Invisible Acts of Love

The way the soft, silent morning air

kisses your flesh so lightly,

all worry flees.

A still pond at sunrise

Reflects a vast blue sky

 announcing a new day 

filled with promise and possibilities 

as endless as the sky itself.

The crowns of palms stirring sunlight 

reminds you of your own regal height.

while a tiny bird lands nearby and twittering

bids you a joyous invitation 

to the present moment.

Asleep and unseen yet, 

your lover

makes the coffee strong the way you like it

as the last star fades overhead,

light dissolving into light 

reminding you of your own brief breath,

and your infinite, eternal nature.

Do not miss these invisible acts of love,

Notice how gloriously blessed

 we truly are.

ATONE

I long to round the urban corner, 

Leave behind measurements of distance,

Doings and achievements, 

Fall

Into that sweet field, 

The one that Rumi speaks of,

Where we somersault

Free of our judgments

Of Right, Wrong, Good, Bad

And One Another. 

I long to achieve a perception of you, 

That no longer requires me to tolerate, accept or forgive you, 

A perception that never demands 

That you be any different than you are.

Until I round that corner,

Until I meet you in that field of love,

I pray to do the next best thing:

Atone for my judgments.

AND BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE

The final obstacle is the intention;

It is the egos clever decision to do whatever it takes

To make itself happy, even if it means living an unselfish life,

Even if it means thinking of others and putting their needs and wants first.

But this is doomed thinking. 

Action based on any agenda to serve the self is futile.

It will not get you into heaven because heaven 

is the surrender of self and self concern. 

Serenity, Joy and the infinite energy of Love

is available only to those who discard their attachments, 

any and all attachments to gaining anything at all. 

There can be no fear and no thought of scarcity. 

There need be no Leap of Faith

Because this implies that at the end of that leap

You will be saved.

No,

 there must be a complete and total acquiescence,

A giving up entirely. 

No redemption, illumination, nor heavenly reward,

Just the true Dark Night of the Soul..

The deep and complete release from all desires..

Nothing is left but nothing,

Infinite darkness,

Silent and empty

Of hope, of beliefs, of needs.

This is where God’s great gift is hidden,

In this last place, beyond even the looking for God.

When the delusion 

That we ourselves are not God finally collapses, 

We are left with what we had all along 

Hoped was true,

We are all our very own super heroes, 

Capable of the greatest of feats,

 Rescuing goodness for goodness sake;

                                                           Being Good for Goodness Sake