<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">The lover and Beloved’s embrace.</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:-apple-system-body">👍👍🙏❤️❤️</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 26, 2025, at 09:41, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dozing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dozing with you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">between life and death,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">dying in life,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">living in wonderment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dozing, it’s so easy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">all I have to do is catch the moment of awareness <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">when it opens for us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">There is such emptiness to fall into<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">nothing can go wrong, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">winning is assured <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">for it was already there at the beginning of all worlds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The mountain, the ocean, the forest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">do not need to win<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">they are anchored in winnings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and all the dark places of wisdom <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">celebrate the triumph of creation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh, the temptation to doze away the day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and slowly descend into the night with you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">knowing there can be no mistake<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">as we patiently decline,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">dispassionate, detached,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">just waiting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In death <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">you are life itself!<o:p></o:p></span></p><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress mailing list</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</span><br><span>https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>