[Thespiritexpress] Poem read at Mastery: Ecstasy

[Ed Balldinger]

Riantee - this is so plush, so present, so perfectly penetrating in its
ease.  It brings shelter from the storm and is the storm itself. Thanks for
reminding us of the "shell game" and our choice in how to fill it.  A
beautiful poem for a new day.

~ Ed

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 9:51 AM Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <
thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:

> Ecstasy
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> ‘*Poems are rough notations for the music we are’ Rumi*
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> The fire roars, flames leap in the fireplace,
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> I sip my fragrant tea from a celadon cup,
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> the couch, soft and fluffy
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> receives my grateful body,
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> my cat curls around my feet and purrs,
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> I lay my head down on the fleecy pillow,
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> wrap the fuzziest of blankets around my shoulders
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> and read the love poems of Rumi
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> while caressing the silky fur of my warm little familiar,
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> my body in utmost sensual ecstasy. . .
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> The body reclines on the soft couch next to the fire,
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> the steam rises from the tea cup
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> the woman wraps a blanket of forgiveness
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> around the shoulders,
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> her head surrenders to the down pillow,
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> a purring cat curls around the feet,
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> the hands caresses the accepting fur of the velvety creature. . .
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> The dream dissolves,
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> the veil tears.
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> I am the fire, the tea, the couch, the cat. the pillow, the blanket,
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> the poems, Rumi, the fur, the body.
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> I am this, I am that,
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> I am that I am,
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> the one in the faces of the many.
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> I receive,
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> accept
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> the love broadcasted from everything,
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> everywhere,
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> at all time.
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> I return it
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> in the eternal
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> where giving and receiving are one.
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> Life offers a shell
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> it’s up to me to fill it
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> in anyway I choose.
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> Only awareness
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> meeting with awareness
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> in every moment.
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