New Poems by MargBouvard
HYMNS
I think of Falah’s sister in Iraq
who lost her husband, her four children,
affectionate daughters, proud sons. I think
of her empty hands, her empty house
that is no longer a home,
and I pray.
I think there will...
Winding the Clock — The Importance of a Daily Spiritual Practice
Winding the Clock:
The Importance of a Daily Spiritual Practice Beset as we are by the increasing demands of family and career, not to mention the horrific events in the news that we must somehow digest,...
Blessed Solstice!
Oh, pleasurable blessings full of ease, to ALL this Solstice, and always.
I was reminded of this song today, and it is
perfect:
"This is my home, this is my only home
This is the only
sacred ground that...
Madness, Religion, and the Public Square
In the early 1990’s I ran a small landscaping business as a way to supplement my paltry salary as a Waldorf teacher. Coming home from a long day of planting arborvitae one steaming July...
The World Dances in Your Sabbath
To purify the world, see the world as pure. Then act upon the pure world from the level of purified vision.
To purify your vision, meditate. To meditate is to immerse one's heart in absolute...
The Other and Julian’s Promise
In contemporary discussions of religion and religious discourse the notion of God’s alterity, or “Otherness,” is often foregrounded. This rhetorical gesture, very nearly a commonplace, derives from the philosophical work of Emmanuel Levinas and...
A story about The Void and Manifestation
One day a woman woke up from her current state of awareness and realized that she was definitely doing her work in the world, but not in the way that she wanted.
After a month...
The True Light of God
Gurucharanam Saranam
The man with the power of clairvoyance slowly opened his eyes and said: ‘When I observe your life, I see a bright light, which is very rare. It is the true light of...
There is No One at the Center of the Cross (Easter Meditation)
On the cross, Jesus said, "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do." Did he carry the sins of the world, or drop them?
The center of the cross is a place that...