[Thespiritexpress] To Esalen /poem read at Pathwork

[Avamir Nasoff]

Around the bend, indeed💗✨
Such a joy to be with you on your heart meanderings of life, love and
expression. Your words, as always, carry me through time and space and land
me in your glorious presence.
Thank you Toni for weaving the words to deLight our hearts again and again.
In Joy and love,
Avamir

On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 2:02 PM Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <
thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:

> *Thank you Joan and Lydia for appreciating this poem…..It is such a
> reminder to me, that when I face my fears, when I become fully present in
> the exploration of the mystery of Being, when I am *
>
> *captured by the beauty around me, and the awe and wonder of the
> moment…….I can totally let go…..*
>
> and then life itself is living through me and is my trusted guide…….and no
> matter what unfolds next……..I am willing to embrace the experience!
>
>
> *To Esalen*
>
> *Toni Bernbaum*
>
>
>
> These  eucalyptus,
>
> backs peeling in the sun,
>
> Grow from the mouths
>
> of Tibetan monks chanting
>
> to the rhythm
>
> of rolling tires
>
> ca-lumping, ca-lumping
>
> with the sway and dip
>
> of this old coast road.
>
>
>
> Rising up like seed syllables
>
> swollen with prayer
>
> breaking the sound barrier -
>
> the world quiets to stillness
>
> radiance and breath.
>
>
>
> Hold steady the wheel,
>
> velocity and vibration.
>
> Hold steady the hand
>
> of this dream queen surrendered
>
> to the only movement
>
> steering my life
>
> in this moment now -
>
> as I let go,
>
> let go
>
> into a windshield of sun and sky
>
> a synchronized astonished meadow,
>
> embracing everything
>
> in the lap of this
>
> timeless woven
>
> infinite web -
>
>
>
> Hold steady
>
> Hold steady the wheel
>
> as I disappear
>
> along a highway
>
> inclined on a barrier
>
> at the end of a world.
>
>
>
> Branches swaying
>
> Monks praying
>
> Car careening
>
> Heart beating
>
> My hair is flying
>
> My hair is flying
>
>
>
> Tears are flowing
>
> Tears are flowing
>
>
>
> For no other reason
>
> For no other reason
>
>
>
> Than the joy
>
> Of what ever waits
>
>
>
> Around the bend!
>
>
>
>
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