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.
We are fragile creatures
Surrounded by loss
Our daily lives are lived
In an uncertainty
It is hard to face
So we turn away, afraid
But denial is no answer
Turn towards this fragility
Embrace impermanence
Let it all break open the flood gates
There is love water ready to flow.
Carry no grievance It is a heavy cloud That casts a pall Over natural goodness.
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.
I went into the heart of darkness
And returned laden with jewels
I ventured deep into the mud
And understood how the lotus grows
I looked into humanity’s wounds
And saw its healing
Whoever looks inside
Eventually sees the light.
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
The Garden is beautiful
Because you are in it.
It’s like a riddle
Made only for you
You have to work it out
No one can do it for you
Others may point
Inform and guide
But only when truth
Falls into you
Into your belly
Into your heart
Into your blood and bones
Will it make any sense
The journey is deep
And the challenges many
Emotions run hot
Beliefs become entrenched
The path of understanding
Draws us inexorably
But only when truth
Falls into you
Into your belly
Into your heart
Into your blood and bones
Will it make any sense
We are perfectly imperfect
Hurt and fragile
Indomitable and courageous
Tossed by the ocean
Thrown upon the shore
Desperate to make comprehend
Yet terrified of our darkness
But only when truth
Falls into you
Into your belly
Into your heart
Into your blood and bones
Will it make any sense.
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Understand how difficult it is
For most people to face themselves
And meet their unresolved emotions
Know how tough it is for you
To bear what feels unbearable
And have compassion and kindness
For those who just can’t do it
Not as some holier than thou thing
But as a genuine recognition
Of how hard it is to let go
Of all that has been held onto
The ruts of conditioning run deep
And are hard to heal.
When mind and heart are open
A natural harmony is inevitable
When either one are closed
Division and righteousness prevail
The door of possibility is open
And the invitation is clear
Do whatever it takes
To open mind and heart
Opening the mind is tricky
As there are veils upon veils
Opening the heart is painful
Covered over as it is by defendedness
Born of past hurts
And conditioned beliefs
But the warrior in search of truth
Is tenacious and willing.
Poetry of Beauty 