Integrity, Intuition, and God

 


21 May 2021

Integrity, Intuition, and God


Do I live each day thoughtlessly, just because it happens,

Or just so I can tick off boxes of adventure, achievement, and much more,

Like the chance to see someone or some special place yet again?

Do I really need to do all this before leaving for the other shore?


Why am I so desperate to plan what the future brings,

Instead of relaxing and letting the days unfold as they will?

Do I hope that having definite plans will push endings and death away,

That having too much to do is better than having time to kill?


The answer to my confusion about direction, purpose, and meaning

Is perhaps found by considering integrity, intuition, and God,

And thus opening to the complexities and mysteries of life

Perhaps not to completely understand, but so I don’t live as a confused fraud.


Integrity suggests that we all have a place in our hearts

Where there is a reality that is not dependent on having and doing,

But a wholeness from which we can open fully to life

With fun and play, naturally, and gently, without stewing.


My intuition is my intimate inner connection with God

An inner personal sensing and knowing of what I should do each day,

It reaches beyond any rational view that I have of how the world works:

And is a hidden, compelling feeling of how I can best live, enjoy, and play.


As our confused, insane, and troubled world that totally lacks direction,

Becomes increasingly focused on greed, denying death, and celebrating fear,

My inner voice is shouting all is well, be at peace, and let it all unfold,

And celebrate the beauty and richness of life itself – it’s time for a joyful cheer.


For somehow despite the destruction and confusion that our approaching ending may entail,

Our dying civilisation will leave an enhanced energy of curiosity, creativity, play, and fun

That is born of our joy for life, unaffected by our failure to survive and grow forever.

Thus we will complete another cycle of life, as we celebrate that we are truly one.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rush of Time 12 Feb 2021

  1 9 February 2021 The Rush of Time February is nearing its end , and autumn is arriving. Summer and t he past two months have flown by in a blink. Why in the world is time continually flying faster and faster And making the months disappear before we can even think? T ime is just a series of endings, and beginnings From waking, through activities, sometimes full of fun. But somehow in the rush of time , when we go to bed each night , We lie awake and wonder what we really have done. Often our first thought s when we think of time racing past, Are t hat we want, need, and must have more and more. T rapped by our overwhelming fears that there is never enough time , We focus on what we don’t have, and forget all that we adore . Perhaps we first remember the bits that have hurt: Disagreements, separation, sickness, and death, And look at the world with all its troubles and confusion, And wonder why we ever bother taking a breath. An
Read more

Commensalism - the way not to see our world!!

  Glenys suggested that we have a word of the week 'Commensalism' - this is the result of my musings as the word defied my attempts to put it into a poem. 21 October 2020 Commensalism For me, ‘ commensalism’ would be a good choice i f I had to choose one word to represent the arrogance and reductionism of S cience and our ill considered beliefs that we can live separate from the web of nature. Commensalism is a cold, scientific concept that states that in a relationship between two species, one species can benefit while th e partner species is unaffected. This concept completely overlooks a major factor that is crucial to the survival of all nature – and of mankind: that we all live by cooperating and supporting each other in many, often subtle ways in a complex interconnected web of life. No species can exist without having an effect on all species with which it interacts. Just because the affects of these interactions might not be visible to our eyes,
Read more

Harmony, Hubris, Fear – and Contentment

  4 J une 2021 Harmony, Hubris, Fear – and Contentment Harmony is uniting and coming together to create and celebrate our connections, And recognising that our seemingly disparate world is in reality a balanced whole. We sense harmony in music when notes magically combine to enrich the overall sound Similarly, as I learn to focus on harmony in everyday life, it will truly enrich my soul. Should the creating and honouring of harmonies be an important goal our lives ? Instead of focusing on fostering and nurturing our solitary selves, Is it more healing to focus on connecting and uniting with all other beings, And the totality o f nature, past, present and future, even elves For as we reach beyond the limits of our narrow perceptions, And open to the universal harmonies that stretch across space and time W e will discover the hubris and fears that work to keep harmony from s ight A s if
Read more