Love As Light

Rosemary: Prayer October 9, 2009

A friend is deeply sad, distressed.

We mention praying, and the question is

Whether God exists or answers prayer.

I reflect, and realize praying

Is nothing more than sending waves of love

To reverberate with universal energy.

Love is all there is, outside of molecules of matter.

Love is pure, transcendent energy,

Expressed in light of all the colors.

Where light pervades, the darkness --

Light’s absence, love’s denial –

Must disappear – vanquished.

Reflection

It’s amazing how love works magic with us all. Feeling unloved brings despair, loneliness, sadness. A loving word, glance, or touch lights us up, like magic. When we experience a ray of love, we can even love ourselves. The amazing thing is love is always there, constant, ready. Sometimes we can’t perceive it. Clouds of doubt, hatred, disconnection, self-centeredness come between us and the love that is ours, within ourselves and within the universe. The sun is still there, shining. But we see only the darkness and feel only the menacing barometric pressure of stormy sadness, fear, and anger. Love is the universal antidote to darkness and pain of all kinds.

Ellen: BABA - R.I.P. May 21 2001

An intricately chiseled stone pagoda,

Gilded,

Some unworked places.

Inside, a golden Baby Buddha.

She rages, stamps, beats, cries

When her wishes

Do not come true.

No one ever taught her

To come in out of the rain.

She never learned

To see the monumental edifice

That she had become.