The body travels
with mind and heart,
yet spirit remains
in stillness.

Place changes,
time continues
yet where I am
is not disturbed.

Giving myself
to the changeless
I travel the world
while strangely unmoved,
enveloped in magic
by the mystery
of the Beloved.

 


photograph by Johannes Plenio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading of “Enveloped in Magic” with music by Huun-Huur-Tu

 

 

17 Responses

  1. Beautiful Don. So relevant for me in my current experience. Thank you for your ongoing creations 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  2. Very beautiful. I so relate to that suspended feeling, being “in the world, but not of it.” Given to the changeless, when chaotic change is happening all around.

  3. Don, this is well put together and musical. However, I am not having the lofty thoughts of the others who have left comments. What comes to mind for me is my mind wandering during some classes such as metaphysics and statistics.

  4. Appreciate your work Don.
    In carpentry lingo: plumb on, in line, square and in winding.

  5. Your poem has been singing in my heart all day, since reading it earlier this morning. The fact that spirit remains in stillness, as all sorts if chaos swirls around, has proven true at every turn today. We are indeed enveloped in magic and blessed in beauty.

  6. The mystery of the Beloved is my focus as I walk through this or that valley. My purpose is to bless no matter what comes my way. My heart feels, my mind observes without conditions or limitations and from the source that I know within, I bless unconditionally! So beautiful, Don! I am grateful!

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