Posts Tagged "Danna Faulds"
Pairs of Opposites
I was born to bridge the pairs of opposites, to span the apparent distance between light and dark, joy and sorrow. I exist to see past differences, to open my arms so wide that all I can see and know and be is inside my reach. I am here to give and receive love; so closely attuned to All That Is that breathing is an act of passionate attraction. I am not caught, but freed by the...
Read MoreThis Surprising Truth
Leaves in a Fountain by Alix King This I say from my dwelling place within your heart: Do not miss me in your focus on transcendence. Look closely the world. I am the orange glow of dawn, sun the color of monk’s robes shining equally upon all beings. I am your frustration as you seek me and come up empty. I am the dusty web you sweep down from the ceiling, and the spider who races into...
Read MoreIt’s What We Are
Beneath the seething sea of feelings, sense impressions, thoughts and interactions the ground of being rests. Like bedrock on the ocean floor it forms a container for the psyche. It’s the source of the “something more” we’re always looking for. It’s here, not somewhere different. It’s now, not tomorrow or next year. Sinking into its support, we find...
Read MoreSomething To Give Back
Here is my deepest and most pleasing secret; I have something to give back to the Creator. It is no material thing, this offering, but the emanation of my being, a wordless rejoicing, spirit giving back to spirit, my life as heart-felt offering. What I give is taken in with such unquestioning acceptance, a receptivity so vast that I want to pour myself out until nothing more of me is left,...
Read MoreThe Taste of Truth
For the moment I’ve stopped struggling. The undertow tugs at my clothes and the current takes me where it will. Surrender sounds like defeat but this tastes like victory the sweet release into something open empty yet complete. My heart speaks instructing me to relinquish all control, I close my eyes and see myself dissolving while remaining whole. When at last I am delivered gasping to the...
Read MoreShort Prayer of Thanks
Lord, thank you for this time to be, to see and live in harmony. Thank you for sanctifying each act and thought, for teaching me that the heart’s expansion and contraction is just a natural part of being human. Thank you for accepting my many imperfections hanging out for all to see like laundry on the line. Thank you for showing me with such equanimity that life is so much wider than my...
Read MoreThe Essence of My Practice
My practice moves from edge to edge, exploring the limits of a stretch, the inner realm of energy and breath. Each movement plumbs new depths of self-awareness. Who am I now, and now, and now? Who holds this pose with single-pointed focus, or loses the thread of breath and stops to find the center once again? Have I reached my full expression, or is there another defensive layer I can...
Read MoreThe Essence of My Practice
My practice moves from edge to edge, exploring the limits of a stretch, the inner realm of energy and breath. Each movement plumbs new depths of self-awareness. Who am I now, and now, and now? Who holds this pose with single-pointed focus, or loses the thread of breath and stops to find the center once again? Have I reached my full expression, or is there another defensive layer I can shed? When...
Read MoreThe Taste of Truth
For the moment, I’ve stopped struggling. The undertow tugs at my clothes and the current takes me where it will. Surrender sounds like defeat, but this tastes like victory, the sweet release into something open, empty, yet complete. My heart speaks, instructing me to relinquish all control. I close my eyes, and see myself dissolving while remaining whole. When, at last, I am delivered...
Read MoreJust For Now
Just for now, without asking how, let yourself sink into stillness. Just for now, lay down the weight you so patiently bear upon your shoulders. Feel the earth receive you, and the infinite expanse of sky grow even wider as your awareness reaches up to meet it. Just for now, allow a wave of breath to enliven your experience. Breathe out whatever blocks you- from the truth. Just for now, be...
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