Willing to experience aloneness,
I discover connections everywhere;
Turning to face my fear,
I meet the warrior who lives within;
Opening to my loss,
I gain the embrace of the universe;
Surrendering into emptiness,
I find fullness without end.
Each condition I flee from pursues me,
Each condition I welcome transforms me
and becomes itself transformed.
Into its radiant, jewel-like essence.
I bow to the one who has made it so,
Who has crafted this Master Game;
To play it is purest delight-
To honor its form true devotion.
-Jennifer Welwood.
Hi Shweta
This is a beautiful poem.
Aloneness can be a terrible thing, the most painful pain, but it can also be our greatest teacher. As the poem says when we embrace it, it transformes us.
Louis
Hi Shanti,
Thanks for the poem.
feeling lonely today…so i found this lovely poem that says it perfectly
Hell yes. That is just sublimely delicious. Hot damn! Please, ma’am, may I have some more?
Loneliness is connection in disguise.
Ok. How about this one (by the same poet)?
On Meeting Death
Tonight, Pluto, with the crescent moon as my witness,
I welcome you as my lover.
If you have come to break down my door,
See, I have opened it,
And wait here for you at its threshold.
If you have come to tear off my clothes,
I have flung them aside already,
And stand naked, shivering gladly.
If you have come to hurl me into the abyss,
Watch now, as I release all false supports, one by one,
And fall toward you in ecstasy.
Hear this, Pluto, lord of transformative fire:
What you have come to take from me, I offer you.
© Jennifer Welwood
http://jenniferwelwood.com/poetry/the-dakini-speaks/
Lovely surrender …thx for sharing dear bewell
Mmmmm…Pluto…nice. Thanks, bewell.