lurkette

My brother Josh's friend Valerie, who became a dear friend of mine after Josh's death, sent me this recently, and I just wanted to share it with you all.

The Call

I have heard it all my life
A voice calling a name I recognized as my own.

Sometimes it comes as a soft-bellied whisper.
Sometimes it holds an edge of urgency.

But always it says: Wake up my love. You are walking asleep.
There's no safety in that!

Remember what you are and let this knowing
take you home to the Beloved with every breath.

Hold tenderly who you are and let a deeper knowing
colour the shape of your humanness.

There is no where to go. What you are looking for is right here.
Open the fist clenched in wanting and see what you already hold in your hand.

There is no waiting for something to happen, no point in the future to get to.
All you have ever longed for is here in this moment, right now.

You are wearing yourself out with all this searching.
Come home and rest.

How much longer can you live like this?
Your hungry spirit is gaunt, your heart stumbles. All this trying. Give it up!

Let yourself be one of the God-mad,
faithful only to the Beauty you are.

Let the Lover pull you to your feet and hold you close,
dancing even when fear urges you to sit this one out.

Remember- there is one word you are here to say with your whole being.
When it finds you, give your life to it. Don't be tight-lipped and stingy.

Spend yourself completely on the saying.
Be one word in this great love poem we are writing together.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer (from the book, The Call, Harper San Francisco, 2003)

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Sparhawk

Great sentiment, thanks for sharing...

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Cynthetiq

thank you for reminding me about being

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Bloodslick

That's an excellent work. None of us should ever sit and wait for life to come to us; it's already there, waiting for us to find it. Thanks for the reminder.

sipsake

Another ponder-inducing post from you, thank you.

There is no waiting for something to happen, no point in the future to get to.
All you have ever longed for is here in this moment, right now.


How often I forget this, and yet it's one of the keys to enlightenment.

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amonkie

There is no where to go. What you are looking for is right here.
Open the fist clenched in wanting and see what you already hold in your hand.


So true... So many times what you're looking for has been right in front of you all along.

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Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

*Nikki*

Excellent. I know just the person who needs to read this!!!