From Deprivation to Abundance

Hey, not so fast, not so simple!

Moving from deprivation

To abundance as true Belief

Ensconced in our bodies

Watch out!

No small leap, no fast dash

Not for the faint of heart

Not easy nor probable at times

Yet

Seductive

It happens

Magically

A transformative peak experience

No small matter

Not in our control necessarily

Change 

How we wish we could

On that momentous evening

When all the particles and waves

Of the universe lined up and

Sped toward us

Knocking us out

Bowling us over

Scintillating and serious

Resources flying toward us 

And all around us

Hurtling us into a

Seemingly black hole

Never to return

Black hole or

Pure sunlight?

Bright, giving

Dear

There is always a 

Workaround in our

Human spirits

Divine that they are

Trapped in these earthly

Vessels of our bodies

Our souls long to teach 

Us the good news

To reverse all the worry

The harm we have adopted

From our ancestors 

From our humanness

From our earthly binds

Oh woe is me!

How will I ever have enough?

Enough what?

Food 

Drink

Money

Children

Partners

Security

Love?

Will I ever have a 

Better mother, father
Sister and brother?

When will my friends 

Treat me better

Caring for me

Not shaming me

Not insulting me

Not collaborating 

With the parts of myself

That do that same 

Damage to me?

What if

All that were true 

And

More truth followed?

Truth in the bliss

Where there is no hell

Truth where love abounds

Truth where parents

Love children as best they can

Truth where we are all flawed

But we can grow and learn

And explore new ways

Of being with safety

Comfort and quiet

Forgiveness

We close our eyes

Listening to the breath 

Listening to the heart

Beating without effort

Feeling the warm red blood

Flowing through our bodies

And then, pause forever

If life weren’t a miracle

Who created these human 

Machines that suffer, yes

But which functioned well

For so long

Cast and painted by

The Artist

The one that we embody

In our most joyous

Tender moments

All love and compassion

Seeps in and out of our pores 

We cannot help 

Paying attention

Realizing, finally

Knowing a truth

Of all truths:

Every moment is

Just how it is

All we need ultimately

Each precious moment

One following the other

While the breath of 

Spirit wafts into us

Inside us and all around us

Bringing the simple paradise

We long for

Peace