[Thespiritexpress] The Pain of Separation

[Toni Bernbaum]

Pure inspiration……again, thank you dear Riante, for your poet’s soul ….shining through the pain of separation……letting us all know…..that love will always be there, that love will heal that pain…..so beautiful. 

> On Oct 31, 2022, at 10:11 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> The pain of Separation
>>  
>> I am always discovering myself
>> in the little corners
>> that had been left in the dark for so long.
>> I have felt the pain of separation
>> from the very beginning
>> but didn’t know I was born with it.
>> It became this underlying sadness
>> that ran like a gentle stream
>> over the bed of the multi-colored pebbles
>> from all the events of my life.
>> I didn’t know the name of so old a presence,
>> but it became a melancholy,
>> affectionate friend
>> enveloping me through the stages of life.
>>  
>> It’s only when I stop re acting
>> the suffering of the world
>> that I find contentment hidden behind it.
>> It’s only when I am totally empty of myself
>> that I find the truth of Self.
>> It’s only when I stop resisting the original pain
>> that Sin dissipates out of existence.
>> It’s only when I acknowledge the state of bliss
>> always existing
>> that an inexhaustible source of strength
>> is activated within.
>>  
>> I find myself to be
>> a resourceful being I can count on
>> to lead me to safety every step of the way,
>> opening the joyful path for me to step on
>> and keeping me inspired,
>> breathed in spirit,
>> pregnant with the love
>>                                                              of all I encounter.
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