Waiting

Here and now

there and then

back we go to when

you were in a different place

and no one there

who you know now

and even so you know somehow

this is me

and you are gone

this is where

the winds have blown

this is where I am alone

and here I go to a new home

where life is simple

so calm and strange

and familiarity is not with me

and all around are views to see,

from different windows and different rooms

and I know this is a shell outside

who I am, no where to hide

no trees I planted or beautiful ways

to remember you as I pass my days.

Give me time I will adjust

I will move along when I must

I will wait, my time it comes

marching to a different drum.

(Written on Anzac Day, April 25, 2016)

Gathering

“Come to me”

I heard these silent words

as I came to start a bright new day

and a brilliant full moon

lit my way.

Clouds float by

anti-clockwise

as cool winds blew

rose petals strew

and I witnessed all from my room

within.

Yes a new day begins

and I am here

present to what’s becoming clear

Focus Forward Move Along

the breeze lifts

the winds are strong

the clouds now roll along.

Yes I see the way is clear ahead

it seems, and true it is

that the past is now back there

and the rising light greets the day

as new times arrive

and all the old is left behind.

You are shown a living room

where faith will bring

the answers to

all the challenges facing you.

The blue skies shine

as clouds have cleared

the day is calm

you bathe in sunshine and quietly rest

know and believe what is best……

Home again truly blessed

(Written on April 23, 2016 Part 3 of The Golden Bird Trilogy)

Drawings by Anastasia Catris and mindfully coloured-in by Bee Porteous

'Colour me Mindful - Birds' by Anastasia Catris, Orion 2015 UK)

 

For You

I will hold the light, she said,

I will quietly sit by the bed

and through the day into the night

all will be lit

beside you.

And together

I know we will meet

those who come indeed to greet

you.

And still you sleep

as I,

gently weep into the dawning of a new day

so Farewell Dear One, you hear me say.

Gone with the flowers

to brighten all

comes the colourful Autumnal Fall

comes the beginning

following on

we all know

you tip-toed home.

There were all these years

you held the lamp

you kept the fires glowing

you expanded knowledge

turned endless pages

and became The Elder of the ages.

Hold quietly still

until your calling.

 

From A Bird

So why did we not see, what was obviously

visible to the birds.

The birds who flew

who sang,

who knew,

who nested safely and fed their young,

who twittered quietly when the day was done

who sang to the skies from within shrubbery

who perched in the tree-tops with a view to the sea.

If only the bird of spirituality

was heard like words of clarity

to those who miss the brighter song,

who need life’s pain

to bring the rain

to cleanse the lands

to start again.

So quietly here I go…….

I Feel This Day Deeply

Solitude

Quiet

Presence

Light

Radiance

Bright

Day & Night

Freedom

Within

Without

In air

With trees

Breathing

Breeze

Flowers

Petals

Earth & Fire

Higher

Lighter

Colors & Capes

Blue

Golden then White

Mirrors of Silver

Stardust Moonlight

Spontaneity and Presence

Along the way one sunny day

you heard a call to go this way.

to travel the path you’ve never been

and adventure along the seldom seen.

So you found the heart of you

where the shining comes

the humming sings

and then this brings

the joy to Be

truly happy and truly free.

Mystical lights do shine with brightness

when you share your warmth and inner lightness.

Now you feel

the tender heart

the open kindness

the enthusiasm for something new

the deep Space to bring

your Self to dance and sing

so joys expand and from within

comes the Love to nourish all

and all the healing to meet your call.

Blessings and peace lift you higher

as you journey with ceremonial fire

and surround the earth from inside out

to beat the drum,

to ring the bell

to sound our hearts and hope to tell

home is where the Light Is On

home is where Love is strong,

home is where-ever we may go

breathing stillness for all who know.

(Written on March 12, 2016 with a bunch of superbly fragrant Japanese Honeysuckle blooms)

In the book “Flowers and Their Messages by The Mother at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India – first published in India in 1973 – These flowers spiritually symbolize “ Constant Remembrance of the Divine…. they bring Spontaneity and the Joyful Presence”

Growing Radiance

We went soul journeying for days

and healed inside in enormous ways.

With passion, determination,

focus and clarity

we brought forward and set pain free.

Our open hearts were glowing strong

so deep inside we have a bond

a Love together, we will remember

children playing,

crying, sharing,

blessing,

each and all of us here caring.

Written at dawn on March 7, 2016 Deep Soul Immersion

You Are The Gift

You are the gift to give to others

you come

from many fathers and many mothers

you travel all paths of learning

and generally just one yearning

to be seen and loved.

And here you are dear loving one

you feel the peace as now you know

Grace it comes and Grace it shows

when you reach for the Highest Light

and shine within through every night

and the sun of life brilliantly

lights every way for you to see.

Every path leads you home

faith and trust ease the way

then you see we are the same

we are lit from one Eternal Flame.

(Written on February 9, 2016)

We Sit Within

When we leave the space

between the lines

between the words

between our thoughts

we receive clarity we have been searching for

we see peaceful calm beyond the door,

we see the honesty we always knew

we see ourselves being true

we know at last we always were 

the light

that shone above our heads

now glowing within so we feel

our peace has come

our life is real

our way of being is simple now

our heart is open

and we somehow feel whole,

feel safe

having arrived into a welcome place.

We sit within

we know ourselves

we wonder why it took so long

but when we ask, we hear the voice

bringing the answer we always knew

“when you love yourself as I do”

then you will be the strength

the one to trust

the truth of you will be shining through

and all around the light you bring

will be the path to everything.

The only path to find yourself

is to go within, to ask to see

what truth you need to set you free.

And there it is …..

When you give up the need

to know why things are the way they are

you will receive the knowing

* “Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists”

*   Quote * from “A Course In Miracles”

The Light You Bring

"In you is all of Heaven.

Every leaf that falls is given life in you.

Each bird that ever sang will sing again in you.

And every flower that ever bloomed has saved it’s perfume and it’s loveliness for you."

From ‘A Course In Miracles’ Text Chapter 25, IV The Light You Bring

Foundation For Inner Peace