reveal

Paramahansa Yogananda

Metaphysical Meditations

Reveal Thyself

Divine Beloved, make me know at once

and forever, that Thou hast always been

mine, ever mine. My error-dreams are past,

buried in the sepulcher of oblivion. I am

awake, basking in the sunlight of life in

Thee.

glory

by Shannondoah

as the ink

flows

from this

blue pen

all

i can do

is 

pray

and infuse

these words

with

the 

truth

that my heart

feels

and my spirit

knows

which tells

the

stories

before there

was time

and 

before we

became

separate

trusting in our

reunion

and

trusting that truly

the time returns

and this

time

we make it

and this

time

we

return to

each other

and

finally

love is

triumphant

in 

its holy

glory

drumsound

by RUMI

Persia (Afghanistan)

Drumsound rises on the air,

    its throb, my heart.

  A voice inside the beat

says, “I know you’re tired

but come. This is the way.”

remembering

by Shannondoah

Beloved

of

the Beloveds

My Love,

truth

beloved.

Never too far

away.

Ancient Fire

Song of Songs

Heart of Hearts

divine union.

Love can see

the vast horizons 

of our lives

Love can see

through us

to ourselves

Love can see

us together

forever

Never too far

away.

We are the mountains climbed

We are the hills kissed by the wind

We are the seas caressed by the clouds

We are the sun loved by the moon

We are the stars remembering.

ashes

by HAFIZ

Persia (Iran)

Love is

the funeral pyre

where I have laid my living body.

All the false notions of myself

that once caused fear, pain,

have turned to ash

as I neared God.

What has risen

from the tangled web of thought and sinew

now shines with jubilation

through the eyes of angels

and screams from the guts of

Infinite existence

itself.

Love is the funeral pyre

where the heart must lay

its body.

breath

by Shannondoah

“O Romeo, Romeo!

Wherefore art thou 

Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name.

Or if though wilt not,

be but sworn my love...”

breath from my 

heart,

synchronized

we are never

apart

love feast

celebrating

all that is

all that was

and all 

that

shall ever 

be

look up

into the sky

see me

hear my cry

across the seas

past the winds

and soaring beyond

all

ancient 

trees

crossing lands

from afar

i am

right here wishing

for you

upon a star

my love, my love

o shining one

sing unto my heart

sing unto my soul

sing unto heaven

we are one, 

we are whole.

lotus

by SUN BU-ER

China

 Cut brambles long enough,

    sprout after sprout,

  and the lotus will bloom

    of its own accord:

Already waiting in the clearing,

   the single image of light.

     The day you see this,

 that day you will become it.