Is shalom to be found upon the woody slopes, beside the gushing river, beneath some sacred tree in the summer twilight? Amidst the anguish of this quick-whirling universe swept upon tides of vicissitude, where does shalom live & thrive? In the deep undercurrents, in the wondercurrents of auroral radiance? Shalom... softly swathing love with infinite hope in the growing child... Shalom... coming of a devotion that sets us truly free -- awaken*in*ing into eternity where time & all shadows of destiny, all future, all past, are fantasy. In shalom your eyes open like organic stars to the kind light shedding its mystic influences inwards, to the center of a silent infinitude, listening, tasting, feeling the wonder... Shalom... touching-in with trust... Shalom... as tangible as the soft light of a candle lit in the darkest night wondercurrents of love like warmlight washing over you in waves of sheer delight Shalom in perfect felicity & the serene peace shared between the friends of the heart... Shalom... the invisible garment of God/dess woven upon the loom of your heart... Shalom... the universal here... the everlasting now... everywhere & forever... Shalom... unfolding like a blossoming bud opening a smile on spirit's wings... Hear the sound of shalom like bells in the gentle stillness... Shalom... the naked deep calls to the flesh of wonder -- & wonder of wonders, look! beloved! -- light, itself, is weaving a garment of love for you! Like the sunshine of truth the peaceful wisdom *illuminates* unfolding to you the purport & the promise of shalom -- the truth that wings us into the beatific -- o elysian brightness of boundless expansions where your life is a fire kindled on the bosom of the Divine... You are clothed only in beauty, beloved, when you are naked to the bright. Deep calls to deep across the wrack of time & the crack of worlds. In rapture & tears you melt into morning. Your heart ascends upon the luminous wings of shalom: joy's gentleness & love, joy's beauty & radiance... Come to shalom in humility of spirit & faith in the unfolding & the nameless mystery, itself will bless miracles, singing & birthing from rainbow hearts of gentle grace... Shalom is a seed, deep-hidden in all the true-hearted. The dew of light falls from the eyes of pain... o curious penetration... Heartsprings burble the music of freedom, of intimations of unutterable joys... Shalom... this universal force welling from the source of the deepestSilences... Shalom... singing the songs of the heart soaring in joy transparent in shining blithe into glee & the tintinnabulation of rollicking hilarity... Shalom... fragrance of roses & jasmine, tulips & arnica, lime & pine... Shalom... breath of God/dess in the radiance of creation, joying in life, weaving rainbows thru time like angels of light Shalom... bright promise of the sacred come to earth, warmlight in the heart where love abides, rooted into sun*source, birthing together the sweet fruits of the ripening soul, softly shared... Shalom... pure as the dews of morning... Shalom... birthing splendor & dream... joy rising from your depths in golden gleams of light, in ray- d(i)ance of unending nativity: moths & hummingbirds & gnats & lilies... all these entrances into intricacies of wonder! Shalom... voice of heaven singing the music of the heart... Shalom... sweet-voiced singer in the solitudes of morning: your voice a mystery, making love to the silences, tickling all cheery the windswept sigh... Shalom... like the incense of meditation, this fragrance of the divine Shalom... the perfume of your soul immersed in love's serenity... as waves of warmth wash over you like suntides... Shalom... the pregnant pause... the well of peace... In shalom our days are graced with the blessings of earth's bounty... In shalom there are no boundaries... radiant auras fuse in lovejoy... Shalom... star*jewelled tapestry of space where silence embroiders traceries of light: the heiroglyphics of the human soul... Shalom... sign of truth in a new universe where all the stars are within our reach... Shalom... enfolding the stars into breathless joy, we are your starbreath, shalom -- shalom your strength & purpose -- the shining promise in your luminous smile... Shalom... your soul's fulfillment, your freedom & happiness, the truth in your heart the blood of your life, light of the luminous galaxies shining thru your eyes... Shalom... spirit of the gentle... ever*renewing vision of the ages... Shalom... nourishing the greenest growth, the sweetest fruits, the deepening... And the singer sings *shalom* from the garden of the heart, from the groves of devotion, from the boundlessness of aspiration in the grace of freedom... Across the unimaginable lightyears your joyous voice sings shalom to unknown worlds... Starbreaths breathe heaven's blessings of light upon you in benediction smiling a twinkle winking a yes frolicking joy into spaces of silence Soul-singer in the solitudes: Shalom... ~~Namaste' |