Throw off the bonds of your conditioning and fear and celebrate the wonder of being here.
Experience this moment as it is, connected by breath and essence to the whole.
You couldn’t be separate if you tried.
Live this day as if the earth exhales blessings in your direction, as if trees speak their deepest secrets in your ear, as if bird songs can lift you outside your ordinary state of mind and bring you into truth.
Be the creative juice flowing through the universe.
Be silence and stillness, the ocean of love so palpable that not one cell of you disputes the truth that you are that.
– Danna Faulds
When I posted the poem, I didn’t find a web site for Danna. However, it turns out she’s published quite a few books of poetry. Some seem to be out of print.
A few other poems can be found online.
She sells her books from her site (below) so the ones found on sites like Amazon seem to be resellers, not out of print.
Many thanks for introducing such an exquisite poet! ❤️
http://dannafaulds.com/
Ah, thanks Uli. Have no idea why her site didn’t come up in searches here. It is an unusual one though, with little text on the home page or in meta tags. It is quite current though.
(It doesn’t have a security certificate, so your browser may object. That may be why it wasn’t in the search results.)
Thank you. I just needed that, it soothes my soul…and inspires me to write myself more
Thanks, Rose. It spoke to me too, so I shared it.
If you like poems, this is one of the rare ones I’ve written, as well as a discussion about it.
https://davidya.ca/2018/07/03/silence-is-the-basis-of/
This is beautiful David. I will check Danna’s work out. Are you familiar with Fred Lamotte’s writings and poetry? He’s an old TM guy. Perhaps you know him. He writes almost a poem a day. Absolutely exquisite and sublime observations…
https://yourradiance.blogspot.com/
Hi Carla
Thanks. I’ve heard of Fred but have not been to his site in awhile.