Poetic Peace Pilgrimage -Year 11 – Day 7 – 12/23/2023
singing light into the dark
connecting with the stillpoint of creation
surrendering to love’s cosmic hum
mirroring nature
standing still like the sun
silently dreaming
on awakening today to the return of light, i savor standing still with the sun for another day, resting in another eternal moment of softening, surrendering to love, shedding outgrown skins, letting go into the flow of grace, re-membering the mantra i recite many times daily over the past ninety-six moonths…
“To be whole, let yourself break.
To be straight, let yourself bend.
To be full, let yourself be empty.
To be new, let yourself wear out.
To have everything, give everything up.
Knowing others is a kind of knowledge;
knowing yourself is wisdom.
conquering yourself is true power.“
~ Lao Tzu ~
yes, today is another day of celebrating the astonishing light of our being by celebrating being in the flow of grace, by letting go to radically re-generate and drop into sacred simplicity, by tuning into the cosmic hum, listening to great silence singing us home to the one heart to dreamweave a world of wisdom and wonder, by welcoming us to the star within, star of onederfield, heaven on earth… sacred space of radiant re-birth…
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“To the Four Winds and the Four Corners of the Earth
To the Falling Rain and the Fire in the Sky
I call on you in Deep Respect and with Great Gratitude.
I call upon you to Support, Guide and Protect
all who receive this prayer.
At this time of quiet and stillness
When the Light of the World is dim
And the Darkness around us deep
May we be still and listen for the silent sound of the
seed of Illumination
That lives, always, within our heart and soul and mind.
May we seek now to awaken to more of the Light within.
For in the dark even the dimmest light can be seen.
In darkness, the faintest flicker of light
Is enough to guide us and show us the way.
May the inner light we now rekindle burn strong and bright.
May it expand and grow throughout the coming year
And may we continue to see, feel, share and
shine our inner light
Into the World
Even as the outer light returns.
And so it is!”
~Edward Mills~
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