Side Stepping
There is an intelligence that has nothing to do with learning.
There is a
being that has nothing to do with becoming.
These move gracefully, in perfect
step,
tripping only on the learning and becoming.
No Body
If you find your nobody-ness in being somebody you are not awake.
If you find
your somebody-ness in being nobody
you are not awake.
Discovering that to
which you subscribe
does not awaken you, but simply
reveals the ways in
which you sleep.
To awaken is the freedom from nobody-ness and somebody-ness.
Called On The Carpet
Love is not an emotion or an action.
It is a power; a force of unimaginable
capability.
It is not something I can acquire or perfect....
not something
I can get better at...
no matter how hard I try.
The most I can do is
surrender to it,
get out of Its way and let It move through me.
And
if I can't or if I won't,
Love will not abandon me.
It will simply break
me in two.
Split me wide open and spill me
all over the good
carpet....
in front of everyone.
If I am wise I will go with it.
I
won't apologize or rush to clean up the mess I've made
in the middle of the
living room floor.
I'll lie there in pieces for a bit,
wrap my arms around
my brokenness
and surrender to it.
I'll say, I knew this was
coming,
and simply go with it.
I'll let it teach me, and show me, and heal
me
in only the way Love can.
But if I am foolish I will pick myself
up....
hurriedly.
I'll attend to the mess right away
and dash about in
search of the strongest glue.
I'll dress to hide the scar
or better yet
pretend it was nothing at all.
I'll have the carpet
replaced....
definitely have the carpet replaced.
Or removed
altogether.
Hardwoods!
Yes, hardwoods would be better,
easier to
clean.....should it happen again.
Of Course
There is a difference between being lost
and not knowing where you are
going.
Only one requires a map.
Somnambulism
This spiritual waking thing
is less about shaking yourself from a dream
and more about recognizing sleep.
If you can see the ways you fall
asleep
unraveling the dream won't matter so much.
In The Midst
Truth captivates me....
the desire to know it intimately moves me.
For a
long time I believed the journey toward Truth
was the same as the
obliteration of lies.
But to love Truth, to truly and passionately love
Truth....
is to stand in the midst of lies
and embrace the fear that spins
them.
For the only Truth that exists is Love.