ANGEL ON YOUR SHOULDER

“Search your heart and see. The way to do is to be.”

 

- by Lao Tzu:

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsxUDjfhj5Y

Let It Be by The Beatles (rehearsal)

 

MINDFUL

 

You carry the weight of the world upon your shoulders.

Let me be the one to lift it to a feathered weight.

An angel on your shoulder with wings that carry you

is worth more than a thousand baying hounds for blood.

We look to the same direction, my eyes all seeing;

yours blinkered and blind from seeing too much;

a wry derisive smile hovering around your lips,

“Familiarity breeds contempt” hisses the wing-ed serpent,

perched upon the golden helmet that once fit your head,

when all your thoughts were simpler and occupied less room.

Life is more complex now in this ever-expanding world

of new ideas and ways in which to “simplify” our lives,

yet actually pull us further into the mouth of the serpent.

The higher we climb the farther there is to fall

and all those treasured memories are left far behind us,

along with all the people we have loved and lost,

yet still we cling to what we know, not what we had.

It's fear, not hope, that drives us ever forward;

fear of never being good enough; of never reaching full potential,

but stay awhile, be still, my friend and contemplate today;

this one unerring moment in which all is perfect.

Just slow your breath and listen to the beat of your heart;

it's perfect rhythm is in tune with everything that you are.

Let negative thoughts drift softly in and out of your conscious mind;

acknowledge them and release them to the ether.

Concentrate on your breath, close your eyes;

tilt your face gently upward towards the sun.

Let the warm mellow sunlight modulate your unique Circadian rhythmn.

You once thought yourself a child of Arcadia,

but none of it really matters except the present.

This one precious moment, not in the man-made concept of time,

which differs from man to man, but this moment which is timeless,

which frees you from the pain of struggle;

allows you to feel rested and replaces the fear in your heart

with hope and nurtures your soul to lift your spirits,

until there is no seperation between you and the world around you.

You are in perfect harmony, at one with nature and all that has gone before

falls away and all that you were striving for now makes no sense at all

and what is left is all that you are, all that you need be

and you are at peace with yourself and with the world.

No fights to fight, no arguments to reason, no struggle to survive.

This is peace; the ultimate and it is there for everyone.

It is within us even before we are born

and it remains with us, true to our core for all our days,

but we have to let it surface, free it from the torment so we can just BE

because doing less means being more...

 

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