If the earth is a living being
If the earth is a living being
Rejoice in her lovely song
Take home her humility
Spread wide her gifts
Wipe her grit
With your eyelash
Just like she
Lets you step on her grass
Shield her buds
Of loving kindness
Hold her fists
In a balanced stride
Let her dewdrops
Touch all souls
If the earth is a living being
Listen to her breath
Let her open
Let her close
Say yes to her multitude
Her grief and her grace
Let your arms open wide
And hug her from within
If the earth is a living being
Know yourself to be her heart
What if?
What if Now
is all there is?
In which direction
would I move?
With nothing to plan
and no deeds undone,
how would I spend
my time?
What if Now
is all there is?
Am I burdened
or relieved?
A total standstill
A bottomless void
All nows not faced;
not played
What if Now
is all there is?
How rich;
the texture of Being
How lush;
the river of Life
In this;
my first lucid moment;
tears trickle down my face
The instant I taste
the depth of Now,
I know what it’s like
to die
Listen beyond
Now -
Listen beyond:
All that is seen
All that is sensed
Is not what I am in essence
Listen…..
When looking at the mountain
Judging it to be a distance away
From where I am
Do not accept this measure as real
Listen…..
When reflecting on that which appears inside
Comparing what is seen
To what is believed
Never conclude
Listen…..
And in listening
In accepting
That all seen and sensed
Is but a loving want
Of confirmation
Of the image and the mirror
Now –
Listen beyond:
To not be a wound
To not be a wound
is all-encompassing;
It is all-consuming
To not be a wound
is dark and heavy;
a drag, a debt
To not be a wound
is terribly quiet;
a terror, a truce
To be a wound
is a deathly stench;
It is raw and ruthless
Yet:
Please do not cover me
Please keep looking
Please let me be
The space; the air,
the touch; the stare,
is how I,
through me,
will heal
The Body of Compassion
When Clarity comes
To rest in Heart
Compassion is conceived
When the coming and going ceases
As the truth of this sacred marriage
Shines forth
All is seen as it is
Right where it is
Compassion is born
But when the born bodies of clarity and love
Are allowed to quietly embrace
In the sacred letting go of each moment
Now all labour pains
Are made right in a different light
Anger is seen as a guide
Sent from hatreds broken heart
Greed is the tear of the lonely I
As selfishness longs for it Self
All are portals
Into this Emptiful Heaven on Earth
This body is it
To Nothing
All is surrendered
In Everything
All is made whole
And all sadness
Receive wings of joy
For only Now
Can Compassion move as it must
The Fragrance
Nothing is said about it
As it slowly grows
In the sun of respect
Kindness and utter ease
And the fact
That it is unspoken
Allows it to continuously be
Days and weeks
Months and years
Served as womb-like shelter
For the seed of this lily presence
Nothing can prepare one for this
For an innocence
Is playfully un-capturing our hearts
We are unprotected and free
Soft and open
Naked
As only strong hearts can be
Ours is a space
And a common dance
A slow and tender tango
Where the parting
Is the strongest embrace
No longing exists in this infinite space
Since our love for each other
Is each other’s love
Willingly
Gracefully
We exude what we already are
Here one plus one is one
And the fragrance
Is a soul’s sole satiety
Just for a moment
It doesn’t matter how surrendered I think I am
All that matters is that I surrender Now
It doesn’t matter what I did yesterday
All that matters is that I act Now
It doesn’t matter if I didn’t love you yesterday
All that matters is that I am loving Now
One moment of absolute awareness
is undoing a million years of ignorance
Always
One moment is all it takes
I let go of all the moments I forgot to be
In this instant, I forget everything I am supposed to be
This is all it takes
One moment of absolute, limitless openness
This is always the power of Now:
No matter where you come from;
no matter where you are going;
no matter how far or short you have travelled;
your Life, your Love, your Sight and your Joy
lie within your very heart
It is never anywhere else
It is closer to you than a heartbeat
You are never apart from it
Just as the warmth of the sun is implicit,
so can water never be separated from its wetness,
nor you from me
We are always one
If you are frozen – even then, I am just hidden within
Any warmth will melt me into view
Any warmth
So be available!
Let my rays touch your face
If not yesterday – then Now
Any way will do
No matter how heavy your rucksack……
you can always take it off!
Pause for a moment
Please come sit with me
Just for a moment – stay!
Lay your head in my lap
Let us be silent together
Now that two are one;
while you are resting;
just for a moment,
let me caress you awake
The Touch of Heart
Oh, my love
When there is only one of us
What is there to say……
And yet
In the beginning was the word
And the word was with God
In the fullness of Heart
The spilling sparkles of itself
The joy of expressing
Is equal to the weightless openness
Oh, my love
When one single moment
Is such infinite peace
Then how can a single heart deliver
The love of eternity
If not empty…….
Oh, my love
Gracious is the patience
Ever steady is the gaze
Never faltering
Never judging
In this innermost chamber
The door and the walls dissolve upon entering
What is smaller than nothing
Is vaster than everything
Oh, my love
Here is only one of us
In the end
Everything is always beginning
All words are one single delivery
And instantly
The word is also always with God
Untouched
Touching all