Interesting Times

 4AM, Basil and I wake from sleep to see the stars of Orion's Belt

Like eyes, watching us.

He is glad I have awakened before dawn, so he may nudge me out of bed

Me for Advil, him for kibbles.

His purring comforts me; he is my guru.

All is well, he tells me, {particularly after getting a snack}

The turning earth reminds me of the heart of all things

which is deep peace.

You wouldn't think so as the human mind shows its shadow 

that rules the world at this, and many times.

Underpinning the dance of human drama, where the main evidence is of agony,

and a bottomless need to get revenge.

It is harder work than righting wrongs to bring balance between warring egos of men whose thirst for power

and all that is transient.

Those who hunger for a world in which children may be born, raised and loved in safety

are pinned like captured butterflies.

It is for the nurturers to change the world.

It is for the wordless play of human hearts connecting to bring us back from the edge,

To end the rage and blame, 

to restore harmony of light and dark to the soul.

The knowledge that even in the greatest of loves,

there is irritation

on the path of awakening, 

boredom exists.

There is not one thing we can feel or experience that is not a signpost

directing us to wholeness.

May all beings find refuge in the mind of God

May all beings know peace

May all beings be free from suffering.

May all beings be drawn by a shared awareness of the unbreakable connection between us and all sentient life..

May we all find forgiveness and grant that to one another in all things.

The heart of the world calls us to this task -

There is no other.