“In the secret recesses of the heart
beyond the teachings of this world
calls a still, small voice
singing a song unchanged
from the foundation of the world.
Speak to me in sunsets and in starlight.
Speak to me in the eyes of a child.
You Who call to me from a smile.
My cosmic beloved…
Tell me who I am
And who I always will be.
Help me to remember.”
Joan Borysenko
~
Self is what you are
Fathomless
Self is the Heart
It shines to ItSelf by ItSelf
in ItSelf…
Self is what gives breath to life…
Only Self is…
Self is the indwelling of all beings
It is always here
And you are always That
It is your Heart
…all comes back to the Heart…
Papaji
Excerpts from:
The Truth Is
~*~
Thank you Dearest Christine...It appears everything is bringing us Home.
ReplyDeletexoxo
-L.
Everything, even pain and heartache... :)
ReplyDelete"Help me to remember", I love that.
ReplyDeleteAnd what can use words in a more evocative way than poetry?
Thanks!
Thank You! ZDS :) Did you see the Mary Oliver interview?
ReplyDeleteAs a very wise young man once said...there comes a point where you realize it's ALL poetry.
ReplyDelete:)
Beautiful Maria :)
ReplyDeleteAhhhh - Beloved Life! - looking and always finding, finding the inescapable Self.
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful post: what an inspired idea to link a question with the answer in two lucid quotes.
Thank you dear One ~ ml
And thank you Dear ml for your "seeing" of it :) The beautiful interplay of the "cosmic Beloved."
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful....thank you for this today.
ReplyDelete"My" pleasure :)
ReplyDelete"Everything, even pain and heartache..." - Yes.
ReplyDelete♥
Beautiful! Leads me on to Thich Nhat Hanh's poem Call Me By My True Name.
ReplyDeleteGenju ~ I just went on line to read his poem, as I was not familiar with it. Beautiful... "I", of course, is everything...
ReplyDeleteYou might like this one:
ReplyDeleteI am not I.
I am this one
Walking beside me whom I do not see,
Whom at times I manage to visit,
And whom at other times I forget;
The one who remains silent when I talk,
The one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,
The one who takes a walk where I am not,
The one who will remain standing when I die.
Juan Ramon Jimenez
Translated by Robert Sly
Yes, lovely! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI have not seen the Mary Oliver interview. Where will I find it?
ReplyDeleteZDS - Sent it to you via email just now :)
ReplyDelete