[Byzantine Bindings]

Wednesday 14 February 2018

Day 1 - Ash Wednesday

ego
hides from the sword
change comes nowhere to hide
I will build three tabernacles
of ash

Remember you are dust
and to dust you will return.
Repent and believe the Good News

and what is that
it is truth itself
no illusion
no matter what
you are whole
forgiven
whatever you want to be
everything
nothing

which is it easier to say
God loves you
or
you belong to the universe

either way 
you are not yourself
you belong to the universe
without you there is no universe
and without the universe there is no you

the same is true of all beings
we are one

everything is on a journey
in the process of becoming
shapeshifting
on the way to nirvana
the reign of God
suffering along the way


perhaps that is why the advice is 
go to your inner room
and pray
Our Father…

no more
no less

see how daily
you sustain and are sustained
forgive and are forgiven
are tried and tested
again and again

generate compassion
for yourself and all creation
liberation from suffering 
is within your grasp

let go
the constructs of mind
fall
into true nature
emptiness of tomb

extinguish
the fires of fear and anger
bless yourself with 
the ashes of your
true self
daily.


Who am I
I am ash.