Infinite Presence

I used to think I had to sit in a cave
Or at the very least bar the door
From interruptions to the Peace
I felt when alone.

Then we began singing together, voices joined in holy Communion...
Opening, harmonizing, dissolving in
Union
And there was just One Voice.
One Peace.
One Love.
Permeating, radiating, everything
Just.This.Heavenly.Bliss.

I used to think I had to wait to be alone
To drop into this Silence;
To turn off all sense of Other in order to enter into I.
Until I looked into your eyes,
Listened to your voice,
And then I was lost
In the depths of a Silence that has no center
That needs no boundary
Everything drenched in this Stillness
That spreads out
Into Infinity.

I used to believe that some-thing some-day
Would bring me to this freedom.
Then every you became I.
Now I receive darshan from the cows on my morning walk
Dance with a friend in ever expanding space
Gaze into the eyes of a beloved and see the Universe
Feel the deep peace of a newborn as he sleeps
And sing with the rooster at dawn.

Everything, everything magnifying this Stillness
Everything, everything deepening this Love
Everything, everything singing your holy name