“The Holy Water

No one lives outside the walls of this sacred place, existence.
The holy water, I need it upon my eyes: it is you, dear, you – each form.

What mother would lose her infant? And we are that to God,
never lost from His gaze are we. Every cry of the heart
is attended by light’s own arms.

You cannot wander anywhere that will not aid you.
Anything you can touch – God brought it into
the classroom of your mind.

Differences exist, but not in the city of love.
Thus my vows and yours, I know they are the same.

I have just peeled the skin from the potato
and you are still contemplating its worth,
sweetheart; indeed there are wonderful nutrients in all,
for God made everything.

You joined our community at birth.
With your Father being who He is, what do the
world’s scales know of your precious value.
The priest and the prostitute – they weigh the same before the Son’s
immaculate being,
but who can bear that truth and freedom,
so a wise man adulterated the
scriptures;
every wise man knows this.

My soul’s face has revealed its beauty to me;
why was it shy so long, didn’t it know how this made me suffer
and weep?

A different game He plays with His close ones.
God tells us truths you would not believe,
for most everyone needs to limit His compassion; concepts of
right and wrong preserve the golden seed
until one of God’s friends comes along and tends your body
like a divine bride.

The Holy sent out a surveyor to find the limits of its compassion
and being.
God knows a divine frustration whenever He acts like that,
for the Infinite has
no walls.

Why not tease Him about this?
Why not accept the freedom of what it means
for our Lord to see us
as Himself.

So magnificently sovereign is our Lover; never say,
“On the other side of this river a different King rules.”
For how could that be true – for nothing can oppose Infinite strength.

No one lives outside the walls of this sacred place, existence.

The holy water my soul’s brow needs is unity.
Love opened my eye and I was cleansed
by the purity of each
form.”

Rabia al-Adawiyya

“There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return…

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

Nelson Mandela, born on this day in 1918

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day!”

From Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne, born on this day in 1882

“Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.”

Benjamin Franklin, born on this day in 1706

“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”

Susan Sontag, born on this day in 1933

“If you can’t be a pine at the top of the hill,
be a shrub in the valley – but be
The best little shrub on the side of the hill,
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.
If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail
If you can’t be a sun, be a star;
For it isn’t by size that you win or fail –
Be the best of whatever you are.”

Dr Martin Luther King Jr, born on this day in 1929

“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it.

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.”

Albert Schweitzer, born on this day in 1875

“The stars speak through the stones. Light shines in the densest matter. Heaven and Earth are one. Our physical beings and our heavenly souls are united in the Mystery of Being.”

Philip Carr-Gomm

“Tasting dark chocolate,
A ripe apricot,
A luscious elixir –
Savour the expanding joy in your body.
Nature is offering herself to you.
How astonishing
To realize this world can taste so good.

When sipping some ambrosia,
Raise your glass,
Close your eyes,
Toast the universe.
The Sun and Moon and Earth
Danced together
To bring you this delight.
Receive the nectar on your tongue
As a kiss of the divine.”

From The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche, a contemporary interpretation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra

“Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”

Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, on this day in 1935