Everywhere you look; everywhere you are — there is only life …
Everywhere, in every moment, there is only the Soul of breathing; only the essence of Breath.

This is what many call “God” (or “Allah” … or “Jehovah” … or “Yahweh” … or “Buddha” … or “Prana” … or “Chi”) …
It is all around you … all within you … filling every cell of your body … filling every inkling of your time.

This is the Divine, and It — by whatever name, is always (and in all Ways) both within & all around you …
It is there … It is here … It is the enemy … It is the friend … It is me — & everything that isn’t me.

And yet, even though It always IS, It is not always poignant.
Indeed, many times we forget that It IS, and therefore — far too often, It is not …

Indeed, It is only alive & vibrant when we choose to make it so …
It IS, only when we act accordingly … In essence, It IS — only when we ARE.

As for me, the Divine, by whatever name, is my Beloved … And as I do so adore It and this gloriously, brilliantly conscious life with which It has blessed me — and as It can only BE when I AM, then — at the very least for today, to the Divine’s perfect LOVE, I will be true.

Out beyond all notions of wrong-doing & right-doing there is indeed a life-laden field;
a field of Compassion … a field of Caring … a field of Love for Love’s sake … a field of LOVE in-Deed.

Maybe just for today, won’t you join me there?

Maybe just for today, will you put aside your own yearning for the Light, and choose to be another’s lamp?

Maybe just for today, will you put aside your own fears of drowning, and choose to be another’s lifeboat?

Maybe just for today, will you put aside your own dreams of climbing the Mountain, and choose to be another’s ladder?

Maybe just for today — maybe just for one extended instant, will you walk out of your house and choose not to be a “success”, but rather to be a shepherd?

Maybe just for today, will you find a wounded Soul nearby — and be the subtle smile that heals?

Amen … Let it be so.
(inspired by Jalal ad-Hin Rumi)

 

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