I've Been "Seeing" Aspects of Myself...

Pablo Picasso

I've been "seeing" aspects of myself, 

my ordinary self that have been difficult to see, to bear. 

Yet this is necessary, 

for the old ways/aspects to drop off 

so something new can enter. 

All one can do is ask for help, 

guidance, and that's actually a lot...

for to see these things in my self, 

in a part of my self, is a big thing and to ask for help in a real place, 

in a sincere part of me. 

It has been humbling, good, 

and something that is difficult at the same time.

~M

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Ready Am I to Go...

Tammie Dickerson

Ready am I to go, 

and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind.

Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, 

only another loving look cast backward,

And then I shall stand among you, 

a seafarer among seafarers.

And you, vast sea, sleeping mother,

Who alone are peace and freedom to the river and the stream,

Only another winding will this stream make, 

only another murmur in this glade, 

And then I shall come to you, 

a boundless drop to a boundless ocean. 

~Khalil Gibran

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A Drop in a River Begins Small...

A drop in a river begins small, 

somewhere in the forest, 

and gathers more water and life to itself 

upon its journey from the mountains back to the ocean. 

Eventually, as it perseveres, 

it joins with trillions and trillions of water molecules — 

all moving in a massive rhythm of oneness. 

One by one, the droplets evaporate as mist into the sky 

and eventually begin their journey again.

Not so unlike our lives, and lifetimes. 

We feel separate but with hydrogens in a higher state, 

we are part of the oneness. 

Eventually, we will learn fully that we are eternal as we change forms. 

What a gift this life is!

~E

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Mervyn Spent Time Writing...

Mervyn spent time writing with such detail  

about the moments of his life in which REAL memories had formed, 

those moments of higher understanding 

which he strung together like a beautiful row of pearls. 

Not just in his own heart, 

but so very clearly and poetically for us, his students. 

And he left us moments of beauty 

which would unfold later, 

as we evolved, and blossom in our hearts, 

creating moments of higher understanding; 

that string of pearls is still unfolding.

~J

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The Color of Your Ocean Will Change...

The Color of Your Ocean Will Change

It is possible that just a drop of dye from

a vial the Friend holds could change the color 

of an ocean.

I know I have talked about this in different

poems, this basic concept,

but will now say it from a slightly different

angle in case that first arrow I shot completely

missed.

The presence of a Perfect One reaches a seed that

is planted in you,

and from that divine warmth, God will lose His

shyness, thaw as it were, and no matter what now,

Now matter what you do , the sacred will begin to 

grow inside. The color of your ocean will change.

The drop of holy water, the needed dye, has 

touched your forehead,

the air did that to you at birth, as did the first

hands that touched you,

and the soft walls - so many times- of your

Mother's  womb you lay against.

~Hafiz

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