It is in those moments of stillness and silence when the pieces of Discernment fall into place, when Revelation whispers quietly and nods in affirmation at a road already taken.
Tonight, after a particularly frenzied day, in the midst of a humid summer night, Paul and I re-encountered three pieces of poetry and music that seemed to have been sent to us as reminders of where we are now, where we came from, and where we intend to go together.
While listening to the last song in this entry, my Facebook status read: "In a moment of pure sentimentality, we just paused from whatever we were doing on our laptops, sat silently still, and let the words and the melodies of this song fill the whole room."
I share these with you tonight and send out all my well wishes across the Universe. I wish that you who read this will find your heart as full of love, joy, and serenity as my heart is now.
~ N
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ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind,
Possessing and caressing me.
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,
That call me on and on across the universe,
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they
Tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Sounds of laughter shades of earth are ringing
Through my open views inviting and inciting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
Million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
SOMEWHERE I HAVE NEVER TRAVELLED, GLADLY BEYOND
e.e. cummings
somewhere i have never travelled,
gladly beyond any experience,
your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look will easily unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself
as Spring opens (touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose
or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands
THE FIRST TIME I LOVED FOREVER
From the TV series Beauty and the Beast
Lyrics by Melanie Safka
Music by Lee Holdridge
Sung by Lisa Angelle
With excerpts from the poem Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly
Poem: “Somewhere I have never traveled
Gladly beyond any experience
Your eyes have their silence
And your most frail gesture of things
Which enclose me
But which I cannot touch
Because they are too near.”
The first time I loved forever
Was when you whispered my name
And I knew at once you loved me
For the me of who I am
The first time I loved forever
I cast all else aside
And I bid my heart to follow
Be there no more need to hide
And if wishes and dreams
Are merely for children
And if love's a tale for fools
I'll live the dream with you
Poem: “oh, if your words be to close me
I, my life will shut, very beautifully
Suddenly, as when the heart of this flower
Imagines the snow carefully, everywhere descending”.
For all my life and forever
There's a truth I will always know
When my world divides and shatters
Your love is where I'll go
Poem: “I do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens. Only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses.
Nobody, not even the rain has such small hands."
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Watch the trailer of Beauty and the Beast HERE.
