See through the eyes of love
Again and again
Until all notion
Of subject and object
Dissolve into eternity.
– Image by Rizal Deathrasher from Pixabay
Tag: poetry
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.
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All Our Ancestors
To a certain extent
Ancestral heritage
Is the passing on
Of unresolved wounds
Hardship and pain
Survivalism and suffering
That which our ancestors
Could not meet and transform
Is passed on like a hot coal
To the next generation
On and on it goes
Even on the cellular level
We are vibrationally and energetically
The carriers of our ancestors
Some of our deepest unknowable movements
May have the fragrance
Of countless generations in them
And now you and I are here
With the opportunity
To end the ancestral passing on
Of unmet wounds
You and I
Are where the buck stops
And the resolution, forgiveness and love
We can find in ourselves
Will be passed on, not just to future generations,
But even on some mysterious level
To those ancestors who played some part
In bringing us here
That’s how important our transformation is.
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Wildness of the Heart
The wildness we carry
Buried deep within
Is not the kind of wildness
Imagined by the mind
It is the kind of wildness
Longed for by the heart.
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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.
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WELCOME THE WORLD HOME
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 Door of Sadness
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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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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EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT
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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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
