God and I are "like this"

Forget about enlightenment

Sit down wherever you are

And listen to the wind singing in your veins

                                      John Welwood

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Oh Lord

So often I try to force feed myself

Enlightenment

I try to read, and study, write

My way to a place of deeper spirituality

Of greater closeness to you

I want to feel the rich presence

Of your Spirit

The secret in me

The mystery

And in that presence find

You

And find myself

Lord, this day

Help me to put down my books

My papers

Slow down my mind

Help me to return

To my breath

My breath

Your breath (the moving Spirit)

And notice the mountain

And the trees

The gentleness of the wind caressing my face

The warmth of the autumn sun

The smell of fall

May I notice my true self

And

You

And know

We are “like this”