[Thespiritexpress] Oh, What Meditation and Self-Transformation Pathwork Class Inspires...

[Jima]

Yes, the pot of soup our group makes together is delicious.  Ed, when I 
saw you dancing with your grandson this afternoon, I thought, I want you 
to be my grandfather also.

Carlie


On 11/22/22 7:33 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:
> Oh Ed -
> I am still here –– with you!
> /Very good soup!/
>
>> On Nov 22, 2022, at 13:43, Ed Balldinger via Thespiritexpress 
>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org 
>> <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> wrote:
>>
>> I was so happy to have our grandson, Jayden, join us for Shaking Yoga 
>> and Meditation this morning before his buddies came and picked him up 
>> for some time in the park.  He did real good!
>>
>> This is a poem that meditation and Pathwork of Self-Transformation 
>> class inspired in me today.  Always a pleasure studying with you all.
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> ~ Ed
>>
>> _Still Here_
>>
>> I’m still here – scratching on the walls of yesterday.
>> I’m still here – knocking on the doors of tomorrow.
>> I’m still here – embracing so many moments now.
>> I’m still here – like I always thought I was before.
>>
>> This shift in my steady reflection leaves
>> my acceptance tipped in favor of staying.
>> Here, hold my soul in your hands and warm
>> it from within before it freezes in time, help me.
>>
>> This shift in my idealized self is a walk through
>> the kitchen pantry looking to pull some of my own
>> imperfection off the shelf of unknowing and whip up
>> a new batch of humble pie to serve myself freely.
>>
>> Yes, I’m still here – tasting each expectation.
>> I’m still here – lathering every dirty spot to wash.
>> I’m still here – in contemplative instigation.
>> I’m still here – cradling the infancy of my true self.
>>
>> The more I look into this melding mirror,
>> the more I become one with /mirror living/.
>> The more I dissolve this image, the more
>> it becomes its own deflected reflection.
>>
>> When I recognize impossibility in its full dress,
>> I wanna head back to the kitchen of my soul,
>> stir the pot on the stove top, tasting implicitly
>> the spices of truth, space and being here now.
>>
>> /Soup’s on!! /
>>
>> Edgar Z. Balldinger
>> November 22, 2022
>> /     © Nublin’s Pub, 202//2/
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