I stopped trying to save the world
And instead looked into my own true nature
I discovered my true nature
And saw the world is a dream of the imagination
My heart burst open as I saw the suffering
And out of me poured the kind of love
That heals belief in separation
The love was not mine
But seemed to be coming through me
Its origin I know not
All things became one thing
And I understood what service is
I gave myself to that.
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My friend, in all this turbulence
Be still
In the throes of division and accusation
Be still
As the enemy pulls his sword ready for battle
Be still
As the storm looms overhead
And threatens a mighty deluge
Be still
While others rage and scream
And the harbingers of doom
Bemoan the end of the world
Be still
Even as the ocean spews its waves
That crash in thunderous anger
Upon the shore
Be still
Be still
There is a part of us
Beyond all form
When we remember it
We fall into a peace
That heals all division.
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Let us reclaim our heart wisdom
Natural intelligence
That is our birthright
We have moved far away
From the source of our truth
From the wisdom of our hearts
We live now in a mental world
A world built on mind’s knowledge
But mind without heart is cold
A cruel and righteous world
In which tenderness, grief,
Vulnerability and innocence
Are unwanted guests
We must decide, each of us,
What kind of world we want to live in
The construct of the mind
Intent of separation and division
Or a world built on love’s openness
And when we decide
We are called to do everything we can
To make that choice a reality
Whatever it takes.
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The heart holds a wisdom
That can only be known
When whatever wall
Has been built around it
For past protection
Is taken down
That seemingly simple measure
Causes such a chain reaction
It utterly transforms
The human experience
As though a rebirth has taken place.
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There are times
When such a softness
Arises within me
I begin to see
The divine light
That shines in everything
Not with the mind
But with the heart’s knowing
This humbling vision
Brings such an acceptance
Of the way of things are
That all division dissolves
And everything becomes quiet and still.
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There can be joy
Even in the midst of misery and grief
The flower will grow anywhere it can
And the sun will peek through
Even the darkest of clouds
If there is joy, celebrate it, allow it
Feel no shame or guilt
It is nature showing its face.
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There is a power of heart
And of depth
To be able to hold oneself
With a kind of dignity
That is noble of spirit
Even in difficult circumstances
This dignity is not outside dependent
It is purely an internal matter
Between oneself and existence
Neither does it have anything to do with ego
It is not born of duality
Not a putting up quality at all
It is simply a quality
Of being with what is
Without anything in the way
Essentially this is openness.
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There are some, for reasons we may not know or understand,
Who have become miserly with themselves
And miserly with their love
Miserly with their energy
Yet very generous with their judgment
Yet there are also some who, despite great hardship,
Or maybe because of it,
Have become profoundly generous with themselves
Generous with their love
Generous with their energy
And equanimous with their judgment
The same wounds can lead down one road
Or down another
And we each get to choose whether to be
Miserly or generous
Both roads are tough
But the miserly road causes personal suffering
And suffering to the world
We are in those times
When it may be easy to be miserly
Through no fault of our own
But to choose to be generous
Will bring love and beauty
To self and the world
If in doubt, choose generosity.
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A wild love has entered our lives
And taken up residence in our home
We are besotted and bewitched
Struggling to remember life
Before such innocent wildness arrived
There is nothing we can do
No going back to the way things were
Only an ever deepening surrender
To the beauty and openness
Being invited.
You are an exquisite being of light
Consciousness manifested as form
Squeezed into matter
The eternal AND a five sense feeler
You are the vast and the limited
The unconditional and the conditioned
Don’t sacrifice one for the other
Don’t fight with your own self
Neither turn your back on your humanness
You must find a way
To be in the world
But not of the world
Feet in the soil
Head in the universe
Heart holding it all together.
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