Time for Transfiguration

" Dislike in yourself

what you dislike in others. "

- Hazrat Ali Ibn Abi Talib

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there it is

I see it

that speck in the other’s eye

I see their intolerance

their fear

their prejudice

their greed

their lack of compassion

I see so much I hate

and then I look in the mirror

and if I am honest

if I have the courage to see

there are the things I hate

staring back at me

time for transfiguration

flow Spirit, flow!

may the Sacred in me empower me

to find beauty in the other

and beauty in me

grace