It is
through the eye
of the Universe
that you and I
will see
how alike
we are.© 2017 Dennis Ference
My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.
Open your heart
with wonder and gratitude
and joy will find its way in.© 2017 Dennis Ference
The way not to drown
is to swim way out
and dive deep down.-Anonymous
May this purpose
remain always
with you:
to know and
to live fully
the truth
of who
you are.© 2017 Dennis Ference
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You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars: and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world, and more than so, because men are in it who are every one sole heirs as well as you. Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God, as misers do in gold, and Kings in sceptres, you never enjoy the world.
Till your spirit filleth the whole world, and the stars are your jewels; till you are as familiar with the ways of God in all Ages as with your walk and table: till you are intimately acquainted with that shady nothing out of which the world was made: till you love men so as to desire their happiness, with a thirst equal to the zeal of your own: till…
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While you are playing
gatekeeper
and excluding others
from blessedness,
be assured someone,
somewhere,
is also excluding you,
likewise forgetting
that God is everywhere
or nowhere.© 2017 Dennis Ference
My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.
Contrary
to what your fears
and defenses
may be telling you,
there is no need
for you to keep
the Universe ordered
and aligned with
your understandings
and wishes.© 2017 Dennis Ference
The present moment
may continue to seem
out of reach,
but that is because
we keep “reaching” for it
instead of letting ourselves
“fall” into it.© 2017 Dennis Ference
Harmony, devoid of diversity,
loses its beauty and meaning.© 2017 Dennis Ference
We don’t sit in meditation
to become good meditators.
We sit in meditation
so that we’ll be more awake
in our lives.Pema Chödrön
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