I just have to plug this book. I'm not a quick reader but I devoured this book in just a few hours.
There are so many jewels in here but I'll share a few here. I'll let them speak for themselves
Love and Light
New Blossoms
Sit near someone who has had the experience.
Sit under a tree with new blossoms.
Walking the section of the market
where chemists sell essences,
you will receive conflicting advice.
Go toward kindness.
If you are not sure where that is,
you will be drawn in by fakes.
They will take your money and sit you down
on their doorstep saying, I'll be right back.
But they have another door they leave by.
Do not dip your cup in a pot
just because it has reached the simmering point.
Not every reed is sugarcane.
Not every under has an over.
Not every eye can see.
Or it may be you cannot thread the needle
because it already has thread in it.
Your loving alertness is a lantern.
Keep it protected from wind
that makes it crazy.
Instead of that airy commotion
live in the water that gently cools
as it flows. Be a helpful friend,
and you will become a green tree
with always new fruit,
always deeper journeys into love.
What You Have Despised In Yourself
They are here with us now,
those who saddle a new unbroken colt
every morning and ride the seven levels of sky,
who lay down at night
with the sun and moon for pillows.
Each of these fish has a Jonah inside.
They sweeten the bitter sea.
They shape-shift the mountains,
but with their actions neither bless nor curse.
They are more obvious,
and yet more secret than that.
Mix grains from the ground they walk
with streamwater. Put that salve
on your eyes and you will see
what you have despised in yourself
as a thorn opens into a rose
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