Yesterday, our mayor met with the spokesperson regarding the race riots. Instead of Billy clubs and mustard spray they used talking and listening. Like a large balloon filled nearly to bursting, there’s nearly an audible release of tension, now that the air has been let out.
Simultaneously, I am witnessing others stopping midstride. Changing direction. And heading towards peace. This reminds me of a poem from Hafiz, which I will share at the end of this blog.
What progress do you see in the outer realms?What progress are you seeing more inwardly? Ki to Happiness sees the inner reflected in the outer, mirrored back to the inner for further refinement.
I Have Come Into This World to See This
I have come into this world to see this: the sword drop from men’s hands even at the height of their arc of anger because we have finally realized there’s just one flesh to wound and it is His– the Christ’s, our Beloved’s.
I have come into this world to see this: all creatures hold hands as we pass through this miraculous existence we share on the way to even a greater being of soul, a being of just ecstatic light, forever entwined and at play with Him.
I have come into this world to hear this: every song the earth has sung since it was conceived in the Divine‘s womb and began spinning from His wish, every song by wing and fin and hoof, every song by hill and field and tree and woman and child, every song of stream and rock, every song of tool and lyre and flute, every song of gold and fire, every song the heart should cry with magnificent dignity to know itself as God;
For all other knowledge will leave us again for want and aching-only imbibing the glorious Sun will complete us.
I have come into the world to experience this: men so true to love they would rather die before speaking an unkind word, men so true their lives are His covenant- the promise of hope.
I have come into this world to see this: the sword drop from men’s hands even at the height of their arc of rage because we have finally realized there is just one flesh we can wound.