The Journey.

If you are on a journey to find your true self,
you must first have that urge-a very strong thought-desire.
Then you must make some plans- buy a ticket,get a guide book,
save your money etc.
You must be focused and disciplined,
on the things that you know, will help you realize this dream.
You must set aside the time to listen to your soul sing
and you must dance to that song with total abandon.
In this way you will find your way back to where you began
and with Gods grace you will get to stay here.
We have been given this life to burn off old Karma and
realize our true purpose.
Once we have realized our true purpose,
we must fulfill it by doing our duty. One step at a time,
with total commitment
and by always making the choices,
that will get us there the quickest.
Amen!!!

The Unknown.

There comes a time,
when suddenly we find,
that nothing, is as it seems,
and it has tainted all of our dreams.

All of the things,
that were total must haves,
were totally not
and we've been totally had.

We know what we don't want
but what is it we need?
What is our purpose
and what will give us a lead?

I know for me,
it was a prayer for forgiveness,
that planted the seed,
and gave me a lead.

I watered it with kindness,
and fertilized it with sweetness.

I learned to love this small self
and to reach out for help.

We don't have to know where,
we are going,
it's not all,
about knowing.

It's all in the giving.
That's the key to right living.

We start out as a seed
and we grow and we grow.
We reach up to the light,
till it's our time,
to go.

And in the meantime,
we just sit back
and realize,
it's not all,
about knowing.

God has the answers
and He knows where we're going.

Beyond Love.

Love is a longing,
a longing for,
the ultimate disappearing act.

Love allows us to be kind,
when we don't feel like it.
Love allows us to be sweet,
when we feel sour.

Love is a vehicle,
that can transport us,
into the oneness.

Love is emotional
and desirous.
When combined with truth
and humility,
it is beneficial.
An essential part of our growth.

Compassion is love,
without attachment.

Beyond love,
is beyond words
and beyond you,
is the true.

Reckless Hearts.

What moves us,
can only improve us,
but what eludes us,
quite often is what moves us.

Sitting pensively under,
the windswept Banksia,
I feel something stirring inside of me,
that pulls at me for its attention.

To put it into words,
is beyond me.

Sitting by the oceans edge,
the wind buffets around my ears,
mufflering Seagull cries
and half heard lies.

What has stirred me,
turns to discontent.
We all want to connect
but on our own terms,
when it suits us.

There is so much contentment,
wrapped up in acceptance.
No truth has ever been found,
in discontent.

Truth will come after it,
in our willingness,
to end,
the pursuit of joy,
and relax into our beingness,
not trying.

Trying to be cool,
trying to be successful,
trying to be interesting
and trying to be wise.

There's so much freedom,
in letting it be,
of not fixing things,
arranging things,
and disturbing things.

Life just happens,
or does it?
It's when we're alone with our thoughts,
that we are the most damaging.
Damaging our inner peace and innocence,
and damaging our progress.

Should we travel the world,
lost to experiencing
or do we give it all away
and join the Monastery.
Is there a third path,
somewhere in between,
the addict and the ascetic?

I think and know our only hope,
is on that third path.
The path of balance
and the path of surrender
and the path of innocence.

Peace lives here
and cannot be chased after,
or wished for.
We earn it,
in our generosity,
by opening up
and giving to total strangers
and friends alike.

We earn it by being reckless,
with our hearts.
We earn it by not seeing the borders,
or the differences,
or the levels.

We can't fight for peace,
but unrest will happily fight with us.

Peace is emptiness
and peace is everything,
in that emptiness,
in the beyond ness of things.

As I sit with these words,
peace returns.
We can't fight with our demons,
we quite simply,
must just let them go,
and we don't ever,
invite them back.

When we let them go,
love returns.
As we remember to be kind to us,
we find the generosity to,
really love others
and be reckless,
with our hearts.

When we are reckless with our hearts,
the discontentment,
will finally,
pass.

A Love That Pulls Tides.

We can live in the dreams,

of fortune tellers,
or we can live in the past,
the fortune quelled.

 
Or we can go within,

to the great in dweller. 

Who's  the ultimate storyteller,
writing our own best seller.

The past is past,
the future unknown
but here in our midst,
in this moment,
there's a throne. 

It resides in our hearts,
patiently waiting for this moment.
When we finally crack
and cry out for atonement.

He is patiently waiting,
for us all to awaken,
to look into our hearts,
and realize we're mistaken.

All this time we've been looking,
everywhere but inside,
for our joy and our peace
and for a love that pulls tides.

Here in our hearts lies a throne,

of his making,
it's where he resides 
and it is here,
that he's waiting.

When we crack and feel small
and cry out for his help,
it is here in our hearts,
that his love will be felt.

So in those moments of smallness,
when your fears trip you up. 

Surrender to his wisdom
and enter his kingdom
and take a sip,
from his wisdom,
cup.