Dear Rita,
Thank you for interpretively and supportively commenting on "my" written output. The discrepancy between our response as required by the Law of God's unfathomable Love and the inadequacy of our actual response can be experienced by any serious seeker after the Absolute Good (God), as insufferable and agonizing since a sufficient response is never possible by human power alone. As we know, countless saints and mystics wrote extensively on this subject in their well-known works. The unshakable truth that "God alone really frees" is undoubtedly entirely inseparable from, and applicable to the certainty that only God fills the infinite gap between human nothingness and His perfect goodness with grace and love - providing a soul is in inner readiness to accept His boundless bounty and eternal treasures.

May the fire of His love ceaselessly sanctify us... DKK

Your kind words and comments are gratefully received... This piece was quickly "put together" while listening to the much loved genius (and countryman!) Chopin - No. 12 in C Minor, hence perhaps this is the reason for "pulsation." When attempting to put words on paper, I never know where the Spirit will lead me... Thus, the explosive, unpredictable shots. If I only were a far better listener!
Needless to say, without constantly seeking God, we are "numb and dumb"... lifeless, while without learning to love truly and gradually knowing Him more, we remain in perilous stagnation and darkness.

May His all-healing and all-knowing Grace rest constantly upon us... DKK

Thank you for thoughtful, encouraging remarks and emphasizing with prudence the importance of the virtue of humility. Without a doubt, the Evil One is effectively cast out by the virtue of humility, patience and charity. "We must love our nothingness in His Infinite All, and think only of this All which is infinitely lovable... Our mission is to forget ourselves, to annihilate ourselves. We are so insignificant and yet, Jesus wants the salvation of souls to depend on our sacrifices, on our love" St. Therese of Lisieux. I love to recall also what St. Francis De Sales declared:"If you want to know whether a man is really wise, learned, generous or noble, see if his life is moulded by humility, modesty and submission. If so, his gifts are genuine."

May we remember that "the lower we are, the more we attract God"... DKK

Your cordial and thoughtful remarks are touching and truly appreciated; you selected from this piece the fundamental contents always involved in a a fruitful and victorious spiritual journey: the Cross and the Ring - the sanctifying, and unifying signifiers. The Cross representing both the redemptive sacrifice of Christ and the purifying and sanctifying power of sufferings, while the Ring symbolizing the final stage of spiritual love or spiritual marriage with Christ, of which saints/mystics as St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross wrote in detail. The ideal is to be untouched by anything, yet touched by God in everything. The spiritual quest in order to be supernatural begins with ascetic liberations that lead to something far more superior, to a sacrifice; to a complete offering of ourselves and all that we have renounced to God - in the union with the sacrifice of Christ.

With prayers that the divine love will continue to renew and transform us... DKK

Thank you for your considerate thoughts and insightful observations. Indubitably, what is incompatible with the teachings of Christ brings on all forms of idolatry (e.g. consumerism, violence), fleeting whims and ultimately a disastrous spiritual emptiness. Without compassion and love, the "work" of the Evil One shows itself as arrogant, cruel, pompous and destructive "force", and without the power and love of God, no vital objective or goal is ever achievable. The modern world seems to be insistent in obliterating the concept of sin and its grave - present and eternal - consequences. Words indeed can be highly powerful in instructing the intellect, yet clearly not so much "good" or even "sublime" poetry and writing is needed but rather good examples - heroism of virtue. As St. Therese of Lisieux - another Doctor of the Church proclaimed: "Believe me, the writing of pious books, the composing of the sublimest poetry; all that does not equal the smallest act of self-denial."

May we be disciplined and educated in the "academia" of the Crucifix... DKK

better than working miracles" - St. Bernard

Dear Kathy,
Thank you for your kindly, lavishly and artistically delivered responses and thoughts. Radiancy or Light of God/Christ, Grace, Love, Truth, the Word of God, the Decalogue... all of which is everlastingly and changelessly radiating expects a free response of constantly loving gratitude. All champions of God's Truth (the only Truth) must be individuals of rock-firm fortitude, knowing that by extremity of their trials, they will learn the greater extremity of God's Love (Doctor of the Church - St. Teresa of Avila). The health of one's soul is inseparable from knowing the Truth, yet only by virtuous life one not only can please (and console...) God but also can understand the truth about God. Knowing the truth begins in self-knowldge - and without full recognition of our own abysmal nothingness, we cannot expect a "full flowering" of rightly ordered love. To quote St. Bernard again, "Destroy self-love and there will be no more Hell."
To be educated by the Holy Spirit is to bear plenteous fruit, be "restored to Paradise" and led back to the Kingdom of Heaven - being children of Light.

Be assured of my prayers in all your intentions.
May we have pure souls... burning hearts - always on fire for God...
Love - Dorothy

Dear Richie and Friends,
Admittedly, I love reading your messages written in a unique/humorous tone. Yes, Hell is a place and state of eternal punishment for the fallen angels and human beings - the state of complete self-exclusion from communion with God, and is reserved for those who refuse to repent from grave sins or refuse to believe.
The existence of hell is consistent with God's justice, since God respects human free will and those who are lost actually condemn themselves by their resistance to, or rejection of, the Grace of God.
This is how "I" summarized sin and its effects:

Slave-Raider

Sin - the real enemy of the mortal...
The perpetual blinder...
The darkener of the sense of the real
The definite weakener of the will
Depriving of light for is depriving of sight

The eternal antagonist to salvific plan
Not merely the breaker of divine decree
But the infractor of the law of Truth
The objector to the order of Love
To the union with the neighbor and the Maker

The disrupter of the right referential state mid
The offender, in the offender, the neighbor and the Creator
The revolter against divine predestination
The rejecter of the validity of God's Truth,
And whence, the disclaimer and disowner of any truth

The rejecter of divine Grace, Justice and Life
The foe to being truly loved and love truly
The pernicious opponent to the patterns of holiness
The pestilent decliner of the mind and heart
The last detractor, accuser, and depriver...

May His Grace be upon you...
In union with Christ...DKK

Dear Albert Wong,

Your polite comments written in such a kind-hearted manner, refreshing modesty and courtesy are indeed heartwarming. I am glad that you found what I try to express through the written word as motivating or guiding in your own poetic work. Writing, by sharing our beliefs, convictions, thoughts, observations, events etc. can be moving, instructive, edifying and uplifting; can be utterly irreplaceable...
It saves experiences, sentiments and essential insights from forgetting - from treating them with neglect or thoughtless inattention.
Be assured that I will read some of your entries as soon as I can. Your poem on which I commented about "bees" brought back nostalgic and beautiful childhood memories and elevated my joy - affected my soul. That is what good poems are "all" about.

May the Only True Inspirer set our hearts on ever blazing fire...
Wishing you all the best... DKK