Woke Up Today With a Longing...

Purpose

The True Nature of Devotion

At Zero

Unexpectedly, so gently,

in this heaving chest of mine

afflictions all have lost their grip

and I have fallen, free as mist.

Through the prison bars to safety,

with subtle ease I have been lifted;

I sense that old familiar kindness

enfolding me in within its warmth.

Unaccountably, I find myself

immersed within the deepest well,

rocking in exquisite stillness

like a baby in the womb.

My thoughts and cares are shed like skins

as all resistance falls away

and disconnected from it all,

I feel untouchable.

In and out, my every breath

becomes a motionless unburdening,

while in this stunning, utter silence

the clarion of unsullied joy resounds.

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Belief is

the wall of separation

between church and reality.








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The Truth About Heaven

Sitting still this morning, leaving my thoughts alone, following the river of my breath to the place within where that beautiful shining peace reigns supreme, it became obvious:

Heaven is not someplace to go.

Heaven is what remains 

when everything else is gone.

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