June 24, 2023 – B

We live looking for things that catch our eye
and be alive with the radiance,
the splendor,
of the sublime,
and divine.

Transcendent reality grounds us,
steadies us,
anchors us,
reminds us
that "this"--the everyday world
of normal, apparent, reality--
is not all there is,
or even a sizeable percentage.

We are wonders ourselves,
from wonder
on our way back to wonder,
stopping by here
to remember who we are
and where we come from
and what we are made of
and for.

This world snaps us awake 
to the wonder of wonder,
the essence of the other world,
the invisible world
that primitive peoples
have always known to ge
the foundation of this world.

This world calls for enlightenment,
recognition,
realization,
remembrance,
thanksgiving,
gratitude for
the occasional "cracks
where the light shines through"
"hallelujah!" 
(Leonard Cohen).

So we live looking,
starved for,
the things that catch our eye. 

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