When Shall We Wake? March 24, 2011 What have we done to this fair and lovely world? Consuming hatreds, inconsolable griefs Have blinded us to beauty and the truth Calling us from hidden depths to see That what is now shall soon no longer be. Earth's revolt is certain and has begun. Still the nuthatch in the ancient oak Presses a seed within the furrowed bark And upside down, enjoys his tender meal. The robins listen with a quickened ear To catch the lowly worm at work in earth. I watch the stalking heron on still legs, No move betrays his silent lethal skills, The hawks on updrafts circle round and round With eyes that see beyond our l

Coming of the Overman Jan. 22, 2011 What have we done to this fair and lovely world? Consuming hatred, inconceivable greed Have blinded us to beauty and the truth That calls to us from inner depths to see That what is now shall soon no longer be. Earth’s revolt is certain and has begun. Still, the nuthatch in the ancient oak Presses a seed within the furrowed bark And, upside down, enjoys his tender meal. The robins listen with an amplified ear To catch the lowly worm at work in earth. I watch the stalking heron on still legs, No move betrays his silent lethal skill, The hawks on updrafts c

The Countenance of God The loneliness of days is on me now Yet in the end we never are alone, Eternal presences accompany The striving soul, compassionate and strong, To guide the pilgrim spirit on the way. For one day we shall see the master-plan Awake to godhead sloughing of the cloak Of long inconscience, ignorance and pain, Revealed the meaning of each birth in time, The knowledge lost in the descent to form, The rapture feel when lifted is the veil That long protected us from too great light, The Friend remembered through successive lives Who guided us when we were least aware. And then the world will kneel before his feet

Lord, Give Us Time July 20, 2011 I looked upon the world I thought I knew But nothing saw of the reality That dwells beyond the apparent face of things. In youth I knew all there was to know, My life was full, the vessel overflowed With music and the budding days of love, But now that half a century has passed I look with eyes undimmed yet do not see Behind illusion's veil and the hedge of mind The truth I feel and know within the soul. Can we obliterate the storied past To which we cling, so difficult to lose, Live the light we are and turn not back To petty thoughts and transient desires. One is there who in the silent heart Sings

Guidance of the Golden Years April 8, 2011 I could not stop the tears from flowing, Who loved the very soul of thee, All these years and yet unknowing Betrayal and infidelity. Through blinding tears I could not see The doubt, a cancer in your soul, I saw my own ignominy Forgetful of my spirit's call. But one who lives a flame in me Saved me from disastrous fate Broke the chains and set me free That I might love and calmly wait, Done with all life's useless tears The guidance of the golden years.

The Darker Forces Sept. 7, 2011 I watch the darker forces intervene, In moments when we falter or we fall, A subtle probing of our weaknesses, Stealthily in silence they attack Delighting in their use of human pawns Who readily and eagerly acquiesce To sate the ego or the vital's needs, Desires' formed from patterns of the past Established in lives we all have lived before Fashioned from the dust of earthly clay. And yet an eternal resident abides, Watcher and guide who asks us to recall The reason we have come, to find our soul, Hidden behind the seven veils of mind That screen from us the light that we have known And mute the voice the

Evil Cannot Bear June 29, 2011 He came, this demon from the depths And sat astride my chest, A force of darkness magnified Allowing me no rest. His blackened hands around my throat, The life-force fading fast, I gasped for air, I could not breath Nor could much longer last. A strength within my soul arose That now he meant to claim I called to one within me close, I spoke the secret name. His hands released, he quickly fled For evil cannot bear, Retreating to the land of dead The power that answers prayer.

Descend, O Lord August 14, 2011 In the silence I communicate And every answer to my seeking comes,. Stillness wraps around me like a robe And the unquietude of mind drifts away. All that matters now is finding thee, Te body's pains, the insistent vital needs Disappear in the vastness of thy gaze. Only the heart still cries forever to love, To be a simple channel of thy Grace, A receptacle of light, and instrument Of peace, a vessel of humility. Let not division in this world remain, Return to beauty all we have destroyed, The lands reclaim, the forests spring anew, The poisoned seas recover with thy touch. All must be re-made and ligh

Now the Peace July 14, 2011   Now the peace descending slowly Into this waiting heart of calm Frees the mind from random thought And holds the body still as stone. It is the meditative hour And silence like a bank of snow Blankets me in tranquillity. The energies of ages past Are concentrated in the soul And ego needs no more to build A lasting image of itself For now it knows that all is He And She is all one reaches for. Surrender comes and builds within The offering and sacrifice Of all past births experience. The flame grows brighter by the days, Her arms encircle and protect, And in the depths the being yearns For Her alone

Repetition of the Name April 8, 2011 I too have known the inconsolable pain When one for whom I lived and loved was gone Never to be seen or heard again And felt my life and m life's work undone. If only we could see this truth unfold That when Death comes a new birth is begun. No soul is left to face the endless cold Of space and time but walks towards the sun No more must grief accompany our days No longer shall we live without the flame But in our growing gratitude find praise In the constant repetition of the Name.