This past Friday was an amazing precursor to next Saturday's departure. We had a new member dinner at Agape where I attend church and it was such an uplifting experience. I arrived exhausted and without much of an appetite, not feeling particularly social and focusing on the things that I had to do over the weekend. However, the fellowship of our new member class and the new friends met over the past month really placed me into a higher experience brought about by the wonderful outpouring of unconditional love. After the meal and during the performances, I sat next to a beautiful new person I had met that evening during the dinner and I almost had to tie myself down to the seat to restrain from giving him an enormous embrace. I could almost see my spirit rise from my body and curl around him like a boa of purest love. That's how much spirited beauty emanated from everyone, everywhere.Later, a very talented writer from our strong congregation of 100 new members group rose to read his poem aloud. It was everything I have been wanting to say these past few months, encompassed into a profoundly inspirational assemblage of words and meaning. Here is David Matthew Brown's poem, please be sure to send him an email if you enjoyed it as much as I do.
INNER PEACE
Excerpt from the book, “Golden Light”,
Copyright 2007
You look at world
Which has no meaning
It just IS
It is complete perfection
Until you impose your view
And say this is-ness
Means this to me
So now the world has meaning
You have lost yourself
In meaning
Stop judging GOD
Take away the judgment
Of what you believe
Of the now
And know this-
No one is against anyone
Or has ever been against anyone
Except for yourself
Stop worshipping fear
Know that God is for you
Always
In stillness
The beauty of GOD
Happens in you
And through you
Beyond understanding
Beyond that which you see!
In your stillness
You will become aware of an observer
The observer is at home in stillness
In this stillness
God will whisper truth in your heart
You will see who you really are
Within you
And realize
How perfect you are now
You are energy
You are light
You are life
If you believe you are not enough
You are telling God she is not enough
Then you have lost yourself
In trickery
Of concepts
Spirit
Is
Endless and so is the now
That is inner peace
Which is unconditioned love
No conditions around it
Be the cause
Be present
Giving the world your gift
NOW
Right NOW
Be still and know
Be still and know
It is emerging from you
Written by David Matthew Brown
dmatbrown@hotmail.com
