The Divine Touch

We are touched
by the finger of God
infused with love
born again
and sent out vibrating with
divine touch
gently returned to earth
to pass the gift
on to all life
to every heart
in every way
that we are capable
of expressing

We are touched
by the creator and connected
to the source
of divine power
in ways we cannot
describe
or explain
or know

Yet we are changed
and charged and renewed
and transformed
and held to the heart
of the giver
of all life
and cradled
in the sweetest belonging
we will ever know
in this or any other life.

painting by rassouli
http://www.rassouli.com
Moment in eternity

Falling into dreams of loving

A dream awakened me…and i was flying and creating the dawn
words were turning into birds and flying through the air…..
like a long flowing stream of colored threads…..
flowing from and creating dreams….floating….drifting and connecting thoughts ….
creating and listening….singing…………….humming…….warbling………
rising and falling and gliding and then melting…………..
and energy is a living stream that moves across the sky….
forming into something or someone ….flowing in the invisibility of breath…
as life-giving love that flows from a heart center….and anoints that which
is longing for life….to become real…..

Creating emanates from an unseen center…..and it flows from purity
and it gives form and essence to longing that seeks expression
that dances on notes …..on the song of a lover’s longing….
or on music that is really dancing energy
and we create a world….not a global or planetary world……….
but one that allows the reach of movement that breathes energy around a form…..clinging to the essence of purity
like a radiant light that attracts beauty…..
and some visual power arranges and rearranges
and imagines new threads that open new possibilities….
living beauty flowing like the wind………dips toward a longing and flowing love …anoints it with life and feeling turns into color….
and passion expands into crimson …..and peace into azure blue….
and new colors….new mixes…new pools of lavender and glowing violets …..

wildflowers sprout from tears……
and flowering trees bloom from solidified laughter
and green meadows flow from freedom to play
and in the flowing….energy that remembers itself….
dances a while with that which lingers around a name…….
and the name dissolves and love entwines
itself with other streams of love
and spirit touches spirit and light touches light
and a kiss is a union of energies….a blending of energies of that which flows through what we thought a person was……..without defining limits……..without ending….love can unravel a life and shape
it into something new…..if we breathe love….it becomes swaying…….energy…sweet dancing waves of remembrance
dreaming a union of essence into a living….creating….spring
issuing from life itself…
sparks and stars and tiny explosions of light flowing like water…
only transparent liquid light……….spirit light….. creating ……
and everything we share in love continues eternally like shifting sands and waves of energy …
we know each other in the brushing essence and the ecstatic recognition…..fragrance of love…..drifting curls of energy

we become translators of energy……….creators of new ways of uniting and expanding….painting with energy like painting with paint and words and sound and love keeps it moving into something new……
love is always giving…….living….forgiving….whatever flows as love
weaves the energy into new forms of sharing ….self becoming selfless …..uniqueness fusing with uniqueness to become new………
unfolding from density into lightness without limitation

what i write out of love flows into what you are writing in love
and what you create from love flows into what i am creating with love
and essence follows the path of love without directing it…..
and lingers in a life until expression begins to bloom like flowers
from the chest….from the eyes….from the thoughts….
from the heart and soul and mind and spirit
and there is nowhere it cannot go…..the purity of love is freedom
like we have dreamed……and shared…..
like the freedom we meet in the heart of mystics…..and in each other….
and in those we love and those
we create…..and breathe into life……
we are creating the dawn as i write……
and the energy is playing on the horizon of the next moment…..
i feel your youness in the dawn……
and it is a wonderful playing
slipping the bonds of density and form
into belovedness

Union of hearts

There is a mysterious gift
of divine life
hidden in the heart
that can only be given
by the beloved.

No one else can ever know
what God gives
to the lover,
who risks everything
to enter
the holy ground
of the source of all life.

The intimate sharing
that flows from heart to heart
in the chain of life,
anointed and protected
by divine law that issues from
the centering flow
of a river of fire
that only the Creator knows
how to ignite.

The flames arise from purity
of divine touch
that does not burn
or destroy
but leaps from longing
to create a circling stream
of beauty of infinite
and unknown beginnings.

Whoever would dare approach
the kingdom of Love
without the divine call
that summons one
to enter,
such a sacred heart
would be barred
by divine fire
and asked to reveal
the secret name
given by the beloved.

Heart to heart and soul to soul
two flames become one
in the revealed name
of a dancing flame
that has no opposing energy,
only a uniting freedom
that comes
through divine decree
that only the beloved
can open.

When the portal opens,
a silence falls over the garden
as the light of the beloved
takes an unseen bride
to dwell inside
the garden walls
of the heart,
and the way is prepared
by one who dared
to dream an impossible dream,
which only divine love could
make real enough
to truly feel.

Love is our communion

My heart sings…about how God’s saving Love wants to come to us through every expression, through people, through creation, through nature in different ways, in special moments….and upon reflection….we one day realize it was a quality of God in each ….in everything that we recognize….it is remembrance……and we see and behold something that opens us inside….and we are messengers ….if we dare to be…… vision-carriers …..vessels of divine remembrance…… if we will surrender to divine intention……and trust His coming to us…through us….He who dwells in us…..we are the chalice of love….the cup of divine nectar….the holy grail that God creates to offer communion to each other….and like the hymn….we taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

We bow to the miracle….of it…..when it is revealed to us that it is divine presence ….that He shows us His Face in A Love that we cannot comprehend …..it is so beyond us….and it changes us….and it is never taken from us….once we know…

The arrival of this revelation…is the arrival of the Christ light within us….and we all wait for that coming …..even without knowing it…we hunger for it….
It is the sweetest communion in all the world and beyond…..my longing was for the ultimate intimacy….the birth and flowering of divine presence….truly divine intimacy…..and pure joy…… and it opens up an ocean inside of us…….an infinite flowing sea………
every moment is a flowering…a blooming….a breath of beauty….and we are speechless and humbled before it….and dissolved in it……….nothing is for ourselves alone……….and yet………it is personally and uniquely and divinely given in a passing moment not to own….but to share……joy on the wing……..i reach for the words to you….and when they come…..then they come out in my sharing with someone else…..the Beloved speaks through my lips…flows through my fingers….looks through my eyes….and i become a passage for the expression of this Godness…following in those who walk in His Love…………..a breath of the Allness of Love……..moving through this given life…..and i fall into this beauty, and the light is so bright….i disappear into it……….vanish into lightness….and suddenly, we are sunlight…..we are cleansing rain….we are prisms of color broken into beams of God’s beauty touching everything….making it real….

we seem to be able to remember moments of the flowing stream……..and we keep looking for it again….seeking it……and longing to feel it……and then we you feel it together……and inside we know this love… i know and feel what i describe when i risk sharing it………the whispering of the lovers of God….whispering of the wings of the heart………and the Beloved is whispering inside of us…..we are breathed by Christ….we can’t objectify Him…..
what a blessed thing to behold….to feel….to become…..to live for….perhaps it is surrendering we need to teach…..let God guide us in our loving…..no one can lay claim to what belongs to God’s Alone….only the Father knows the hour…..
Christ guides the surrendering…..
I purposely don’t write in sentences, because I was an English teacher for years, and I now write in the divine stream of endless love….never ending stream….of the Beloved’s rivering stream….we are listeners for each other…..if someone will truly listen….the truth begins to flow….
blessings and love to your listening ….like the caves of the early seekers listening to each other………daring to wander outside of the rules and laws….drawing fish in the dust….divine swimmers in the ocean of God
revelation is alive in Christ….coming in the cloud of unknowing……becoming known in our hearts as we receive the gift of this great Love.
We are gifts to each other….when we surrender into that love…

Born to the Beloved

The living waters carry us
to the sea of the soul
of the beloved
in the birth stream issuing
from the womb of the earth
this is not the birth of a brief life span
of a temporary identity
but the birth of the One Life
in which we all arise

Star Dance

There are some feelings
some moments of revealed truth
that transcend words
and the limitation of our human ability
to reach far enough
or high enough
to describe
the holy gift of abiding
in this existence
once we have truly been touched
by sacred love
love that scatters seeds
of brilliant light
and color
the fire and flame of lightning
that pierces the heart
and gives birth to divine wonder
and inclusiveness
that beholds the precious
kingdom within us
through eyes
that see
all creation as gift

the too muchness of love
becomes a revelation
that explodes and fills the sky
with a dancing star
the stunning reflection
and deep beauty
of a blinding flash of the heart
bursting into a vision
of union
with the soul

Star dance is a painting by Rassouli
http://www.rassouli.com

soul love

Mmmmmmm….quiet….luminous darkness…………hot tea…
fingers touching letters……turning into whispered words
that fly from my fingertips into the night
……landing in gardens of glorious hearts where love
dances and writes soul messages in joyful patterns of light ….
on flowing water…..
winding through precious stones
polished by time….anointed by longing dreams
fluttering out of the shadows
making sweet kissing sounds along the shore

deliciously daring…..to feel wings spreading in my chest that fly free
when love opens a passage to the sky of the soul…
tender new blossoms falling
and covering the world with the caresses of love
on open hands…… touching faces
of longing ….looking up…
never knowing where the beauty came from….
never knowing they share
the sweet laughter of the secrets of lovers
wearing transparent robes
of moonlight
who know the way to freedom

wings of love heal many lifetimes of pain

oh lovers
run into open arms and press up close to hearts
that are no longer bound
by the limiting grip of fear
hear the heart rhythm in drumbeats
of passion for life
and the warm breath of lips blessed with the patience
of centuries
bringing something wonderful
into this present moment

when dawn begins to spread morning light across the gardens
the dreaming lovers find a quiet corner
to rest awhile
entwined in the arms of sensuous moments
savoring secret meetings
letting the day have its way with whatever needs to be
until the moon scatters love notes
written with moonbeams
that only lovers can feel and read
light that invites us into the freedom to play and love
with hearts growing larger and larger……….youthful wombs
pregnant with secrets
wanting to express the wondrous gifts
waiting for the night

heaven is formed in creating succulent tastes
glistening with the dew
of smiling lips
that feast on the sweetness of silvery skin
from soul to soul to soul

guardian angels witness the miracle
wishing they were human

Enter your sacred and precious heart

right now… in the sacrament
of this present moment
you have a secret passage way
to a kingdom within you

a door is opening
inviting you in

enter the sacredness
of your own heart
and find the entrance
to a blazing light that reveals itself
when you are ready

The Beloved is Everything

There is nowhere where the Beloved is not…
This world is filled with unseen light,
divine illumination,
drawing your searching eyes,
and our hearts are filled with the precious
whispering of the secrets
of true lovers.
O dear ones, we are immersed
in the Beloved,
in a miraculous love,
shining out in countless ways.

Glowing mystics
with their ecstatic dancing
are moved by the swaying winds
of the breath of the Beloved
and singing poets
let living words flow from a pen
as beams of light
that spring to life
flower into love,
falling as soft and silken petals
with the precious touch
of gentle hands reaching across
the centuries of time.

The light of Christ appears
in the dawning of every moment,
creating a kingdom
in our hearts,
where we may dwell in the arms
of the Beloved
in harmony and peace,
with passionate kindness
and forgiveness and
forever love.

O may every heart awaken and know
how vast and measureless
is the reach of the Beloved,
how real and true and wondrous
is the Love flowing
through all that exists,
through sleeping lovers longing
for visions of truth
that will open our starving hearts
and reveal the feast
the Beloved has prepared
for us, the food of grace
and the wine of love.

I am lightning and peaceful flowing rivers,
I am a sea of salty tears.
I am a garden of blossoming
secrets touching you
with petals of beauty.
I am a mother’s arm holding you
close to my beating heart,
a father’s protection
watching over you.
I am a friend that breathes you
and sets you free to be,
to dance, to care, to sing,
and share this great
love I offer you.

Surrender and come to me
into my waiting arms
of eternal love.

eternal stream of divine love

This morning, of all mornings
I feel a holiness that surrounds
all that I am.
This silence is a silence
that seeks all that you are
wanting to feel
the sweet touch
and fusion
of your surrendering soul
the strength
and energy of your
great heart.

I am suspended between
your breath and
my own.
My life hangs in the balance
of a divine
mystical beauty
that creates new life
with a glance.

I have yielded
my faith
into your guiding spirit
and await
the brilliance of the light
that encircles me
with the tenderness
of your life-giving
embrace.

You banish the darkness
like a sun
and create
and illuminate
the divine vision
of love that is felt within
my sacred heart.

Only the beloved knows
the reflection
that glows in the moon
of my longing
and the touch of my hands
beyond time and space
and the illusion
of form.

I feel the deep radiance
of your energy
forever seeking
the mingling of particles
of spirit flowing
into spirit.

My longing reach
dissolves into your own
in beauty that only
love can share
as remembrance
deeply hidden in my heart
guides the way.