There is a flow,
a kind of unfolding,
a wave like thing,
that will,
if you are able to step aside from it,
and from yourself,
proceed outwardly,
inwardly and at the same time,
all about you.
It brings in its wake the deepest beauty,
child-like marvel and jaw
dropping awe
with the wisdom of knowing
that it has precisely nothing
whatsoever,
to do with you.
It is beyond all that.
You may witness it,
be touched by it,
be held momentarily
in the beloved’s gaze,
in this gift of grace
and when this occurs,
this rapturous blessing
which might fall gently upon you,
as a light rain on a parched desert,
become as open to it:
as that flower animate
as that embrace for an old friend
as a heart burst by a lovers touch
as a tear for a loss too deep for words
bring it all fully to your being
and
let it overcome you
so that you are no longer.
for all the senses of it
will expand your without-ness
and when this grace has passed
a shadow borne of light
will linger
causing you to smile
knowingly
and in remembrance
of that which binds all things
Please have a listen to this musical prayer for Grace, from the astonishing movie 1 Giant Leap; What about me?