Spring arrives
And the flowers begin
Their annual procession
Something within us
Also feels the pull to growth
It is the same intelligence
That grows everything.
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The Dancer and the Danced
We are being danced
Played and vibrated
We have given ourselves an identity
Given a name to the nameless we are
A dancing pattern of particles
Stardust gathered from the vast
Circling an imperceptible black hole, a void
At the center of our constellation
We are a universe, each one a world unto ourselves
Billions and billions of worlds
Colliding, interacting,
Drawing towards and repelling
For one moment, cease giving a name to yourself
Rest as the nameless one
Be the dance
In truth
You are the player and the played
The vibrator and the vibration itself
Mesmerizing astonishing truth
Don’t dumb yourself down
By imagining you are just a small someone
You are all that is
Eternity gathered up as a unique expression
What more do you want?
Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay
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The Cliff Falls Into the Ocean
I don’t know how it happened
It just gradually happened
As if by itself
In its own time
Without me noticing
The switch
From the separating of things
To everything being included
And being fundamentally accepted
I don’t know how it happened
It wasn’t something I did
But eventually the separate self
Dissolved into unity
Maybe it was as inevitable
As the cliff that finally falls into the ocean
After countless years of erosion
It wasn’t a big bang
No trumpets or fanfare
Nothing grandiose
Just a simple shift
Almost imperceptible
And entirely natural
As though the final step
Was the smallest
As though the final breath
Was the ‘Ahhh,’ of the final release.
Image by MonikaP from Pixabay
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THE WAVES OF PHENOMENA
We are all thrown around
And buffeted by the same waves
It never stops, this movement,
Until we depart these shores
Sometimes it seems
We have tamed the waves
Or learned to surf them
With dexterity and grace
And then we turn our backs
Or slip into arrogance
And a mighty thunderous
Wall of water engulfs us
Half drowns us
And turns us upside down
We cough, splutter and cry
Rail against the water
Rage against the ocean itself
Then we dry ourselves off
And begin again
In many ways
That’s all there is.
Image by Jonathan Reichel from Pixabay
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SAY YES TO IT ALL
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.
Image by David Mark from Pixabay
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Grace Misses Us
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.
– Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
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THE RIVER SPIRIT
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.
Image by Alex Hu from Pixabay
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TIME TO BLOSSOM – Dedicated to YOU
The human experience
Carries the potential for greatness
Or terrible tyranny
We are latent beings
Waiting to be activated
There is adventure
Written into our code
What makes one
Rise up against all odds
Out of all suffering
And become a carrier of light
And yet another
Lauded with wealth
Cosseted with opulence
Becomes the harbinger of doom
Don’t think this lies somewhere else
It is in each of our hearts
I was a wreck, tortured by my past
Inflicting my pain of everyone
And then opportunity for change arrived
And I seized it by the forelock
Even though it terrified me
Truly it doesn’t matter what has happened
What matters is how it serves you now
Does it cripple you?
Does it feed you?
Can you use it as food for your transformation?
None of this is easy
But we must face these hard truths
We have but one short life
That may be wasted in the past
And we will miss this beauty.
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anais Nin
– I wrote this in March 2019 but now it is more relevant than ever.
– Image by Albrecht Fietz from Pixabay
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THE DREAM THAT PASSED
And a great sorrow did descend upon the people
Like a dark cloud that creeps across the sky
And that sorrow brought much wailing and grief
Most fell upon their knees, tears rolling down dry cheeks
Upon the ground, desperate for love
It was a tragic and holy sight to behold
And, for the duration of that momentous event,
The whole phenomenal world fell silent
The animals ceased their activity
The trees became still
Even the fish and sea creatures stopped swimming
As if to bear witness to this miraculous sight
Slowly, as if grace itself had taken action,
Tiny green and vibrant shoots
Poked their heads above ground
Everywhere a genuine tear had fallen
A new shoot appeared
First one, then another, then hundreds,
And then millions, across the parched earth
And then a great joy did arise within the people
As though the dark cloud had lifted
And they had awoken refreshed after a deep dream
Singing, dancing, loving, they celebrated their freedom
And they bowed their heads in gratitude
To the divine intelligence that governs all things.
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay
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The Warrior Sleeps Within
We must have the resilience
To walk through this great divide
When the forces of one against the other
Threaten our very lives and safety
We must walk as wholeness and with clear seeing
With hearts open and minds unyielding to the pull of the tide
Though I walk through this
Valley of darkness and shadows
I will not yield my openness
Neither will I fall back into fear
Although the threat seems real
Only love’s tender embrace of all life
Has the power to transform
Coal to diamonds
In extraordinary times
A secret power arises within us
The warrior sleeps quietly within
But, upon the call of the distant horn,
Awakens and prepares
In silent prayer
It is you, and it is I,
Who are the guardians of love
Who are the gatekeepers of the tender heart.
mage by David Mark from Pixabay
