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Where the Two Worlds Touch

November 07, 2007

susan_preston_knobSunset1.jpg

Knob Sunset ~ Canon 30d

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.

~ Rumi


I took a really nice hike today with a friend who understands nature better than the average bear. Among the many things we discussed, the healing presence in nature was the most nourishing.

Touching nature is like touching Spirit to me. The immense beauty ~ the solitude, the peacefulness ~ create huge allowances for the heart to come back to a healthy rhythm. The hurry scurry mice running through my mind stop dead in their tracks, dumbfounded by the overwhelming sense that all is well, and all is as it should be. With each breath in, I accept the goodness surrounding me, and with each breath out, a prayer for wholeness is murmuring... Be good. Be Free. Remember your beauty. Ask for what you want. Stand with one foot grounded in the earth, the other, just beyond where the two worlds meet.

Don't go back to sleep.

Posted by vincent at November 7, 2007 09:15 PM

Comments

It's so easy to sleep through it, isn't it? We have to keep our eyes open to really "see." Beautiful image Susan.

Posted by: jayne at November 8, 2007 06:28 AM

Perfectly lovely post.

Posted by: candy at November 8, 2007 07:50 AM

I like the poem. I think of how often I fall back to sleep in the trance of the world. The picture reminds me of times I was out at sea and it is so cool to think about where the sea and sky meet. Now, I'm on a different sea, a different ocean. It's an ocean for the soul and I navigate this life on a sea of feelings and perseptions and mental formations. It is blessed to wake up to this moment just as it is.

Bob

Posted by: Bob at November 8, 2007 08:35 AM

The rhythm of the ocean, walking through a forest, listening to birds chirp and caw, marveling at the beauty of trees, gasping at the color of the sky and formations of clouds............. all heal my soul and bring order to chaos in my mind. Nature calms, nature nourishes, close to nature is where we belong. But, yes, it is so easy to close the door and sleep inside forgetting nature is out there beckoning to us to share her treasures. Like everything else the choice is ours. Your photo is awesome.

Posted by: janet at November 8, 2007 10:58 AM

A beautiful poem...
when we are still and let our hearts and souls listen to nature it does bring balance - I know what you mean about touching Spirit

Posted by: Katie at November 11, 2007 11:16 AM

Nature is my 'temple', my holy place...particularly where water meets the sky.

susan, I really love your page of photos for sale and how they link back to the original post.

Posted by: stephanie at November 12, 2007 11:25 PM

aw...rumi's words are always so poignant and nourishing...each time i read them it's like reading them for the 1st time...

Posted by: la vie en rose at November 13, 2007 05:29 PM

I believe we are kindred spirits of sorts :-)

Posted by: Chantal at November 14, 2007 04:52 AM