Heart Melt

You are the glorious light of dawn, rising out of darkness; You are the sacred presence in a sea of profanity; You are the generously helping hand, in a land of inconsideration; You are the sun-kissed smile, flashing out from within a miasma of indifference; You are the unity of friendship, banishing loneliness; You are the love, tenderly enfolding sorrow; You are the unyielding peace, slowly healing suffering; You are the power of faith, dissolving fear and self-doubt; You are the knowing, shattering ignorance; You are the unblemished perfection, shattering the illusion; You are the self-realization, emerging from forgetfulness. Who are you? You are my all victorious self.

Whirling faces Hearts a crystal chalice Presence pours forth Oh mystic wine. Love overflowing Senses dissolving Dervishes melt in Mustafa's heart, Embrace eternal, kiss of Allah Lost are we in ecstasy. Veils parting Mystic vision revealing One singer, singing One dervish whirling Removing all but Unity. Joy and suffering Now mingling Enter we Rasul's true home, Healing through Allah's sweet Mercy As out upon the world love flows. Never ending Cradle of compassion Embracing all with Life Divine, Revealing One - Thou am I

Gently a kiss upon the lips of my heart, A scented dawn breeze rising to dry the tears From my broken heart; Nay, not broken, only melted   as wax caught in the heat of separation. Softly I whisper: Beloved are you there? And find the answer in my tears.

I was broken, And made deaf to the world; So I prayed: Beloved, will I ever hear thee again? The Beloved answered: You will hear again with My ears . I was broken, And blinded to all the beauty I once saw; So I prayed: Beloved, will I ever see thee again? The Beloved answered: You will see again with My eyes . I was broken, And knew nothing that I thought I once knew; So I prayed: Beloved, will I ever know thee again? The Beloved answered: You will know again with My knowing. I was broken, And had lost my way; So I prayed: Beloved, will I ever find thee again? The Beloved answered: You will find me again through My guidance. I was broken, And felt so alone; So I prayed: Beloved, will I ever be united with thee again? The Beloved answered: Make me a reality and I will make you the Truth!

Light, like water Seeps into small cracks and gaps in our heart Opened by pain or longing.   Knowing or unknowingly we awake!

To see without seeing; Act without acting; Be without being.  This is The pathless path, Walked without effort.  

Such a quiet hour sounds the 3 Bells, Who'd imagine such a tumultuous storm, thoughts flying everywhere! I don't run, I anchor myself to my Zafu and hold fast to my breathing - in, out, in, out,  innnnn, oooooout. Suddenly the storm passes, as it always does; Then clear fathomless sky everywhere, into which I joyfully loose myself!  

We come to run among her toes, climb upon her belly, be healed by her presence. Rock Mother enjoys it all, and all who come are blessed.  

Living in the guts of the world, No punches pulled here,  Spirit is raw but real, vital. Spirit work here is hard, Accomplished by being present until trust sets in, and by deeds, deeds are real, not like wishes or idle talk.   Spirit workers here fit no mold, they are present, enduring and very strong!  

So still these battlegrounds, upon early Winters arrival. One can see the spirits of the soldiers talking; They Speak now, softly of their regrets and losses: The best solution to conflict is peace. Listen to the dead, they'll tell you, Listen to the dead, they know.    

In the depth of night, when you are alone with her light, do you see the cosmos melting in love? Can you feel that heat? It is a great yearning that meets your eyes, that melts rock and awakens atoms from sleep;   The ardour of creation c onsumes itself for the want of existence, l iving by the fire of angel's longing.