Reading David's poem several times (and Linda wants to print it and thinks it is right on for the "environment" of the "climate" work going on here in Redlands), I for some unknown reason started spinning on the relationship of our personal death in relation to the universe and nature, and the memory came up of growing up in the midwest and observing and being a part of the changing of the seasons, (the image of geese flying overhead). So David does not need to take credit for the following. But it was inspired by his able offering of yesterday. Milan H. *Preparations* Preparing our bodies For the great journey Of our own personal death, Can we pause, momentarily To notice, oh so carefully The miracle of breath? Taking a moment To acknowledge the wonder In the passing by Of geese flying northward In the Spring, returning southward In the fall? The yin and yang of nature Has been the way of it For Aeons of earth time. Comes the final preparation For the great separation— Breathe with it! Milan Hamilton June 15, 2022 On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 10:58 AM David Dunn via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
A poem
The Unspoken Yes
What we can not see
makes our blood to flow,
our lungs to fill
and our bodies to breathe.
What we can not hear
lives in silence everywhere,
comforts us always
and saves our lives daily.
What we can not touch
is beyond all knowing,
but arises in our awareness
and seeks us before we ask.
With the eyes of a lover,
open, intense, insistent,
this Holy Mystery invites us
to meet in our yearning.
In such gifted times,
when darkness glows
and silence hums
the Unspoken Yes,
we begin to live again,
as at birth and death,
while the universe
watches itself expand.
David
Sent from David’s iPhone
On Jun 13, 2022, Jim Wiegel wrote:
The unknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing. John Lennon
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