There is a hole
At the center
Of each human being
Most try and fill it
With thought stuff
Attachment
And desire
Or run from it in terror
The task of the mystic
Is to empty that hole
Of whatever has filled it up
And live from that emptiness.
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.
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
The Garden is beautiful
Because you are in it.
Who has not felt the gut wrench of grief
Drowning in the uncontrollable wave
Which one has never felt broken
Fragility laid bare, wounds exposed
All beings stand equal
At the altar of eternity
When the veneer is rubbed off
Each will stand naked
In the presence of the unconditional
Adorned only in whatever humanity
They have salvaged from their existence
The day I fell out of the world
I was caught by a feather hand
That has held me ever since
Now words just tumble out
As if by themselves.
This is it
I am leaving wordpress after 5 years of poetry
It has been wonderful
But enough is enough
If you want to stay in touch and follow my poetry
You can find me on substack
https://kavijezziehockaday.substack.com
My subscription will run until the end of this month and then expire.
Thank you so much for following me, liking my poems and paying some attention.
The poetry is not stopping, only my chosen and preferred platform.
I still do all my poetry free and substack is no different.
So if you fancy continuing the journey jump on.
Otherwise be well and be blessed.
Kavi Jezzie Hockaday
You are eternal and unchanging
A universe in which manifestation occurs
You are also manifestation occurring
Temporary and forever changing
Finding a way of living these two truths
Is the ultimate dance of form and formless
The sky and the clouds may appear different
Yet are all one thing.
When the compassionate heart is discovered
When the knowing of the deepest love is revealed
It changes everything
And you will never want to leave there again
And all the forgetting and getting lost
And the returning home
Will become a dance
Instead of a burden.
There is a revolution happening
IN YOU
The door has always been there, throughout time,
But always it has been a partially shut door
We had to squeeze through
To discover our true nature
And our one compassionate heart
That door is now WIDE OPEN
And freely available to all
No need to squeeze through
No privilege of enlightenment for the few
Now it is possible for all
Still it requires persistence,
Surrender of the righteous belief system
And a willingness to face ourselves
But there is a revolution happening
IN YOU
Friend, this is the time, now, here, in the midst of this structural collapse
Open your heart and mind
Turn off the fear, and all the causes of fear
And embrace your inner authority
As the cosmic being you are
Stop all activity that distracts you from your one true purpose, INNER REVOLUTION.
Presence is a portal
Through which we know eternity
There is only one hole in time’s tapestry
And that is NOW
We are born of time
Like all flesh and blood
Like all form
Yet still we can know eternity
When we come to a complete stop
And allow the mind to settle
As the sediment in a bottle settles
After shaking
To intimately know eternity
For one exquisite moment
Brings an ecstatic wave
And an un-reconcilable grief
That our time here is fleeting
And gone so quickly.
There is a point on the journey
Of awakening
When you realize
It is all alright
It always was alright
It always is alright
And it always will be alright
Despite the suffering, the hardship,
The war, the loss, the grief,
The violence, the terrible things
We do to ourselves and each other
Still…
It is all alright
It always was alright
It always is alright
And it always will be alright
There is no way of explaining this
So the mind that is divided understands
It is not an argument or a belief
And it doesn’t stop the wheel of pain
It just brings great relief
For you have fallen into your god essence
And realized that separation
Is the most beguiling of illusions
But ultimately untrue.
Poetry of Beauty 