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Love is Cruel

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O’ Seeker of secrets
Traveller of the untrodden path
Do not retreat in your footsteps
When you face the cruelty of Love

Love does not announce her presence
She forces you to seek door to door
Until you discover her hiding place
And understand her priceless worth

Love comes in the darkness of the night
Splashing water on those who sleep
This is when she undresses
Long before the rooster crows

Love ties knots inside your stomach
The Lover loses pleasure of food
For pleasures act as dusty veils
Blanketing the beauty of Love

Love carries an axe and hammer
Tearing apart all that you know
Your foundation must be broken
So you may be resurrected anew

Love has many stages
Blocked by obstacles of fire
Your dirt calls for purification
If you wish to climb her ladder

Love pushes you to your limits
That moment you scream no more
For in that moment you are done
Love requires your quiet surrender

Do not be disheartened
O’ traveller of the way
You have chosen wisely
And love is always there to help

You face great hardships
But with Love, your burden is less
You have chosen your eternal self
And that alone is worth the task

The Opener

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Don’t become angry
If you knock and no one opens the door
Understand you are early
While the Opener
Is always on time

Take a seat and wait
Talk with the people and laugh
Pour yourself a drink to drink
Or rest quietly
Till your time arrives

Wait there in patience
Practice how to BE
Dissolve expectations
Fate has its appointed times

When the door opens
You will find yourself confused
The help you were in need of
No longer exists
For in quiet acceptance
All problems are cured

Sometimes it seems like
Your prayer is unanswered
But a secret door opens
And your troubles are removed

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The Search For ‘God’ (28/30)

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Cleverness doesn’t matter
In the search for God
So let us stop this thinking
And silence these words

A father cannot pick up
A child that runs wild
The One will always find us
If we just sit still

Simply surrender yourself
Thoughts and desires
He’ll break you into pieces
And build you anew

He will show you His power
Deep inside your heart
He has made this His palace
With walls of His light

This is the divine vessel
That guides you aright
When in silent surrender
It is brought to life

This is where he keeps His Grace
Prayers from the Heart
Are arrows pointed to God
Flying to the sky, answered

The heart contains the great Truth
The purpose of life
A Love you can’t imagine
One I can’t describe

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Illumination (12/30)

enlightenment

Illumination

Accept with quiet patience

Have faithful trust in the One

Illumination

Surrender yourself to Mercy

Receive a beautiful growth

Illumination

Surrender yourself to Life

Receive secrets from your Self

Illumination

Let your soul become a sail

Moved by the winds of Spirit

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This is called the Katauta. Pretty easy if you want to try it! …. Off to work – Wishing you all a beautiful and blessed day (or night) 🙂

Oneness (5/30)

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Tomorrow’s a really busy day for me and so I decided to cheat a little and write tomorrow’s poem for NaPoWriMo today. Please don’t tell on me! 😉

One
Being
Love explodes
Manifesting
Creation of worlds
Multiple divisions
Ying Yang, Divine balancing
Disturbed by this human free will
Return’s possible with surrender
Letting go in faith is our one hope

The easiest thing is to be extreme
Embrace the path of moderation
Dissolve in Sacred harmony
Nature needs to take its course
Live life with your essence
See how things unfold
All the chaos
disappears
you are
One

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THis is the Etheree. Again, a thank you to Kirsten who has provided a post explaining 30 different forms for the 30 poem challenge this month. You can find it at: http://kirstenuninterrupted.wordpress.com/april-poetry-forms/

The World of Love

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Leave this world of death behind
With its stench of vile desires
Where corpses reason in the name of God
In constant argument with one another

Inhale my breath and come to life
Be born again to the world of Love
Roam the streets in child-like wonder
Where we worship in dance and song

See that man? He’s a lover
Befriend the friends of God
Radiating, their joy is infectious
You’ll fall over yourself in laughter

This world is the world of surrender
Give up hopes and all expectation
Now take a deep breath
Fill your lungs with freedom

But where is that man
Who wore religious garbs;
Standing a top of the pulpit
Spewing anger at the sinners

Perhaps in another place
Maybe a paradise of sorts
But not here my dearest Lover
No space for an atom of hate

In this world of Love

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A Heart of Love

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Standing in submission
My heart begins to expand
It spreads like an Ocean
But its depth has no end

Drowned in the water
Consumed by my heart
My muscles are paralyzed
There is no swimming back

I drift deeper and deeper
Staring in amazement
This place is not a myth
There’s a world inside

I reach a place of quiet
Unable to think a thought
There is no movement
Only stillness and peace

The stillness remains
Yet I am moved
My eyes are opened
Everything is so clear

Is the sun lost in the water?
No, I see myself
I am the Light of this world

The light remains
And I am moved
To the place of places
The water is so warm

My being is surrendered
I let myself drown
For now I know
There is no death

For the heart that is Love

Being Open

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Accept things with joyful smiles
Keys are forged in surrender
The ‘practice’, opening the door of hearts
The place of receiving

Receiving Grace
Waters the seed of Life
Bringing growth to your soul
And purifying the dirt inside

Soul alive
It slowly spreads
Become consumed
Radiate light and love

In quiet surrender
Keep receiving
Feel the Life
Inside your life

Its warm and quiet
alive and vibrant
It moves your being
Guiding you to life Divine

In still acceptance
No thoughts and want
You become a sacred vessel
Where He worships He

In surrender, dissolve in self
Do nothing but follow
Moved in loving worship
There are a thousand different ways

The deeper your surrender
The more life in your soul
In experience of infinite Reality
You pass stages of different sorts

I’m just a baby here
Grateful for my Life anew
What I thought was my soul
Was not that, not at all

Love is Life

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The universe breathes the air of love,
And so it exists in dance and song,
The heavens beneath and those above,
The ecstatic rhythm beats so strong.

Cascading Melody of Cosmic Time,
Singing in the Vast Unknown,
Soothes my Soul with Melodious Rhyme
As Starlight Rains from Heaven’s Throne.

What else but Love could move such things,
The power of life, gentle and warm,
All of Nature and Heaven Rings,
Those who love fear not storms.

Yet Life may turn upon the Blade,
Dreams may unravel by ruse and guile,
Wandering Amidst the Masquerade,
My Love Seeks Yours to Rest and Smile.

Love, then, is Life and Life is Love,
When Abiding in Grace Above

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This work was written in collaboration with Morgan at http://booknvolume.com/ She has also, written a dark version in response to this peice that you can find on her blog.

Not only has she encouraged and helped me with my writing she is one of the kindest souls I have met on this site. I should also mention her poetry is absolutely beautiful. I definitely recommend checking out her blog and following. You won’t be disappointed! A BIG thank you to Morgan 🙂

Help the World

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You cannot give what you do not have

Finding yourself is not ignoring the world

In reality, it’s the only way of helping all

When you uncover your essential self

You realize you are Love

and Love is you

In this state and only in this state

Will you bring help to a chaotic world

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This short piece was inspired by two of my favourite people. Line at http://pathsofthespirit.wordpress.com/ and Brad at http://writingtofreedom.wordpress.com/ A big thank you to them 🙂