The lightness of being
Is a delicate fragrance
Unencumbered by the past
Throw away time’s demands
And remember the innocence
Of your true nature
This beauty is latent within all beings
But only those willing to remove their armor
Can know its light.
Image by Ольга Белая from Pixabay
When I look at you
I see love’s truth
Trying to bust out
All over the place
I say let it blow
What’s to lose
Apart from some idea
You have of yourself
Or the world.
Image by Susann Mielke from Pixabay
Empty your temple
Clear out the clutter of self
Far from leaving it barren and desolate
The divine will flow in
And beautify it
In ways you cannot imagine
Be concerned only with emptiness.
Image by Sergey Poda from Pixabay
Here is another small collection of my various outpourings this week.
This week’s poems are dedicated to a beautiful man I worked with recently who I have just learned has passed away. The last words I heard from him said,’ Thank you for your friendship. I’m sure we will remain friends forever.’
I’m sure we will remain friends forever – yes Peter, beyond time’s knowing.
Down here
In the depths
Feeling everything
Holding onto nothing.
If you could see
The luminosity of your being
You would cease all your hostilities
Put down all destructive weapons
And instantly love all things
Beyond measure
It is only our blindness
To the truth
That keeps us at war.
When you let go of trying to control everything
A door opens into a vast new realm
And you are invited to trust life
And not fear it.
It’s the dance of the mystic
In the ordinariness of life
That delights me
The mystic untethered
Shines a light
On the darkness
Nudging those
Who have sought refuge
In the temporary
To remember
The ineffable mystery
Of existence.
Let us meet
Beyond our opinions or beliefs
Somewhere down in the deepest
As two naked beings
Raw and real
Living in the mystery
We call life
Prior to all this cover up
Of the self
We will call it
A meeting of souls
Celebrating the unknown.
You can’t find a place
You didn’t leave
You can only realize
You never left it.
Stop hiding your sacred light
Pretending you are unworthy of it
You are not unworthy of this glory
It’s what you are here for
And all this doubt is just a delaying
Of the inevitable.
Fall in love so deeply
With your existence
That everything
Melts into you.
Come to no conclusion
But walk with presence
In the unknown
Mind wide open
Heart as vast as the sky
You and the world
Become one thing.
Friend, you must fly into the sun
So the light burns off
Lifetimes of guilt and shame
If you really want what is true
You must stand naked and unashamed
Innocent and tender
Before the world
Only this humility will open the door
To love’s deepest truths.
I’m sure we will all be friends forever.
Love has no enemies.
Thank you for reading the words of my heart and soul.
Leave no residue
Nothing polluted
Become light of foot
And clear of mind
And when you depart
This existence
Do not leave your shadow here.
Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay
You never stopped being your essential self
It just became covered over with layers
Of erroneous beliefs and conditioned ways
Hidden under the weight of trying to be a someone
And now the journey calls you to remove all those layers
And remember the essence.
Image by Jupi Lu from Pixabay
If you are too preoccupied
Searching for the peace
You imagine is in the future
You may lose the possibility
Of discovering the peace NOW
In that sense the future is an illusion
And this is as good as it gets
This is it.
Image by Harald Lepisk from Pixabay
Oh tender heart
That holds so much sorrow
That feels the world
And all its grief
Humble heart that breaks
Again and again
Until it shatters
And falls back into the ocean
Oh sweet heart
Full of joy and wonder
That longs to dance
The song of freedom.
If we could just touch
Our unconditional nature
And catch a glimpse
Of eternity’s secrets
For one exquisite moment
We might stop being
So lost in form’s illusion.
The world is pouring through you
For healing and purification
Don’t judge it so harshly
All things want love
That’s why you are here.
Poetry of Beauty 