The Whole of It

White-Rumped Shama and Warbling White-Eye bathing in a bowl

 

The Whole of It

Like these birds inside the bowl

You are bathing in the Whole

Conditioned early to see separation

No surprise we feel desperation

Words like “Either/Or” and “I”

Are knives that divvy up the pie

Moving towards “Both/And” and “We”

Creates the space for “Us” to "Be"

Behold the rain and sun and breeze

And praise the photosynthesis of trees

Without it All, you could not be

Unclench the self and newly see

Simply bathing in pure delight

Within awareness, a shift of insight

Like food offered to the begging bowl

Life is truly lived within the Whole

Of Magic and Miracles

 

We Come in Peace, Kailua, HI, September 2020, iPhone 11 Pro © Steven Crisp

Of Magic and Miracles

Surely it is Magical,

if by magical you mean 

unknown to science and 

the rational (wo)man

You have seen with eyes

that intuit the Whole, where others

see only the little bits and pieces

Magic and Miracles abide in Wholeness

We are bathed in a cultural paradigm of 

reductionism:  If, Then, Goto, Else, Loop

A causes B causes C, ad nauseam

But this is not the language of Life

In Reality's mother tongue, the Whole 

really is greater than the sum of its parts

And Wholeness must be seen

from a (w)ho(l)ly different vantage point

Jesus told us that the Kingdom of 

Heaven is within each of us!  You, me,

saint and sinner … put down your stones,

and abide in Peace, Love, and Joy

Even during these painful times and

personal hardships we can know this Truth

If only we look deeply within, and see

the Miracle of our in-ter-dependence

So Love deeply, and lift up our brothers and sisters

For that is how we’ll find our better Angels

Know that every birth is Sacred and Miraculous

Feel deeply, for there is no music like Soul music

You have heard that no (wo)man is an island, 

So then, let us not ask for whom the bell tolls

The(e) real Magic is that we are all in this Together

And our Salvation begins with(in) (W)hol(i/e)ness