowerspiritualtruthfree verse

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Andrea Dietrich

August 25, 2026 at 11:32 PM

Was reading comments below. I echo what Hiya and Caycay said. They know what they are talking about!

Joseph P. DiMino

August 26, 2026 at 8:57 AM

Brilliant, enlightened souls. Such a joy to share the same space. No slouch yourself when it comes to being a Light Bearer Blessings my friend.

Hiya Sharma

August 25, 2026 at 5:46 AM

Oh yes indeed, the very sentiments that define spirituality ~ it is not in the physical senses but s matter of realisation and experience, for the heart.. for the soul... for the balance of one's existence... When we are compelled to look within our inner cores! "love is never a weakness nor predator" very rightly said. I so agree with everything that youve said here! Very profound and soul-stirring, the experience of reading your poetry is always so thought-provoking! Sending you stars and cosmic light! 💫💫⭐⭐

Joseph P. DiMino

August 25, 2026 at 6:09 AM

Thank you, Hiya. Such an inspiring and encouraging comment. A treasure to share the Soup Space with such an enlightening, fine individual like yourself -- Thank you.

CayCay Godwin

August 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM

INTUITION/SPIRITUAL whispers. A Unity Truth Principal is, 'God is perfect & He made us in His image, ergo, we are perfect & do not inherent illness.' MY BRAIN blocks my way to that truth. Add that to your words below & I concur with, 'live from intuition' aka divine thought. Before Unity, nature was my fav church, still is. Thanks for the fav on my poem (spirit held the pen/happens sometimes.) Seems we could talk, share and grow for many an hour. I embrace this poem & your Soup presence.

Joseph P. DiMino

August 25, 2026 at 6:15 AM

Wow! Made my day, CayCay. I have attended a Unity Church. The one I visited was very inspiring. Bits and peaces of truth all around us. Like yourself, nature, learning to observe and listen has taught me much. Everything has variety of voices...vibrations abundant. Blessings my friend.

Gershon Wolf

August 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM

And yet the physical houses the soul and the spirit...

Gershon Wolf

August 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM

Well, I'd say you've left my comment in the dust where it may well belong. Thanks for the education, Joe. ~ gw

Joseph P. DiMino

August 24, 2026 at 1:46 PM

The physical depends on the spirit. For everything physical, there is a spirit-archetype (more than a pattern, an actual substance relationship). The physical is an outer-dimension (5 sense dimension), so to speak, of the spirit. They are one in the same. They are different parts of the same thing, separated only by consciousness (what we are and are not aware of) (has nothing to do with, whether something is fake or real) (imagined or actual). There are other aspects to being human/spiritual (more than 5 senses -- intuition, for example, is a real substance sense).

Paula Goldsmith

August 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM

"True Strength" is a wonderful write/read. I really enjoyed reading this one... Sun, getting dark. Looks like rain. Hope we get some rain. Dry over here. Have a lovely/blessed day writing away............

Joseph P. DiMino

August 23, 2026 at 11:57 AM

Every 3rd or 4th night we have been getting some where I am. Let's pray you get a socking. Blessings my friend.