The Answer Within

Within us Is the answer God gave To the many questions Of the mind God’s breath Our inspiration Like spirit Whose truth and love Gradually we find.

Cosmic Tide

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #10 Beyond Good and evil Where does spirit abide Moved By the flow Of divinity As if washed By God’s cosmic tide. Previous poems in the cycle are found after the image below 1. ~ So much fear As if it was unbearable ~ To know Our true selves ~ As if …

To Be Spiritually Transformed

. To be spiritually transformed             you may be plunged into the darkness . And not just concerning temporal things             but also carried afar in this torrent of God from your sensual and rational soul . This supernatural transfiguration             transports you beyond your merely natural existence . And who shall prevent God             …

Longing

Sometimes I have a strong longing for God I do not know what is happening to me Or where this longing comes from I simply feel the flames of love Burning higher and higher As I lovingly yearn for my God. Inspired by the writings of St John of the Cross

Who Are You Really?

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #9 Who are you really? Behind the masks you wear? What is your spirit Behind the stranger’s stare? Be mindful Of your soul Which so longs for eternity And seek Your unique Destiny. Previous poems in the cycle are found after the image below 1. ~ So much fear As if it …

Grace Fullness

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #8 For all Of time ~ The temptation To avoid ~ The void Unknowing ~ Its emptiness Hid the supremely ~ Important The meaning ~ Of all The grace ~ Fullness Of the truly divine. ~ Previous poems in the cycle are found after the image below 1. ~ So much fear …

Now I See God Everywhere

First God was there Then here Within Now I see God Everywhere. Inspired by Richard Rohr: "The gate of heaven is first of all in one concrete place, better if carried with you, and best when found everywhere"

The Spiritual Life

The spiritual life - Life lived in the light Of God’s existence and love Under and through God’s grace From within and above Waking daily to wonder In the creation In which we all Live and all move.

Awakening

Pain awakens The deeper questions What is my purpose? What is my end? Death who waits smugly Asks for what reason Your life was sent. Look back at the darkness Smile and say God loved me into being For once and always.

Sweep Me Away

. They called him the God of comfort             there’d been little comfort for me . They called him the God of love             there’d been no love I had seen . But still to come at a certain time             in a predetermined place . Were the comfort and love that were needed             …