“A Faithful Remembrance”
By: Forrest Rivers
Child of the night
I hear your cries
I hear your screams
And I feel your suffering
But keep your heart open
And head up wise one
For the incantations that you chant
Faithfully to yourself
Shall be answered one-hundred fold….
Always remember
Just like the seasons
You have danced this dance
And sung your soul’s heavenly chorus
Before….
Melancholy nights
Can not deter your spirit
From journeying to the light
That illuminates the divine within all.
“Sub Ek”(All One)
By: Forrest Rivers
The form and the formless
The senses emerging and then withdrawing again
The breath rising and falling
The Earth’s transcendence ends where it begins
No mind but inside and outside all emotions
The union of energy and matter undefined
Without an origin before the act and nameless when it sleeps
Beyond the range of all perceptions and limits
Pure creation
You are:
Pure creation
Beyond the range of all perceptions and limits
Without an origin before the act and nameless when it sleeps
The union of energy and matter undefined
No mind but inside and outside all emotions
The Earth’s transcendence ends where it begins
The breath rising and falling
The senses emerging and then withdrawing again
The form and the formless.
“Lao Tzu’s Shadow”
By: Forrest Rivers
Controlling
What we can’t control
Is called grasping blindly
Thinking
That you are clever and wise
Is called vanity rising
Speaking
Without intent or purpose
Is called foolish banter
Letting go,
And flowing with the WAY
Is called awareness blooming.
“Teachings of the Season”
Cool air,
The wind blows swiftly
Across blue mountain tops
And the temperature suddenly drops
Leaving me feeling exposed
To the shifting moods
Of Mother Nature
Yet,
Here I stand
On the edge of winter’s shadow
Hoping,
Waiting
For a sign
And a revelation
That where I am
Is where I am supposed to be
Soft snowflakes
Begin to fall
From the sky
“Be still”
They say to me,
“And embrace the teachings of this season”.
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“Lao Tzu’s Shadow” Controlling What We can't control Is called grasping blindly Thinking That you are clever and wise Is called Vanity rising Speaking Without intent or purpose Is called foolish banter Letting Go And flowing with the WAY Is called awareness blooming.
