I feel time passing.
May I yet know the Truth.
And may it set me free.
Free of the mind that chatters.
The thoughts that chain.
The beliefs that bruise
the very soul of this mortal life.
May I be free of it all.
Unencumbered by hate,
By the violence of my own mind.
Free of greed and fear and jealousy
That speak of a small quivering heart.
Free of it all.
May I be open and graceful,
Grace filled and – free.
Finally, truly – free.
Amen.
The Enneagram –
Kaleidoscope of
Personality nuances
The prism through which
we live our lives.
To breathe, unfettered
through every angle
Afforded by
the multifaceted gaze –
We rest in the serenity of knowing
the perfection
of Creation – as it is.
Delight in the Unconditional love
that is as surely present in
and around us as our very breath.
Know assuredly that we have the value
of simply being the one and only
authentic self we really are.
And in that – dare to transform as an
ever evolving unique expression
of the Divine.
We trust our inner guidance
to give us what we need
when we need it.
And feel the inner clarity of knowing
without doubt or fear.
We know deeply that we are grounded
in Being, Itself.
And need have no fear in the changing
nuances of the apparent reality in which
we live.
The Joy of that Being bubbles up
within us as the ecstasy
of living this life as a gift
And we draw our strength
from the simplicity
and full honor of being an essential
part of the Divine.
In the end, we know the wholeness
of all things
such that every breath in and out are
but expressions of the Supreme face
of God.
I have spent some good amount of time and energy squaring off on the inner demons spawned and nurtured in the difficult early years of my life. Years spent chasing the right man, the right job, the right circumstance brought me up short so often, I just sat down. Stopped. Learned to look within at the terrain with a penetration that comes only to the desperate.
What I have come to realize, at the bottom of all this is that Love is general, neutral and always available, independent of any given person. It is more of an atmosphere. The depth and fullness of this is truly huge. Infinite so far as I know. And any of us can tap into this – and offer it to ourselves. It is a daily process and choice – and oh-so-sweet to settle in with the kindness of this ever-present, alive place within us. It means noticing and not buying into the habitual thoughts that drive us around in circles of anguish.
And we can welcome guests into that space with us. Share. But it comes from within us first. If another has clearly awakened to this realization and we have the incredible good fortune to be in their Presence, we should recognize this as a rare, extremely precious gift.
What I know is that unhappiness is the turbulence on the surface of the water. Problems can never be solved there. Dive deeper and it is still. Precious, glimmering, kind, and healing.
