Meditating to Heal

Opposition rises all around

from all quarters,

from decay and disintegration.

impermanence and indecision

darkness still reigns from imperfect thoughts.

rootedness is about specific conditions 

not perfect ones

You must seek the Truth                                  

It does not hide from you

but you must strip yourself bare. . .

figuratively.

Know yourself; know the light

within you. It shines with a brilliance all can see.

It conquers all opposition for all

opposition is created by you your own doubts,

your own fears.

The light that shines within you is a gift

let it shine for others to see

Let it shine for you to see

and change your life forever.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

There is Something More in our lives,

more than finally closing the big business deal

or seeing the disabled student finally succeed.

There is Something that opens a door,

showing us another way to think

through which way wisdom travels through

the words on a page, the voice in the air,

to the hollows of our minds.

This freshness is called self-innovation,

coming from the Spirit that dwells within.

If we listen, not with our ears, but with our hearts,

we absorb Something More, a new wisdom that enriches

our eternal being, staying with us forever.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

Gracious and Loving God,

I open our minds to the goodness

and strength You bring in our lives.

When we searched for beauty

You blessed us with human warmth and Love.

Poured us aplenty with doses of blessed goodness and strength.

You created within us a compassionate

presence that is so much greater than ourselves,

so much greater than our imaginations

could ever take us on our own.

It is then that I remember

God steps forth as the loving arms of Mother.

Giving us true happiness.

 

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

Dream, my love, dream

for the night is long

yet the life is short.

The dream goes on and lasts forever,

but daylight comes once more,

and we awaken from our sleep;

but the dream goes on

for life is but a dream

as the poet writes,

and my love and I

dream through eternity.

 

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

To truly enjoy nature is to experience absolute tranquility.

One cannot notice the tiny ant exploring the leaf of the vine

as it aggressively assaults the husk of the tree in its everlasting

quest for absolute light and warmth from the morning sun.

True silence is a requirement for space in our brains to breathe;

creativity ne’er comes from bedlam, nor travail, nor revelry.

Our creativity needs the quietude of space to allow the whispers

of God to enter our hearts, allowing us His voice to lead.

 

Silence forces us to slow down. . .

allowing love to replace all doubts

that creep into our lives each waking day.

This is God’s Love that wraps us

in a warmth so enriching that we

are excited to share the love and nurture

we have been blessed to receive

in our silent times.

 

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

the sun glows in the morning

glistening through the floral

highlights of the garden’s colors

 

o how I shine because of God’s

glory and what flowers mean to mankind

the congregation and diversification

of colors are the peoples

of God’s world

 

o how I shine

knowing I am one of the

multitude of God’s children in the world

 

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

I smell the hint of the whispering breeze

moving each blade of grass.

I watch a small black ant struggle

with a giant treasure found

in the depths of who knows where.

I wonder at the beauty of the speckled red

ladybug nibbling her way up one blade

and down the next.

How can I possibly interrupt this symphony

by walking barefoot in the grass?

 

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

 

Let us open our eyes to our surroundings.

We are not alone; to live a life of beauty,

accepting their needs as ours.

This is Love!

The more we open our eyes to our surroundings,    

we are filled with the glory of nature;

we are filled with questions that after years

gives rise to wisdom; wisdom that only comes

from our God of Love.

We open our eye to our wonderful surroundings

and see the glory of God’s beautiful creation;

we try to help our struggling neighbors;

we search for answers to questions that seem

unanswerable, but prayer and hard work

brings community together in God’s Love.

This is What is Good!

                                                                               

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

 

God’s bountiful gift of everlasting Love.

a gift of joy, watching them grow and mature.

A gift of trepidation, urging them to leave the nest,

be on their own, make a new life, create their own family.

Begin the circle of life and Love of God anew.

 

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

 

I come alive each day in the morning sun. . .

realizing I am incomplete as I stand naked

after my shower, cleansing my body

for new adventures.

I leave my humble hovel to join humanity. . .

completing the purpose I am to fill, completing

the body that God created me to serve.

We are each separate parts of the body,

needed to join together to be whole. . .

to be productive. . . to be one – one pure body.

To be the complete body God created. . .

to be the perfect Adam. . . to be the perfect Eve.

Yes, and to be the perfect gender person you may be!

We do this together as one body, joined together

in God’s world. We are one perfect body – God’s

 

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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