Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol VIII (Jan thru Oct 2014)
…a few of the in-Sight-full sayings & inspirational images that I have been blessed to gently gather while wandering along my Way
…a few of the in-Sight-full sayings & inspirational images that
I have been blessed to gently gather while wandering along my Way
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There is a Field …<br />
(02/01/<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Everywhere you look; everywhere you are -- <strong>the</strong>re is only life ...<br />
Everywhere, in every moment, <strong>the</strong>re is only <strong>the</strong> Soul of breathing; only <strong>the</strong><br />
essence of Breath … This is what many call "God" (or "Allah", or "Jehovah", or<br />
"Yahweh", or "Buddha", or "Prana", or "Chi") ... It is all around you -- all within<br />
you -- filling every cell of your body -- filling every inkling of your time. This is<br />
<strong>the</strong> Divine, and It -- by whatever name, is always (and in all Ways) both within &<br />
all around you … It is <strong>the</strong>re -- It is here -- It is <strong>the</strong> enemy -- It is <strong>the</strong> friend -- It is<br />
me … & everything that isn’t me.<br />
And yet, even though It always IS, It is not always poignant. Indeed, many<br />
times we forget that It IS, and <strong>the</strong>refore – as a result, at least in those moments It is<br />
not ... For indeed, It is only alive & vibrant when we choose to make it so -- It IS,<br />
but only when we act accordingly … In essence, It IS – but only when we ARE.<br />
As for me, <strong>the</strong> Divine -- by whatever name, is my Beloved. And as I do so<br />
adore It and this gloriously, brilliantly conscious life with which It has blessed me<br />
-- and as It can only BE when I AM, <strong>the</strong>n -- at <strong>the</strong> very least for today, to <strong>the</strong><br />
Divine’s perfect LOVE, I will be true.<br />
Out beyond all notions of wrong-doing & right-doing <strong>the</strong>re is indeed a lifeladen<br />
field; a field of Compassion -- a field of Caring -- a field of Love for Love's<br />
sake -- a field of LOVE in-Deed … Maybe just for today, won't you join me <strong>the</strong>re?<br />
Maybe just for today, will you put aside your own yearning for <strong>the</strong> Light,<br />
and choose to be ano<strong>the</strong>r's lamp? … Maybe just for today, will you put aside your<br />
own fears of drowning, and choose to be ano<strong>the</strong>r's lifeboat? … Maybe just for<br />
today, will you put aside your own dreams of climbing <strong>the</strong> Mountain, and choose<br />
to be ano<strong>the</strong>r's ladder? … Maybe just for today -- maybe just for one extended<br />
instant, will you walk out of your house and choose not to be a "success", but<br />
ra<strong>the</strong>r to be a shepherd? … Maybe just for today, will you find a wounded Soul<br />
nearby -- and be <strong>the</strong> subtle smile that heals?<br />
Amen ... Let it be so.<br />
(inspired by Jalal ad-Hin Rumi)<br />
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