[Thespiritexpress] Bonfires- Read to the group yesterday

[Tracey Coddington]

Love this Riantee.  ♥️

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> On Jan 11, 2023, at 1:10 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> Bonfires on the Beach
>> 2022-2023
>>                        
>> Contemplating the fire
>> on the last day of the Old year
>> I behold the burning inside the fearful
>> suffering mind,
>> the flame of generations
>> that created fear, pain and anger.
>>  
>> I witness the blaze of invention
>> birthing worlds with love
>> and destroying them with greed;
>> that violent fire suffocating our time.
>>  
>> Smoke smothers me,
>> tears run down
>> and on the first day of the New year
>> my eyes go silent.
>>  
>> I begin a slow pensive ascent
>> into a continuous coming into being,
>> the word of Love suddenly plain
>> for me to see
>> in the fire
>> and in everything around me.
>>  
>> Each creation I behold
>> spells a divine word,
>> words are strung into sentences
>> sentences into scripts
>> proclaiming the joy of being,
>> the joy of knowing
>> that to be is
>> sacred
>> to live is
>> holy.
>>  
>> I behold
>> that indigenous fire ignited
>> over and over
>> illuminating the faces of
>> mother and father
>> sister and brother
>> with love
>> and the immense energies
>> of the universe
>> whisper of a future
>> that heals the past.
>>  
>> The fire slowly burns down
>> as I fall into dormancy. 
>>  
>> I become ember
>> I become ash
>> I disappear into a dream
>> that has no beginning
>> no end.
>>  
>> All of what I am
>> is a blessing.
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