6 Poems About Our Divine Essence, Awareness and Compassion

Poetry

The voice of the Divine
speaking through the soul of Humankind…
Our need is, with an open heart,
to listen and hear,
to devote our lives
to acknowledging and expressing
the Divine Essence that lives
within each one of us.

Creating a Quilt

Silence, stillness and now…
An opening for sharing…
Getting beyond storylines…
Being with our Essence, and
one another…
Creating a quilt of empathy
and compassion
for all to share.

Doing Unto Others

Awareness, compassion, kindness, empathy—
all expressions of our Divine Essence…
Expressions of who we are
that facilitate emotional healing,
reconciliation,
and foster forgiveness…
Being present with someone in their
moment of need and suffering,
Treating all living beings as
we would want to be treated.

Our True Teacher

The tension between what is
and what we want
is our true teacher in life…
Learning to turn into
the discomfort of our experience,
rather than avoiding our suffering,
opens the doorway to what is
and shows us how our beliefs keep us
in the shadows of
our own ignorance.

An Awareness of Life’s Impermanence

Birds chirping, an integrated
choir singing their song
of acceptance…
Knowing that they have a
source of food and water…
Living a life of being ever
watchful for any changes
in their circumstances…
As much as their needs are
met, they have an
awareness of life’s impermanence.

This Is the Way It Is

Responding rather than reacting…
Experiencing the reality of an
experience, rather than relating
to an unmet need that caused
suffering…
Bringing awareness into the
“this is the way it is,”
in the moment, rather than trying
to change the moment to
what we need it to be.

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