[Thespiritexpress] Poem read Tuesday

[Dani Spievak]

Thank you Riantee --- you are truly a torch bearer.
Dani

On 6/23/25 11:47 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:
> Your Presence in Death
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> Thank you my love for the gift of your presence
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> even in death, because of death.
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> It is because of it that the journey you are on
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> is inscribed on my body with the ink of forgiveness;
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> it is because of it that having nothing left to lose,
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> I have no preference,
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> although I care, I care a lot, equally, for everything;
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> it’s because of it that I do not mind being swept in the current
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> with no attachment
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> for it is the current of all opportunities,
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> a place of opening, receiving, investigating with curiosity,
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> a neutral where the light of my divinity is constantly unfolding.
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> You offer me the relief of not having another task,
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> the power to know that the way I see manifests my world,
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> the power to be me, whole,
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> to become the axis that joins what’s above and what’s below.
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> Don’t search for meaning, you tell me,
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> listen, respond and let meaning be revealed.
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> In the world I often visit lately
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> words don’t stand for something else,
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> they contain their own irrational meaning and significance.
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> Don’t ask me to be reasonable, the gods don’t have our logic,
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> their smile is ambiguous, it contains the deep sadness
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> that underlines everything we experienced since our earthly birth.
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> Night is our home, you whisper,
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> like the sun we return to it every evening
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> to rise again in the morning,
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> it’s a place where all opposites meet, where the paradox reigns.
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> And for this we have to do nothing.
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> No more running from yourself, enter the darkness with no fear,
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> remember, opening to all of life including death is pleasure
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> so, die before you die.
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> When we have a taste of eternity
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> we long to return to that unlimited Self
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> for it is our true state of being.
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> You can do it in space and time,
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> at your own time!
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