There is a silence
That’s like a sleeping puppy’s breath
That reaches eternity
And brings water into deserts
It’s the lover’s secret song
Sung so only you can hear
And then you will dance
In a way that no one notices
But the stars will join in as your castanets
And the cosmos will be your stage
And though delirious, you will never have felt more sane
More alive.
Yes, that is the silence of Life
But this other silence
The silence of unease
That I have been running away from
For most of my life
This silence that I seek to distract myself from
That gnaws at me when I let my guard down
That I find myself in
When I see injustice and cannot, will not, do something
When I cast a vote for what is good for me but not necessarily for others
When I purchase something at a price I like but at what cost to another?
When I slink away dejected, helpless, impotent, unable or unwilling to do what it takes
In this silence, the Ego takes the stage
Accusing, defending, denying, persecuting, loathing
Me, you, them
You know what you have to do so why don’t you!
Who am I to do anything? I am only one person, an isolated individual. How can I make a difference?
You’re weak. You’re selfish. You’re pathetic. You’re gutless. You’re selfish.
It’s them. They make the rules. They create the system. They lie and cheat and profit. They’re greedy, power hungry.
There’s nothing I can do. I’ll go to my grave knowing that I should have but didn’t. Or trying to convince myself that there was nothing I could do. It wasn’t my path. And I’ll be buried in my guilt.
Yes, that’s the silence of unease and it reeks of fear.
But my sweet Innocent, that is not my silence
Nor is it yours.
Mine (and yours) is the silence of the first kind.
The kind that draws us into the cosmic dance of Love, of Life
From which, sweet Innocent,
I will guide you
Not by guilt or fear or justice or righteousness or any of those hollow, meaningless concepts
But by love
Then there will be no ‘should-s’ or ‘must-s’ or ‘have-to-s’
For Love has only one desire
To be
All that it is
All that you are
And that, my sweet Innocent,
Is infinitely greater than the greatest demand made of you.
Will you come into my silence then?
I will.
Oh yes, I will.
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