The Embrace of Divine Shattering

There is wisdom in insecurity,
Protection in fear,
Knowledge in regret,

Awakening in suffering.

If you are being shattered,
is there really any way to stop it?
Yet there is always a way of return.
It resides in a knowing

deep at the root of our being.

If you have not been shattered,
you cannot find this 'way' to awakening,
to be reborn from the chains
of limitation and conditioning.

In shattering
The breath stops,
The heart cracks open,
Through the openings a breeze arises

as the breath of Allah.

Now is the time to let go!

It is the way to give a broken heart

the promise of healing by this blessed Breath.

Let yourself be empty now and simply present

to this new life as it heals and enfolds you in nearness,

where one step spans a thousand years in the way.

Oh lover,

Know that when your heart is shattered

it brings intimacy, and then,

though you may not see the face of the Beloved,

you certainly feel Her longing embrace.