Living Well

How is it that our identity expands
and contracts? I say something unloving
with a habitual pattern of criticism,
then surprise myself by coming out with
wisdom beyond my means. Is my soul
attracted to, combined with, influenced
by other unseen sources, or am I a
patchwork of many realities sliding in
and out of characters?

Who are the without-form presences
that whisper in my ear? My fluid
beingness slides between realities.
Voices come from a between-place. I
hesitate to tell you this for I do
not wish to hear you whisper, “crazy.”

Insanity grips us all at times; most
have learned to hide its call behind
the mask of cultural demands. Tell the
truth, which of you has not visited
other-world realities, where nothing
is as it seems?

The truest peace comes
when we are alone with God.
Make time for this gift of serenity.

Sometimes we see a situation in
duality. Everything has its opposite.
Tears and laughter can be the same.
The meanest person can have a tender moment.

Fill your life with that which gives
you contentment. Avoid that which pulls
you down. If you were a at a banquet,
would you choose the foods which make
you ill? Be wise about with whom
you spend your time.

No matter how dire circumstances
can be, there are stars to enjoy,
sunsets every day. If we choose to
ignore beautiful gifts which give
us peace and joy, we choose to
live in turmoil and grief.

Please do not do this for there
is much to fill us with gratitude,
which sweetens the lives of all.

Open my inner knowing.
Take away the veil from my eyes.
Remove all guilt and shame from
my heart. Let no criticism pass
from my lips. Purify me so that
I am a shinning vessel filled
with the Light of Your Love.

When we are authentic,
being our true selves,
we are calm and deliberate.
We do not fret and fear want.
We have no need to over-consume
and hoard, taking only a minimal
amount to sustain us for this moment.

Be open, airy and free;
shake the clod of mud
from your feet, cut the chords
of attachments which bind
you as surely as shackles.
Walk out of your house with hands
empty and never look back.

Live as birds and toads do, free
to fly or hop, to enjoy the blue
skies and clear water, fee to be
exactly they are, a bird or a toad.