Pulled along by this loving, my heart swims oceans with you; though my mind walks the shore, daily we meet within the waters.
Undercurrents exist the eye never sees, depths explored by few; there we join surrendered in One, sharing mysteries moving between us.
The Beloved of Seas will teach us the lessons our hearts bear, will inscribe upon our souls the treasures concealed there.
When two are joined, this is a marriage of hearts, and only Love knows the love of such no other can part.
*"Meeting within the Waters." July 12, 2007.
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After years of bowing and bringing hands together, a gesture of reverence and oneness, I began receiving an intuitive message - when enacting this ritual, not to bring two hands together. So, I would move the hands toward one another and let them rest apart. What was left? Two.
I sensed this act as a reminder to honor duality. Nonduality does not imply simply one that annuls or lacks "two...". We can realize the oneness and progressively live under that insight and inspiration. The oneness, however, is one with two and more. Hence, we are to honor and celebrate the diversity we are - all things are - with gratitude and awe.
What is the difference between saying, "There is diversity" and "We are diversity"? Are there moments when you sense oneness apart from diversity? Have you experienced a sense of oneness and diversity at the same time? How might you use your senses to open your heart to appreciate the variety about you? Are you growing in appreciating diversity? How do you see that happening?
*Use of photography is allowed accompanied by credit given to Brian K. Wilcox and notation of title and place of the photograph.
*Brian's book, An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love, can be ordered through major online booksellers or the publisher AuthorHouse.
