Precepts

A hard won

and agonizing pilgrimage

I made to the center of my own beating heart.

You See, I thought I was trying to get out

But no.

The membrane I pushed + wrestled

and fought,

the cocoon I fused with

and surrendered to

and melted through

went down

not out.

It went deeper within.

And here, at the bottom,

lies the wellspring

of all that I know

to be true + right

beautiful + dangerous

wild + free.

I would not have fallen here

Were it not for the flying and the flailing,

the unsteady, yet decidedly sure

steps taken

day after day

breath after breath

towards that raging and terrifying

Center.

That infinite nothingness

that bears the weight of Soul.

It is here that I Know my precepts.

It is here that they have whispered from

It is here that they have always been calling me to.

This Deep.

Listen… can you hear them sing?

Joy. Simplicity. Wisdom. Freedom.

They are mine to say

over and over

like a mantra.

Joy. Simplicity. Wisdom. Freedom.

They are mine to live

over and over

like a tide.

I swear it now

that this will be my life.

My breath.

This will be my Center.

What do we do now?

I wonder.

Now that we have been found

After so many years of seeking?

And the Deep whispers, gently,

”Now,” she says,

“We listen.

We let the current carry us.

And we let The Great Story

that is beyond our one

small and precious life

unfold.”

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