self
understanding
each experience
that connects me
back to the Source
offers a glimpse
into my true self
the rebirth
on this path of Heart
a time will come
when you will bathe
in love
oozing from
every atom
of every corner
there will be no running away
from anything
because in surrender
you will receive
what was waiting for you
what was always yours
strangers will no longer appear
to be ‘strange’
and you will begin to see yourself
in every face you meet
trees, birds, flowers, heavens
will welcome you with laughter
and you will feel yourself
pulsating with the life force
that guides
every being into action
your core will expand
in that fuzzy warmth
and you will feel
deep, pure love
overflowing for yourself,
for every atom in existence
you will begin to see
how to hurt another
only means hurting
your own self
and how a small act
of reaching out
can turn a life around
you will delight in connecting
with everything you touch
and all that enters
the realm of your senses
that have now suddenly
come alive
while experiencing ‘life’
you will often drown
in a flood of laughter and tears
only to be reborn
again and again
in those sacred moments
this experience
will engrave itself
in every cell of your body –
a remembrance
of what you had forgotten
a shedding of all
this world made you believe
after the unveiling
of the Miracle of miracles
as you come home
to yourself
no ’other’ will remain
with every breath, my love
you will now begin to feel
a mergence
with the Infinite
…..
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unravel
as you slowly reveal
me to myself
through every experience
may I only become
a heart that bleeds love
a soul that pours light
untouched melody
there is pain
that lies hidden away
the pain whose source is unknown,
where it originates, why it is there
an almost unbearable heaviness
as if a huge tragedy transpired before
perhaps in some other lifetime
as if memory of the experience
has faded away
but the agony, the pathos still remain
a sorrow I can drown myself in
a loss, a separation, a heartache
that consumes me at times
and stirs up the unknown,
the unanswered questions,
the endless pain
that flows so smoothly
when little things, their deeper perception
spoken words, their hidden silences
a knowing touches me so
it is often then
that a liberating realization,
a strange yet familiar feeling
breaks open the shell
that encloses my understanding
of the world around me
of the depths of my own soul
∙ tenderheartmusings ∙ 