To Touch the Divine.

There is a Buddhist passage regarding awakening,

“Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.
The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.
Although its light is wide and great,
The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide.
The whole moon and the entire sky
Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.” ~ Dogen

And, therein lies the struggle, my darlings. That is to say, in any given moment, we are both uniquely separate *and* everything else, all at once.

For, in our pain, we tighten; and, in our connection, we glow.

Just like the moon upon the water, we, too, are illuminated by life’s unassuming grace.

And, in our gratitude we find connection – to these, the much simpler things.

Whether in the beauty of a flower’s bud, or the poetry of a crisp autumn breeze ~ my darlings, it is never fully beyond our reach.

“In truth,” shares author, Mark Nepo. “the smallest stem of a damaged heart, like a single blade of grass, holds the essence of everything alive.”

It is in this act of moving forward, that we may finally begin to touch the Divine.

About

Tara Lemieux is a mindful wanderer, and faithful stargazer. Although she often appears to be listening with great care, rest assured she is most certainly‘forever lost in thought. She is an ardent explorer and lover of finding things previously undiscovered or at the very least mostly not-uncovered.

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