Poetry by Katrine
What if?
What if Now
is all there is?
In which direction
would I move?
With nothing to plan
and no deeds undone,
how would I spend
my time?
What if Now
is all there is?
Am I burdened
or relieved?
A total standstill
A bottomless void
All nows not faced;
not played
What if Now
is all there is?
How rich;
the texture of Being
How lush;
the river of Life
In this;
my first lucid moment;
tears trickle down my face
The instant I taste
the depth of Now,
I know what it’s like
to die
Listen beyond
Now -
Listen beyond:
All that is seen
All that is sensed
Is not what I am in essence
Listen.....
When looking at the mountain
Judging it to be a distance away
From where I am
Do not accept this measure as real
Listen.....
When reflecting on that which appears inside
Comparing what is seen
To what is believed
Never conclude
Listen.....
And in listening
In accepting
That all seen and sensed
Is but a loving want
Of confirmation
Of the image and the mirror
Now –
Listen beyond:
Oh Shine
Oh Shine!
Out of everything
Out of everyone
Out of space
You shine
Never to be fathomed
Joy enjoying
Love loving
How was one to know
All those years.......
That in the peace of letting go
of the thought that thought she was
it is so obvious that
Everything but her shines
What vast Life death is!
To not be a wound
To not be a wound
is all-encompassing;
It is all-consuming
To not be a wound
is dark and heavy;
a drag, a debt
To not be a wound
is terribly quiet;
a terror, a truce
To be a wound
is a deathly stench;
It is raw and ruthless
Yet:
Please do not cover me
Please keep looking
Please let me be
The space; the air,
the touch; the stare,
is how I,
through me,
will heal
Just for a moment
It doesn’t matter how surrendered I think I am
All that matters is that I surrender Now
It doesn’t matter what I did yesterday
All that matters is that I act Now
It doesn’t matter if I didn’t love you yesterday
All that matters is that I am loving Now
One moment of absolute awareness
is undoing a million years of ignorance
Always
One moment is all it takes
I let go of all the moments I forgot to be
In this instant, I forget everything I am supposed to be
This is all it takes
One moment of absolute, limitless openness
This is always the power of Now:
No matter where you come from;
no matter where you are going;
no matter how far or short you have travelled;
your Life, your Love, your Sight and your Joy
lie within your very heart
It is never anywhere else
It is closer to you than a heartbeat
You are never apart from it
Just as the warmth of the sun is implicit,
so can water never be separated from its wetness,
nor you from me
We are always one
If you are frozen – even then, I am just hidden within
Any warmth will melt me into view
Any warmth
So be available!
Let my rays touch your face
If not yesterday – then Now
Any way will do
No matter how heavy your rucksack……
you can always take it off!
Pause for a moment
Please come sit with me
Just for a moment – stay!
Lay your head in my lap
Let us be silent together
Now that two are one;
while you are resting;
just for a moment,
let me caress you awake
The Touch of Heart
Oh, my love
When there is only one of us
What is there to say......
And yet
In the beginning was the word
And the word was with God
In the fullness of Heart
The spilling sparkles of itself
The joy of expressing
Is equal to the weightless openness
Oh, my love
When one single moment
Is such infinite peace
Then how can a single heart deliver
The love of eternity
If not empty.......
Oh, my love
Gracious is the patience
Ever steady is the gaze
Never faltering
Never judging
In this innermost chamber
The door and the walls dissolve upon entering
What is smaller than nothing
Is vaster than everything
Oh, my love
Here is only one of us
In the end
Everything is always beginning
All words are one single delivery
And instantly
The word is also always with God
Untouched
Touching all
