[Thespiritexpress] Bonfires- Read to the group yesterday

[Richard Rasmussen]

Wow!

> On Jan 11, 2023, at 3:33 PM, Tracey Coddington via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Love this Riantee.  ♥️
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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