LOVE CALLS US ALL

I write poems to keep the beauty of the soul alive. For a long time in my life I was in the dark. Love was a word I loathed, mainly because it brought up the pain of my wounds and a fear of vulnerability. In truth I had to process much anger, grief and fear before I could open to even the possibility of love. Eventually a deep transformation happened, not of my doing, but maybe from my undoing, and I began to know love as the ground of my being. No longer a thing to be transacted, it became the fragrance of this garden called Kavi. Love calls us all in our unique way through the very experiences we have.
It changed my life knowing that.

Here are some poems.

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Inner wisdom
Is a million butterflies
Locked in a pandora’s box
Deep within
Each being

Opening the box
Appears terrifying 
But brings astonishing freedom.

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If we could just sit
And be with each other
In the silence 
Of the unspoken 
It would be enough

There is such a healing to be found
In the deepest communion.

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I found something 
Deeply tender within myself
When I practiced being kind to others
That simple practice 
Softened the whole experience
And brought a great equanimity.

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Just this...
An endless giving up
Of the self that seeks
To own and control everything
Until there is 
No more self to give up.

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To know your true light
Enter your darkness
With presence.

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Give freely of yourself 
People will feel it
And do the same.

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Some times I just sit
Quietly and contemplatively
Watching the universe turn
On the great arc of eternity.

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RETURN TO THE GARDEN.

Heart is heavy
Weighed down by mind
Essential purity of love
Covered over by past pain

Mind is foggy
Clouded by fear
Clear seeing occluded
Divided by righteousness 

Weary humans
Lost and angry
Desperate for meaning
Grabbing illusory power
In the face of eternity

We have given ourselves to a dream
Believing it to be real
Stumbled into a dark forest
Full of tyrannous shadows
And menacing threats

Only the silent humility of openness
The peace that passeth mind’s understanding
Can bring us back to our light
Tears may fall, thunder may rage
Grief’s rain may become an ocean
And swallow us up

But it will be true
And our hearts and minds
Will be cleansed of past pain
And resolved of righteousness

And we will return to the garden
Renewed and refreshed from our dream.

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Hold your inner compass steady
And you will be guided,

The sun and the moon
The stars and the heavens
And the silent one inside
Know secrets 
That will quietly show you the way.

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What are these clouds
That seem so heavy
Obscuring the sun

They are nothing more
Than the sorrow
Of our forgetting

And our joy of remembering.

We are offering a relationship weekend. We invite you to dive in with us to a juicy exploration of where awakening and relationship meet.

THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF RELATIONSHIP.

This Weekend Online Retreat is an opportunity to come together in a safe container and to explore the possibility of enlightened relationships.

There will be TWO sessions daily, each of 120 minutes (2 hours) duration. Each session will include a discourse and time for Q&As.

If you miss a session, recordings will be available in audio and video format.

DAY 1 -

Session 1 - Transforming Need and Want to True Intimacy
Session 2 - Meeting Your Aloneness and Knowing Yourself as Already Complete

DAY 2 -

Session 1 - Triggers as a Doorway to Love
Session 2 - Meeting Each Other in the Open Field of Presence