meditation on awakening

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reaching the beloved

 

“He that keeps you will not slumber.”

-Psalm 121:3

 

reaching for something,

what is it?

so..,

it’s like this

ever since I can remember.

Why was I, will there be purpose?

 

it,

remains like this:

a long journey of loneliness.

Why am I, is there a purpose?

 

it,

leaped forward to include you.

Yet, united we remain alone.

Why are you here, do you have meaning?

 

it..,

lurched backwards,

to that frail, empty beginning.

Will you be as lonely as me?

 

it.,

will not stay still.

Past, future, present all are one.

Are we all lost in the cosmic stardust?

 

it.,

remains the same

Tomorrow is just yesterday.

Lonely, do we watch it passing?

 

it,

leaves us not alone.

Truly, but requires us to leap.

In leaping are we together?

 

it,

creator, beloved, friend, teacher

ushers us to a beginning.

Will we understand in the end?

 

it,

is like yesterday

tomorrow, or perhaps, today.

 

it is the joy this side of tomorrow

the peace discovered shy of yesterday

leaping for nothing,

what is it?

 

it,

is discovering that i am you,

that you are me

and we are not alone

 

 

In the Name of the Father,

In the Names of the Mother and Son,

In the Name of the Holy Spirit,

 

Oh, Cosmic Wind and Burning Flame,

Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Lover and Beloved,

Holy Father and Emperor, Sweet Mother and Empress,

Compassionate Son of Man and Savior,

I belong to you as an unborn child belongs.

As one belongs to two, as two belong to three,

As three Incarnate make the Holy Trinity, I come to you,

 

I come to you as knower, knowing and known,

 

To the Four Square Mystery, the Uncarved Block,

I come, in you I find salvation and redemption,

in you I am unassailable and complete, I come.

 

I come to you not dreaming, but Awake, Beloved!

 

Mark Christopher Valentine