Life's Two Fiery Questions!
May it be so
That we know the waters of life
And the tree of life
are One
That these waters flow in our veins
Even as this tree is rooted in our souls
And that the women men and children of the earth
Are one people
One family
Brothers and sisters
All
All creation
A mirror
For looking within
A window
For looking without
A portal
For entering
Spirit
For celebrating
Flesh
The two dancing partners
Of duality
Of Oneness too
Where all is fodder
For learning
A world transforming
That knows no-waste
In such a world
There are only two questions:
“What shall I feed myself, today:
Fear or Love?”
And the second question is this:
“What shall I make of myself in joy
As a sacrifice of flesh and spirit,
With which to feed the world?”
Lay these two questions gently,
Carefully,
Like two sacred aspen logs
Upon the heart fire of your soul.
For with our answers
We chose the nature of the Fire
That will live in the hearth of our heart
That will consume our lives,
That we will serve.
The choices are but two
Though the blend of these we each create
Is the art of our living
The quenching of our thirst for living
The depth of our rooting into innate belonging and worthiness
Follow the Path of Joy…
And you’ll stoke the Fires of Renewal and Re-Creation
Follow the Way of Fear — of Insatiable Hunger,
The Way of Externalized Authority,
And the Fires of Armageddon
Will haunt you all the way
into your grave.
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04/02/2011 at 9:48 pmGood to meet you at Marc and Helen’s
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04/08/2011 at 5:31 pmWell Thank you, Shirin. Thanks a complement indeed… and you should know it’s a mutual inspiration!