Austere at first glance
Clean distinct features
Clearly uncompromising of mediocrity!
Yet soft are the edges
Delivering the magnanimous heart
Threaded through every fiber
Of face and flight!
Message is obvious
To the open hearted
“I am here,
See me
Seeing you”
Want a dynamic life?
Excitement every waking moment?
Awesome surroundings day and night?
Invite Peace!
Want to feel thrill in thought?
Tenderness in touch?
Connection true and deep?
Invite Peace!
Want to understand creation’s magic?
Appreciate and participate in the play of nature’s laws?
Know your every momentary divine privilege?
Invite Peace!
There is nothing flat
Nothing mundane,
Nothing vegetative
About Peace!
Know your Peace
Know the company it keeps
Befriend these elements
And witness, live and explore
Your most precious gift..
A ‘Peace’ exploding with life!!
If ever a claim to ownership
It is a mother’s to her child.
Her entire focus is comfort and contentment
As she provides that aura of security and guardianship.
The child goes on her way
Each day anew
To play, learn and laugh.
The mother watches, waits and facilitates
Every one of her strengths and conquests…
Standing very close
She’s also just as ready
To pick up the pieces
To shine the light
So home of the heart
Is never far from sight.
As mothers, we sometimes cry.
But when we smile
Nothing is warmer,
Not even the rays of the sun.
But who waits for the mother?
Who laughs when she laughs?
Who’s shoulder does she lean on?
In her time
She too had her mother.
But all along
For both mother and child,
There is another.
One that’s beyond this time and space we see
Beyond the materials we hold and feel…
This guardian
Is closer than close.
So much so
That its integral form to all
Makes it the most obvious
Yet still hidden..
How can this be?!
Why is it so?!
All so perfectly postured
The discovery is as sweet
As the recognition and knowing,
Of how with every one of her steps
Her hand was always held
Her heart always filled
And all she had to do
Was to understand
This ever present divine guardianship….
Crazy when it’s normal to avoid the eyes of someone passing by and to smile may even be considered as dangerous!
Crazy when we fear the two legged Homo sapiens yet cuddle up with the four legged wild mammals!
Crazy when a ding on the smart phone is more commonplace than a ring at the front door!
Crazy when, even with loved ones, a two dimensional smile is more frequently produced than a three dimensional
face-to-face smile!
Crazy that these changes are becoming the cultural norm where humans are becoming impersonal to each other!
Crazy that perhaps when we had less,
Less to acquire
Less to loose
Less to compare
We actually had more.
More physical contact
More personal connections
More inherent humanity!
Perhaps there’s no need to have less
To be able to give more
If the detachment from transient
And acknowledgement to real
Is truly our goal.
A little splash of color
A little depth then subdued
Colors, contours, crevices
All Nature’s depiction of life.
Is this not like the pendulum swing
The momentum of life events?
Milestones, crises, inevitables
A little excitement
A little drama
A little discontent…
Through the dynamic process of both,
Nature and one’s life span
There is but one constant,
The flow of energy
Without which there is no color, no events, no experience..
So look and see the surface element,
Pleasing and displeasing.
But don’t stop there
Go a little deeper
Feel the flow
Put on your skates, find your wings
Ride and fly.
For here is true living
No definition, no judgment
Pure and simple joy
Clarity in existence;
And appreciation for making
The rank of the living….
Pure and simple
Honest clarity
Fragrantly supreme
Elegant eloquence
Creative climax
Divine design
Picturesque perfection
Delving deep
Leading the lost
All beauty has a unique way of taking the beholder back to the source of where the perception is rooted… Within!
Peace…
An actual reality
That comes with acceptance
Of the magnificence and simplicity,
Of what ‘Is’
‘Oh what a feeling’, Just as in the song…
Prosperity….
A side effect of peace,
Where what is needed appears
And then flows with abundance
Enough to spare and share..
And then as if that is not plenty
Along comes Dignity…
A sheer strength
That fears nothing,
Holds no weapons
But fights all that dares
To shadow Prosperity and Peace…
So bask in all that ‘Is’
This great moment…
Welcome each person,
Each experience
And when the moment is empty of worldly noise
Accept that too
And yearn for the shrouded world within
And slowly and surely
It will also
Reveal its treasures to you…
Which list, my infinite joy, do you belong to?
The to-do list so I can feel accomplished?
The list of what I can do when the to-do list is done, so I don’t feel guilty?
Or the list that comes before all lists, as the day is just not right if not done?
Why must there be an order when joy is an essence?!
Why must there be a turn when joy is omnipresent?!
Is there a front seat or a back seat to joy?
Am I a driving force or an observer?
Joy is all of the above and more.
Joy was yesterday
Joy is today and will be tomorrow
The deciding factor is presence…
Will I be or not…
Joy is a state of being, is it not..
Joy is present in your stillness
It is there in your action
Joy is the fruit of your appreciation..
Oh what joy to know joy!
Face upturned she weeps tears of joy at the sight of her radiant love..
Looking down he zones in on her to end the quest of his search.
The union even undenied by distance, stands transfixed
As each on its own is complete, yet together, magnify love and joy.
Such is this inner-outer self,
As when connected and accepted,
When understood and revered
The union is second to none..
Radiant beams flow from within
As the source to all is tapped,
The union cherished,
No space for division and no power to deny…
Lovers to lovers
In all their realms,
Search, find
And bask in glorious unions…
Hey you!”, said #1
“Come on up here, the view is amazing!”
“I know what you mean!” said #2
Never disagreeing with the man above
“Fine and dandy for them” said #3
“There’s clearly no more room at the top”
“I don’t want to hear your whining!” said #4
turning away
“Quit your bickering” said #5
“At least we are safe down here”
Oblivious to the trials of reaching the top
#6 and 7 are clearly lateral thinkers going their own way!
Have you got to the top of your game?
Are you helping the next man up?
Or are you looking up
Wondering if your success trip is too risky to make?
Wherein lies your real success?
It’s in knowing you are here
In this space
In this time
So whatever your stance
Enjoy the dance
As you reached your destination
On the day of arrival
Top or bottom
Of which ever ladder you choose
Recognize your inherent gifts
Love that instills security
Joy that infuses passion
Gratitude that brings contentment
Tap that source within
Reap the rewards and
The precarious ladder will lose its grip.
Consciousness will become your success!
rhythmandthedancer 