World Undone

It is not to be learned by world-flight, running away from things

Turning solitary and going apart from the world.

Rather, one must learn an inner solitude, wherever of with whomsoever he may be

              Meister Esckhart,

              from Blakney, Meister Eckhart: a Modern Translation

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Right now I would like to run away

Find that solitary place where I could live

In a world of God’s making

Far from the sad reality that this world

Is being un made by humans

I am surrounded by events that confuse and frighten

By people who, clearly evil, find success

By peddling hate

I feel the world come undone

Yes, I would like to run away

But here I am

Trump, global warming, Putin

Racism, greed, hate, Syria, Israel

(you may not agree with me about the content of the mess

 But I doubt if you can disagree there is one)

Ah, may I learn to go within

And find that place where Sacred Presence dwells

The Kingdom of God is within

It is near

May I go there

And embrace the Sacred

And rest gently in Her arms