Stephen Kalinich: A Light Within

A LIGHT WITHIN

INSPIRED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARKER McPHINNEY.

India: The Light Within
A Photography Show by Parker McPhinney

THERE IS A LIGHT WITHIN
THAT MOVES THROUGH ALL EVENTS
SITUATIONS
PEOPLE PLACES,

A LIGHT WITHIN
THAT IS ALL FORM
AND FORMLESSNESS
A LIGHT WITHIN

WEARY TRAVELER
LET GO OF THESE BURDENS
THESE ATTACHMENTS
THESE DESIRES.
LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD!!!
COME HOME
TO THE LIGHT WITHIN.

IT IS THERE.
ON THE STREET CORNER
WRITTEN IN PEOPLE’S EYES
AND FACES.
THE IMAGE OF GOD.
THE LIGHT WITHIN.

AWAKEN!!!!
REJOICE!!!!
YOU ARE GREAT
BEYOND YOUR ABILITY TO KNOW.

YOU ARE A STAR WALKER
A GALAXY TRAVELER
AN INFINITE DECLARATION.
CLAIM YOUR RICH SELF.

LOOSE THE BONDS
THAT TIE YOU
TO THIS ILLUSION.
DROP YOUR BLURRED VISION-

SEE CLEARLY
FROM YOUR HEART
THE LIGHT WITHIN-
LIGHTING YOUR EVERY FOOTSTEP
DIRECTING YOUR JOURNEY-
THROUGH THESE APPARENT HOURS
YOU CALL DAYS.

YOU CAN SOLVE
ALL PROBLEMS.
YOU THE PEACEMAKER
THE HEALER.
GUIDED
QUICKENED
BY
THE LIGHT WITHIN.

YOUR NAME
IS ALL NAMES.
YOUR HEART IS HUMANITY.
ALL LIVING CREATURES
LIVING TOGETHER
IN HARMONY.

MADNESS SILENCED!
VIOLENCE STOPPED!!
REFORMED
REGENERATED
CONVERTED INTO
A NEW REALITY-
A NEW BIRTH.
COMING ALIVE
EVERY MINI SECOND
THE LIGHT WITHIN.

NOTHING CAN IMPEDE
THE ACTION OF THIS LIGHT WITHIN.
A LIGHT WITHIN
THAT RESOLVES ALL CONFLICTS
INNER AND OUTER
SOOTHES PAIN-
RESTORES HARMONY
AND PEACE!
REPLACES DAMAGED ORGANS AND PARTS!!
OPENS UP ALL BLOCKS!
FREES ALL IMPEDIMENTS
IN THE FLOW OF GOOD.

EVER RENEWED
EVER REFRESHED!!
BASKS IN FREEDOM

A LIGHT WITHIN.
NOT PASSIVE
NOT HELPLESS
NOT WEAK.

THE LIGHT WITHIN
ABLE TO RESPOND
TO ALL SITUATIONS
AND EMERGENCIES.

BE SILENCE IN ITS PRESENCE.
THE PRESENCE OF THE UNKNOWN.
THAT WHICH OUR
GRANDEST AND MOST NOBLE
ASPIRATIONS
ONLY POINT TOWARD.
THAT WHICH IS BEYOND WHAT WE CAN GRASP-
THAT WHICH GOES BEYOND WORDS,
BEYOND THE LIMITS
OF INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
THAT WHICH TRANSCENDS
THE OBSERVABLE.
THAT WHICH IMMERSES US
IN THE SEA OF THE UNKNOWN
FATHOMLESS DEPTHS OF LOVE.

THE GLORIOUS PERCEPTION
OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
AND TRIUMPH.
HAPPINESS AND JOY
THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN.
THE LIGHT WITHIN.

FEEL THE LIGHT WITHIN
EXPERIENCE IT
LIVE IT
TASTE IT’S FULLNESS
BE NOURISHED BY IT.

THE LIGHT WITHIN IS LOVE
IT EXISTS FOR US
TO MAKE OUR LIFE’S BETTER.
SO WE WHO BELIEVE WE
ARE RAPIDLY MOVING
TOWARD NONBEING
CAN GRASP WITHIN THIS SPAN
THAT WE CALL LIFE-
A REALITY A TRUTH.
CAN WE ACT
IN SUCH A WAY
THAT WE CAN ALTER
THE FLOW OF HISTORY.

CAN WE KNOW LOVE?
EVEN A GLIMPSE OF IT?

FOLLOW NO HUMAN.
LEARN NOT FROM OTHERS
INTELLECT OR SPEECH
BUT FROM THEIR KINDNESS.

LEARN NOT FROM THEIR WORDS
BUT THE WAY THEY
EXPRESS THE WORDS.
THIS REVEALS THE WHOLE STORY.
THE LIGHT WITHIN.

I LEARN MORE
FROM ONE ACT OF LOVE
EXPRESSED TOWARDS ME
THAN FROM SOMEONE ELSE
POINTING OUT
A HUNDRED OF MY FAULTS.

THE LIGHT WITHIN
FEEL THE LIGHT WITHIN
LIVE FROM IT.
EXPERIENCE IT
TASTE ITS FRESHNESS
BE NOURISHED BY IT.
THE LIGHT WITHIN.