What do we hear when we listen to the center? What do we speak when we start from a place of stillness, listen to the stirrings of source, and speak to the center?
Last week I was blessed to be a part of a unique gathering hosted by the Heart of the Healer Foundation, Speaking to the Center: The Great Remembering.
As a facilitator/moderator, during the morning session I listened to the words of these loving souls who wanted to share pieces of their hearts and minds. Little nuggets of language, wisdom and invitation moved through my ears, mind, heart and into the pen perched upon my pad. After they each spoke and a brief stretch break, I offered a Woven Poem, a collective storytelling in the prose of words as a weaving of the wisdom they shared. And now I share this poem with you.
The following is a Collective Poem from the words of Grandmother Red Leaf, Peter Kingsley, Don Oscar Miro-Quesada, Michael Johnson, Howard Hanger, Jeff Schmitt & Mz Imani. Woven by Ashley Cooper.
Weaving into the tapestry
Simple humans
We are whole
We are grateful
Things that remember themselves
are not forgotten
When channeled or directed…
She works miracles
Everything has to have water to live
Help us to touch the spirit of the Earth again
The Earth is a spider web
Connections are a very important part
of how we live every single day
Things are as they should be —
even when it’s a hard realization
We have manufactured a spiritual light
It’s ungrounded – it’s unrooted
The darkness outside
The coldness
The empty space
We are living in a dream, a dream, a dream
It’s not enough any more
There is a sacred root of western civilization
Alethia – truth – unforgetting
We are living in a dream, a dream, a dream.
How many of us came here to remember
We have so many fantasies, my friends
We have our own original instructions –
We need to look for them
Go back to our roots
What is the result of our forgetfulness?
The current degradation of our environment
The dislocation of our society
A sleep walking culture
We are living in a dream, a dream, a dream
Catch a glimmering awakening,
in the spark of an eye, in the presence
It’s a void, it’s empty, it’s scary
I bow to the living waters
Find peace within
I am not different from the other
Self and other are one and the same
I choose to be in the world
To share my rituals, my ceremonies, my love
Recognizing the beauty and grace
of the courageous who decided to remember
Re-member – as a global human family
Unification. Wholeness. Non-dual consciousness
Allow Spirit and the great originating mystery
to unfold with its entire expression
Deep gratitude
Deep gratitude from the bottom of my heart
Without the kindness of all these living beings and ancestors
we would not have the kindness of life and the gift of all these problems
We need to continue awakening
We need to act
We need to act now
to solve or out grow these problems
Each of us here can play a role
and we have to
We are all a part of this experience
of life
And it might be possible that we can have a good time, too
Take a few longer, deeper breathes
Bring awareness into your body
Feel your heart
It’s all about perspective
Look at the world from your dogs eyes
I have a slightly different view
… And then there’s integration
Oh my gosh – even though I used to think I had total knowledge, I don’t
I only have one pebble
Awaken to your own happiness
You can lift other people up to be happy too
Hey good looking, you’re looking good
It would behoove us to not take ourselves so seriously
Return to the child
The pre-socialized little being
Please, pant with me
Wag your tail
Show that gratitude
This world needs our medicine
This world needs our science now
Visual Impressions were created live by Kara Brown at the event.