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The Oak That Grows
By Grace there has been
a fierce love of life,
love of love,
love of truth,
planted in the heart
as a tiny tender seed.That seed grows
in the soil of mess and muck,
where unmet and unseen
feelings of life live.Where the hardship and sorrow,
fear and loneliness,
doubt and confusion,
lack of self love
and self acceptance
are abundant.Yet that hardy seed still grows.
Not in spite of, but because of.It finds its roots, its stem, its leaves
in amongst depression and grief,
hopelessness and despair,
and it used them as fuel
for a it’s tender blossoming
fruit and flower.That seed grows into a mighty oak.
And that oak knows the true meaning
of unconditional love and acceptance.
That oak knows its Self.Its fruition may have been hard won,
fought in the mud and messiness of life.
But in that messiness
was found to be true harmony.It was found to be all.
It was found to be Self.It was found to be HOME.
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In the Fire of Life
I invite you into the fire of life
where the light burns so brightly
on all that is.The uncomfortable and unfathomable
truth and rawness of this moment
is inescapable and unyielding
leaving no choice but to surrender.The fire burns bright tonight
and with this
the ground shifts beneath your feet.The stability that felt hard won
is gone in an instant
taking with it
all sense of knowing
all sense of certainty.Your heart burns bright
cracking open
with aliveness
with all possibilitiesAll that is
all that was
all that can be
held in the infinite fiery embrace
of this moment.Resistance is futile here
for there is space for it all.
Yes even resistance itself.The heart surrenders
the fever breaks
and with it
rushes in
a sense of awe and wonder
that even this
yes
even thiscan be included
in your storyof life.
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Find Your Biggest Fear
find your biggest fear
and make friends with itget to know its nature
its form
its depth
its layers
its seeming bindslet awareness penetrate and
light up the corners
of your existence
so that the shadows
have nowhere left to hide -
The Sweetness of an Open Heart
There are none so bright and full of love
than those that have allowed life to penetrate them fully.
Cracked open so immensely and felt so deeply
the depth and breadth of their experiencing.
Leaving no stone unturned, no shadow unseen, no feeling unmet.
Those that have surrendered so tenderly
to the acknowledgement that they know nothing.
That they are but a whisper on the lips of life,
carried in the arms of Grace,
and held in the groundlessness of Being itself.
Their cracked open heart laid gently to rest
at the feet of their very own beloved Self. -
Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off
Sometimes life brings you to your knees.Floors you with it’s strong wisdom.Shows you where the shadows still lie.Where the aspects of yourself are that still go unmet.It’s a calling that when ignoredscreamsandkicksandshoutsto be seen, to be heard.It’s a gut punch of a momentone that takes the breath awayand leaves all else quivering in its wake.All else stops.So you stop with itclose the eyesand listen.Listen to where life is taking you.Listen to what life is showing you.Listen to your heart, to your soul, to your Being.No more strategiesNo more solutionsNo more resistanceNo more avoidanceJust simply what is.And in that silenceall is found.All the messall the heartbreakall the mistrustbeing met fully.All the darkness comes into the light.The opening of yourself so vast that the edge is never metThe melting of all the hurt and violence into acceptance and love.Love wins out.And so you pick yourself upand dust yourself offand on you goheart fully cracked openwith love. -
The Head or the Heart
There’s a constant
exploration of life
that is immediate.To listen to your body,
your physical response to life,
your intuitive knowingness.
The pull towards yes or no.Not on an intellectual level,
but on a physical level
of what’s right or wrong
for you in that moment.And we are conditioned to override this all the time.
There’s a bravery
and a risk
to listening to that intuition.
Your heart,
your physical
response and reaction
to life.Often it can go against
everything that you think you know.But it’s screaming for your attention.
Will the head win?
Or will the heart?Will you let the conditioning and the head run the show?
Or will the naturalness of life win out?This can be a big battle for most.
The intuition and the heart
eventually will win the war,
but it can take time. -
When The Chatter Ceases
When the story drops away
When the chatter ceases to be
When the drama and ups & downs dry up
When the endless dissatisfaction and seeking stops
When the feeling of next, next, next is gone
What are you left with then?This
Just this
This that is everything and nothing
This that is lifeEverything that you once knew
Or thought you knew
Cease to feel relevantAnd yet here you still are
Aware
Alive
HereIts a leap into the unknown
A free-fall in life
Nothing to hold on to
Nowhere to put a stake in the sandFresh in every moment
No past
No future
No next
No present
No now
Just ThisBeautiful, alive Isness
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Freedom to Freely BE
I don’t require you to be anyone
to turn up
switch on
to be someoneHere in this space
I have no use for concepts and opinions
assertions and knowledge
here in this space we can just BEBe as we are
naked and vulnerable
strong and fiery
broken and lost
angry or sad
joy-filled and blissfulor nothing at all
Here in this space we can explore the depth of humanity
traverse the fields of experiencing
sit in this divine Isness of lifebut most of all be free
free to be
free to be without attributes
free to be whatever and whoever we are
free to sink into this moment
again
and again
and again -
Just for a Moment
Keep letting go
that dogged determination of seeking
whether it be experiences and pleasure-seeking
better and more ‘stuff’
vaster and deeper knowledge
more experienced and valued skills
let it all go
just for a moment
and experience this moment.
Experience what it is to live life as awareness
unadorned with the commentary of the mind
theres nothing to get rid of, no bad thought
all must be held in the tender embrace of acceptance
for the real blossoming of life lived in truth and freedom
to be recognised as your birthright all along. -
I Am
I don’t have any designs to be a teacher,
or even a student,
to be anything or anyone.
I simply am.Living this life in the present moment of pure grace and spontaneity,
meeting each and every moment with the fullness of my heart
and the truth of this moment as I know it.Never is there anything to be rejected or avoided,
never is there anything to be clung to and grasped;
all is perfectly playing out on this stage of experiencing.For who am I that can possibly DO any of this,
who could claim any ownership of this moment?What this isn’t is some spiritual pose,
some ‘way’ of being.This is just a description of what naturally happens
when the dropping of all pretences,
the dropping of any held view,
the total openness of Sahaja,
the natural state,
when What-Is is. -
You Are Home
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Embracing Life
Look at the world as if you know nothing,
don’t draw any conclusions
about what you experience,
or who you are.
Innocently move through life
experiencing what is
without the burdens of ideas,
judgements and conclusions.
Take each moment a fresh,
knowing that this moment will never be again.
Lovingly embrace each experience of life,
how lucky we are to have the play of life
grace us with its beauty and light.
Embrace all, reject nothing –
see that you are the master of none but the father/mother of all. -
Stand in Truth
I stand in truth.
Can I accept that I may be judged,
I may be questioned,
I may be ridiculed?Can I accept that,
can I be brave?Can I stand in my own truth,
without qualification and explanation?Can I stand sure,
knowing that it’s the right thing,
it’s the only thing?Can I stand in truth,
unashamedly without reason,
and with no excuse?Can I stand up for mySelf,
stand tall for the realisation of my very being?Can I stand up for the truth of my own reality
that I know so well,
so intimately?Can I live my life without the influence of shoulds and should nots?
Can I say to hell with it all and be as I am?
Can I stand in all my glory,
warts and all,
honest and vulnerable?Can I accept all of it,
every aspect of me,
every aspect of life,
can I embrace it into my heart without exception?So I stand in my truth
and in turn encourage others to stand in theirs.For it’s the most loving thing I can do for myself and others.
Drop all the games,
all the masks,
all the pretences,
all the false concepts and notions,
drop it all.Stand naked and open,
don’t hide your light.Let reality, truth and honesty be the guiding movement of life.
Let the truth of your being shine through.
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This Suffering Will Pass
I feel your pain, your suffering.
If I could, I’d tell you that this will pass,
just as the clouds pass in the sky,
just as the ripples of the dropped stone disappear,
just as the passing wind that rustles the tree leaves,
just as the forgotten pain of yesterdays cut finger,
just as the heartbreak of first loves breakup,
just as the treasured childhood wellington’s long outgrown,
just as the wishes of birthday candles past.
Don’t hold on, for this too shall pass. -
Awareness
No questions
No answers
No effort
No doing
No practice
No deciding
No letting go
No coming
No going
No descriptions
No disconnection
No suffering
No story
No universe
No god
No you
No meAwareness is aware
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Just Stop
All these thoughts whirling around in your head
The whys and hows and what ifs
The past regrets and plans of the future
The shoulds and the should nots
Just stopStop holding on to them
Stop giving energy to them
Stop indulging them
Stop pushing them away
Stop trying to fix them
Just stopThere’s nothing to be figured out
No puzzle piece that needs to be found
No magical understanding which will make all of this make sense
Let go of all these thoughts
Keep letting go all day longAbide in that which is aware of all these thoughts coming and going
Stay there
Stop going to the thoughts as if they’ll be the answer
Stay where you are
Could it be so simple? -
Before Everything, You Are
I AM before all concepts,
all thoughts,
all emotions,
all senses,
before all that the body and mind experiences,
before all of this,
and yet all of this is contain in and as me.I AM indefinable, words fail.
I go looking and the one that is looking
disappears into the where looking is happening from.I AM immeasurable, ineffable silence.
This silence is not silent,
it’s not empty,
it’s not a lack of sound,
it’s an indescribable silence,
beyond words.I AM that.
You ARE that.
life lived in this moment
