Friday, September 29, 2023

Awake Awhile …

 


It’s not often I find myself despondent throughout an entire day. But this has been one of them, and so I search out inspiration from some of my favorite writings…


Awake Awhile - By Hafiz


“Awake awhile.
It does not have to be forever.
Right now.  One step upon the Sky’s soft skirt would be enough.


Awake awhile.
Just one True moment of Love will last for days.
Rest all your elaborate plans and tactics for knowing Him,
For they are all just frozen spring buds
Far, so far from Summer’s Divine Gold.

Awake, my dear.

Be kind to your sleeping heart.
Take it out into the vast fields of Light
And let it breathe.

Say, ‘Love, give me back my wings.
Lift me, lift me nearer.’
Say to the sun and moon, say to our dear Friend,
‘I will take you up now, Beloved,
On that wonderful Dance You promised!’”


“Earth has little light or joy for mortals before Life is spiritually learned. Every agony of mortal error helps error to destroy error, and so aids the apprehension of immortal Truth. This is the new birth going on hourly, by which men may entertain angels, the true ideas of God, the spiritual sense of being.” 

Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 548:11-17


“The world will end in joy, because it is a place of sorrow. When joy has come, the purpose of the world has gone. The world will end in peace, because it is a place of war. When peace has come, what is the purpose of the world? The world will end in laughter, because it is a place of tears. Where there is laughter, who can longer weep? And only complete forgiveness brings all this to bless the world. In blessing it departs, for it will not end as it began. To turn hell into Heaven is the function of God’s teachers, for what they teach are lessons in which Heaven is reflected. And now sit down in true humility, and realize that all God would have you do you can do. Do not be arrogant and say you cannot learn His Own curriculum. His Word says otherwise. His Will be done. It cannot be otherwise. And be you thankful it is so.” 

A Course in Miracles  M-14.5:1-15




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