...this force that pushes and contracts...

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I like these excerpts and wanted to share them:

 

"Kindle feeling slowly

for that which feels excessive,

out of proportion with your rhythm.

 

Let the germ of love break

gradually through the shells of pride

that separate you from another,

[that separate you] from another your-self.

The husks become kindling

for a fire of new birth in which

two become one,

knowing the One behind all.

 

Find the blessing of yielding

to those who cover you with

their own impressions,

detaching you in their minds

from who you really are.

Use this seclusion to retreat

from the surface of your image

the pride and reputation

to which these insults stick.

Use the force to bend toward

your own deepest self. ...

 

Open space for those

who try to tie you up.

Lay a trap that catches

and releases all of their knots

and binding complexities.

Let your prayer ... be:

'...use this force that

pushes and contracts,

that chases and entangles,

to guide us all back to

harmony....' "