Bewarewhen you pass through a gate of quiet
and enter into a place of stillness.
Know you are at risk,
that you never re-emerge unscathed. Never!
You may return fierce and hungry for justice, a passionate lover, a
surprise to yourself, a risk taker, seen as a trouble maker. You may
emerge a seeker
seeking ever to open to each moment's invitation.
You may be invited to be generous with what you most cling
to, bold in ways you have never been,
dared to take that step you feared the most,
speak out your truth and have it prized or criticised,
live your life the way you have always wanted to
and never dared, say yes to being you.
Know that place of stillness grows an inner trust
and becomes in time a place of dangerous clarity.
Beware!
Noel Davis
Campfire of the Heart
Photos were taken at the top of jagged cliffs near the Tomb of Eagles, a chambered cairn, on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. Breathtaking views, and giving a vivid picture of life and death on the edge of the world. Edge places are, for me, places of dangerous clarity, but I suspect I haven't made more than the most elementary steps into that danger or that clarity.
a place of dangerous clarity is perhaps the moment in the tomb when the stone is rolled away........
ReplyDeleteopening up a new beginning where all of life is transfigured from past and present into eternity.
it is no wonder we seek the comfort of quiz shows and cooking programs for if the stone is rolled away.... where is tomorrow?
These posts are a delightful contemplation - Thank you Gabby