Old stuck past anger Creates grievances In the present
Turned outward It creates war with the world
Turned inward It creates war with the self
Ultimately it’s a destructive energy That begs us to see it, know it, feel it So it no longer lurks in the shadows This transforms anger into authority And creative expression
Take off that costume you wear Let us meet in the naked truth Admit it, you are pure consciousness The heavens, the stars, all that was All that is and will be Wrapped in a costume That seems so real But you are not an actor And I know the longing To simply be yourself Is what brought you here.
You don’t have to earn the right to be here Or justify your existence Or prove your worthiness The exquisite fact that existence Has brought you here as you Is enough For you to celebrate And stand in wonder At such a miracle.
I’m for the nobody The outsider The misfit Who may be the mystic The one who sits in the shadows The quiet one The one who hides Their face in the crowd I’m for the broken-hearted Full of sorrow Still drinking From the well of life People I’m for those ones.
Eventually fate arrives At every door With the same invitation To return home Until then We must live boldly Tenderly, authentically Wisely and freely We must dance with tears in our eyes And the beauty of life In our blazing hearts Tasting the sweetness Even as it vanishes into emptiness.
What does this moment have to teach us We who are so full of ourselves Who arrive everywhere filled to the brim The moment can only teach those who are empty
If we are full where is the room for anything new?
The wisdom and intelligence of this moment Cannot compete with the fullness of self It’s a different kind of intelligence It can only be heard from emptiness
And so to really hear, to really be able To receive the deepest wisdom this moment Has to offer us, in its vastness and eternal depth We must enter this moment naked and empty
The moment has everything to teach us But our task must be the seemingly arduous one Of emptying and not filling up again.
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To be available For divine intelligence To flow into us and through us We must become empty And silent.
We are dancing in an endless ocean of love Swimming with the beautiful ones Unlocking the door to eternity Feeling the breath of the ecstatic wind Catching a glimpse of the sun As it pours out its light For the lovers of the world