So true and so often requires we abandon previous assumptions and 'knowns' that create patterns - holding patterns - that tie us in to limiting views of ourselves and the world.
Sasha did a recent post on how when we are locked in to a certain view of the world, we literally can't see what's right in front of us. Your poem was like a reverberation of that idea, but also the remedy. Dive.
Ah, what duz it take? It just takes JUMPIN' IN! tho' the jumpin' is just the start... the challenge is of course the "findin' "-- What an interestin' tradition, findin' that symbolic source of LOVE by takin' a plunge! An' yes, it's not there fer the grabbin'-easy--the plunge starts the journey with the lake, pond...mebbe a forest or a crowded public square... bein' the media or medium--the anywhere! May we all find our “epiphanies"--in the plural (even those of us worship more heterodoxically!) An' of course, keep on jumpin'!
You might have been better off not having grown up in a devout family. You came into a spirituality instinctively and didn't have to clean out all the cobwebs of prior indoctrination. So that now you are so able to fluently express this very special message that we all needed to hear. Thank you for sharing your epiphanies with us as you so often do. You are a treasure. xox
Beautiful, Mary.
"but not the kind you think.
A willingness to journey
to an unknown place—"
So true and so often requires we abandon previous assumptions and 'knowns' that create patterns - holding patterns - that tie us in to limiting views of ourselves and the world.
Sasha did a recent post on how when we are locked in to a certain view of the world, we literally can't see what's right in front of us. Your poem was like a reverberation of that idea, but also the remedy. Dive.
Thank you. ❤️
beautiful and appreciated
Epiphanies certainly do not float like cream, to be skimmed off the top!
A magnificent ritual, a great photo, and a tremendous poetic inspiration!
Thank you Mary!
Well. Color me epiphanated. Some things are just best read first thing in the morning. Thank you.
Ah, what duz it take? It just takes JUMPIN' IN! tho' the jumpin' is just the start... the challenge is of course the "findin' "-- What an interestin' tradition, findin' that symbolic source of LOVE by takin' a plunge! An' yes, it's not there fer the grabbin'-easy--the plunge starts the journey with the lake, pond...mebbe a forest or a crowded public square... bein' the media or medium--the anywhere! May we all find our “epiphanies"--in the plural (even those of us worship more heterodoxically!) An' of course, keep on jumpin'!
(I like it thisaway!):
https://www.themarginalian.org/2010/11/24/philippe-halsman-jump/
Always there, yet unseen and un-questioned. I love your dive into this topic. ;)
I also thought of Sasha's latest piece...about seeing, wrapping your limited scope perspective around what you are seeing...
Have a wonderful Sunday and thank you for being you!♥
Mary, your essays/poems/musings always get me thinking (and feeling!) I love how you weave words together. This was a gem. 💎🩷
Mary, this was truly inspiring.
You might have been better off not having grown up in a devout family. You came into a spirituality instinctively and didn't have to clean out all the cobwebs of prior indoctrination. So that now you are so able to fluently express this very special message that we all needed to hear. Thank you for sharing your epiphanies with us as you so often do. You are a treasure. xox