at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.

~ T S Eliot ~

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now that in this moment of eternity we are still, i pray we will take many moments of reflection in keeping with what we’ve been called to do for the last many months of being sheltered in – to come into the eye of the hurricane where it is still and take a courageous look into where we’ve strayed so far from a path of heart and of wisdom… i posted the following psalm on election day four years ago and this year and many other times and thank each of us for taking it in with an open heart…

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Psalm 15

Lord, who can be trusted with power,
and who may act in your place?
Those with a passion for justice,
who speak the truth from their hearts;
who have let go of selfish interests
and grown beyond their own lives;
who see the wretched as their family
and the poor as their flesh and blood.
They alone are impartial
and worthy of the people’s trust.
Their compassion lights up the whole earth,
and their kindness endures forever.

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yes, may we utter this song again and again infusing the cosmos with a passion for justice pouring into our one heart with truth and compassion… all over the planet there’s so much suffering, all over the planet there’s so much love… our work is cut out for us… to summon every bit of courage, pick up our thread and re-weave the world with wisdom and wonder and stand in love and stand for love again and again…

may we all be bridge-builders, menders of brokenness, repairers of the breach, creators of beauty for wounded places… because we know in our heart in order to be whole, we must accept each of our parts as the beloved, yes each of the trillions and trillions of threads of the web of life…

thanks be for our ri-sing in this moment of eternity re-membering who we are – waves in the ocean of being, the sea of love energy in a wave…