Oh! the bitter sweet taste of this life
The endless searching for the sweet
And the turning away from the bitter
Yet this bitter taste
Is unavoidable
And, tough as it may be,
We must somehow find a way
To reconcile these seeming opposites
There is a place within us
That knows the bitter and the sweet
To be the same
May our true search be for that resting place.
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There is a light
That shines through you
Even on the darkest of days
When the clouds hang heavy
And the storm is close at hand
Friend, do not fight the storm
When it approaches
But surrender into it
Let it drench you and cleanse you
Let it blow through you
Like a wild and healing force
Storms come and storms go
Clouds arise as if from nowhere
Suddenly the sky darkens
Lightning forks from the heavens
And crashes into the earth
The clouds let loose their tears
Without holding anything back
The earth says yes to it all
There is a light
That shines through you
Even in the darkest of times.
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The world of your experience
Wants to come home
And it can only do it through you
You are the way
That the world becomes purified
And you can only do this
By opening so wide
Into the deepest acceptance
That everything is allowed
To find its true resting place
This itself is profound
And is how the world is healed.
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The tiny bird sings its sweet song
To welcome the morning
The homeless man, shivering,
Burdened by life’s struggle
Hears that song
And remembers past love
I see the man who hears the bird
Who welcomes the morning
And, in my hopelessness,
I understand everything is grace.
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The door of personal sadness and grief
When embraced and opened to fully
May lead to the palace of realization
Of universal suffering
And the nature of temporariness
The one who can live from broken heartedness
Can walk through the valley of desolation
With equanimity and the greatest acceptance
Of the way things are
That one may be a healer
A homeopathic remedy
For the collective body
That struggles so much
As it constantly turns away
From the painful truth of life
The bitter sweet path
Brings depth and richness
To all it touches.
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It is the mystery that informs us
Yet we turn away again and again
In our arrogance and control
The unknown surrounds us
And is the very core of our existence
Yet we scramble and clutch at the known
Terrified of the void
Our lives are borrowed
Our breath sacred
Grace itself has bestowed upon us this miracle
Yet we turn away
Distracted by phenomena
Lost in our petty games
Forgetting to say thank you
But everything borrowed
Must be returned
And breath will run its course
The game will be over
And grace will call us home
Having missed us so badly.
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And then one day you realize
At the end of life
Or at some point on the journey
That it’s all God
It’s all one being life-ing itself
And the mind can’t grasp this
But the soul knows it
And the spirit knows it
And the unconditional heart feels it
And the inner eye sees it
And this causes such a wave of love
That the whole universe falls into it
And you understand
That everything is really alright
And nothing you do, or don’t do, changes that.
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You dip a toe into the stream
But the river spirit
Grabs your leg and pulls you in
‘Help I’m drowning!’ You scream
‘I wanna to go back where it’s safe,
I’m out of control,’ You howl
The river spirit says, ‘Don’t worry,
I’m taking you somewhere beyond
Your imagination.’
This struggle goes on for some time
This push and pull as the river winds its way
Sometimes gently, sometimes ferociously
By and by you forget the time
You sat on the river bank
Dipping your toe
For you have been changed by that river
Hard edges softened
Fear of drowning gone
All anxiety about control vanished
Past itself little more than a shadow
And you arrive at the ocean
Where the river deposits you
But, instead of being shocked at the vastness
You simply melt into it
With sweet relief
And delicious gratitude.
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Discover your unconditional heart
And make your one true purpose
To stay there, no matter what
Life will hear your call
And bring you everything you need
To forge your blade
And test your resolve
And you will have to decide
How to meet those invitations
There is no avoiding this
If you are sincere about your journey
That is all.
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There is an inner depth
Available to us
If we are able to dive in
And keep diving
Through layer upon layer
Past what is known
Beyond doubt
Beyond certainty
Through the dense layer of belief
Past security and fear
Through the clouds
Of conditionality
And transaction upon which
We base our lives
Deeper and deeper
And deeper still
Until all vestige
Of this humanness
Is but a whisper
And there
We will discover
God
For we will have fallen into the unconditional realm
Where all is open and accepted
In the most profound way
Because everything is known to be one thing
And that, my friend, is the most astonishing realization.
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