Who Are We ?

“If we come to sleep

we are His drowsy ones

And if we come to wake

we are in His hands

If we come to weeping

we are His cloud full of raindrops

And if we come to laughing

we are His lightning in that moment

If we come to anger and battle

it is the reflection of His wrath

And if we come to peace and pardon

it is the reflection of His love

Who are we in this complicated world?”

― Rumi

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Who are we?

Who are we in this complicated worth

with its polarity

its dualism

with it mad politicians

and its complexity?

who are we in this world

which so often makes no sense?

where the good suffer

and the evil flourish?

who are we in this place where guns

and greed are worshiped

and children are left hungry

and ill?

we are the bearers of the Sacred

we must never forget

the abyss

"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous." --THOMAS MERTON

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O Lord

this is the day you have made

and in this day

we will eat and drink

we will drive

and play Words with Friends on our cell phones

we will go to work

and suffer through meetings

we will do the tasks placed in front of us

and perhaps

perhaps

even do a charitable act or two

but Lord

on this Hollows Eve

the greatest specter

that haunts our way

is not the costume bedecked child

is not the horrible boss

is not the inept politician who raises our ire

is not the person who makes our lives miserable

it is empty space

it is the abyss

between ourselves

and our selves

help us this day

O Lord

to connect with ourselves

to be in touch

intimate

with that person within

who is most “us”

and with that person within

who is

YOU

and being so connected

enable us to walk through our days

aware

aware of love

of life

of ourselves

and of others

otherwise Lord

it is

a

disaster!

AMEN

Sacred Space

There is no spot on earth that ever became sacred until something danced there;

Maybe it was just an atom or two….

There is no place in existence that ever became sacred until something sang there

Even be it just a molecule. 

That is enough

I hear they croon all the time

                                       Hafiz

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some talk about the lessons of trial

and suffering

and call them necessary

for spiritual growth

some (including Jesus) hint that

falling

precedes

rising

Ah yes

There is something in that

but it is not only

pain and suffering

blood and tears that mark a space sacred

so does joy

and celebration

and love