The New Consciousness Is Dawning: Poetry for a New Age

By Athena Marini

“Poetry contains the quietness and concentration of the one who writes it. It is a shared personal moment that often expresses deep feeling and this is transferred to the reader. It comes from the heart and as I heard someone say on World Poetry Day in Athens, “Poetry comes in through the same door that prayer does.” -Athena Marini

Much of the poetry in this book came out during a six-week period where the author isolated myself for 6 weeks. It was a difficult period in which she experienced much grief and all the gamut of emotions that go with it. It was during the end of this time when some healing had occurred, that a lot of this poetry came out.

Her poetry has a spiritual theme as it has arisen from her personal effort to walk the inner path with all its inspirational interludes and experiences but also the frustrations of trying to balance the inner needs in a world where the externals demand our attention most of the time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Oct 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9781982255268

Athena Marini

Athena Marini was born in Greece but grew up in Australia. She holds a postgraduate degree, “Bachelor of Education” from Latrobe University in Melbourne and a “Diploma in Health Sciences and Holistic Kinesiology". From an early age, her quest for the meaning in life led her to travel long, living and working in various countries including an overland journey to India in 1970, which proved significant. A spiritual theme runs through her poetry as it has arisen out of her personal effort to live a spiritual life in a world where so much focus is placed on the external aspects of life. Athena now lives in Greece. She has had a book published in the Greek language on gut health and has co-authored “THE DELPHIC ORACLE CARDS” – a deck of cards and a booklet, available in both Greek and English.

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Interior Image Credit: Yvonne Marini

ISBN: 978-1-9822-5525-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-5527-5 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-5526-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020918000

Balboa Press rev. date: 10/16/2020

Dedication:

To my teacher Prem Rawat, whose gift and service to the world is often overlooked. And to all those who have made the effort to awaken at this time on earth.

Acknowledgement :

I would also like to thank my friend Alice Bell for doing the proof reading and making some suggestions but mostly for her encouragement and appreciation of the poems. Also, Diana Farr Louis for her contribution.

I would like to acknowledge my late sister Yvonne Marini for her beautiful images which speak of another dimension of beautiful beings, who interact with our world with compassion and benevolence.

Also by the Author :

Athena Marini has published a book in the Greek Language on gut health and is a co-author of The Delphic Oracle Cards, a deck of cards and book about the ancient precepts of Delphi.

Contents

Introduction

The Tide Is Changing

Despite All

The Aspirations of Our Heart

Fan my Efforts

Conflicting Dreams

Light Worker

Dis-identify

Grub to Butterfly

Silence

Someone cares

Your Breath

Who Is It That’s Blessing My Life

The Earth is Changing Frequency

Tree of Peace

Light Fibers We Are

Wall

Poor Me

In a Lying Fallow Year

The Master and the Disciples

The sty in your eye

Prayer in a Second-Hand Bookstore

Do Not Heed

A New