The Soul

The breeze is blowing

From unseen places

Gently caressing

All the faces

Bringing with it

Fragrant traces

Awakening every soul

Joseph must be

Very near

Else why would 

These traces be here

Banishing with them

Every fear

Awakening every soul

Feel its softness

On your skin

The moving response

From within

The joy creating 

Such a grin

Awakening your soul

That which is changeless cannot be known

Outside of a changing world

When changes occur it gives us a glimpse

Of something that does not change

One such thing is the human soul

It can never be seen

Until something changes that touches it

And lets it demonstrate

The sign it was given

To reveal to the world

When first it was caused

To emanate.

If my soul could speak, and you know it can,

Just as it can see and hear

It would tell of a wondrous world

That is near, so very near.

If it knew, and you know it does,

It would say what to do, just because

Of the love it bears 

For me and you.

If it could hear, and I’ve said it could,

It would listen, then burn away pride

Draw its mighty sword and divide

Light from darkness, bad from good

And strive toward what it knew it should.

Until nirvana’s gates stood wide

And it was beckoned inside

In the world of oneness to bow at the feet

Of He whom it has come to meet.

With gratitude and grief for the past

It will reach that gushing font at last

Feel the wind through its hollow reed

And escape both ambition and need

Here is the shore of the ocean I named

It is just as close as before

But there is still a ladder to climb

Still another door.

Even poetry can’t describe 

The things that are still hid

If my soul could go, and you know it did,

I would be aware of this too.

O my soul

Praise Him Who hath created you with His Hand

And hidden you in the dust

Praise Him Who hath quickened you

And brought you forth

Praise Him Who hath awakened you

And made you conscious 

Praise Him who hath guided you

And given you knowledge

Praise Him Who hath caused you to appear

As a sign of Him

Illumined by His Light

Praise Him Who hath willed all for you

And made you content

Praise Him Who hath given you wings of holiness

And accepted you

Praise Him Who hath perfected His creation

And sanctified you

Praise Him Who hath given you eternal life

And let you enter His Kingdom

Praise Him Who hath made you independent

Through His command

Praise Him round Whom you circle

In adoration and nearness

When your will is conflicted

Your mind is confused

Or your heart is overwhelmed

Remember God with your soul

Mercies and grace will descend

The soul has many secrets

Which never can be told

Like wind you cannot see

Like light you cannot hold

The cage of time cannot contain

That which ever will remain

Evidence is being shown

But the soul is still unknown 

‘Here am I, here am I’

Is the prayer of His Chosen Ones

‘Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven’

Supplicate the believers in the Divine Unity

‘There is God and God alone’

Cries the soul of the sincere

Sing to my soul with anthems of praise

That it may respond to the call

Emerge from the dark which surrounds it

Rise to the summit of all

Let it direct my will

My mind my heart my awareness

Let it rejoice and be at peace

As it enters the paradises of oneness

It is the soul that chooses

The soul which must decide

Whether it will on earth

Or in heaven abide

It has a will which it must align

Of its own volition with the Will Divine

It must accept the knowledge

Placed in its heart with love

Showering down upon it

From clouds of grace above

Manifesting all it learns

Sharing its secrets too

With every soul it comes upon

As angels in heaven do

Grateful and sincere

Peaceful aware and near

The soul is aware of so many things

That the heart could never bear

Just as the heart knows many things

Of which the mind is unaware

The soul’s awareness stands alone

So it must find a need

It will shed its bounty 

On a germinating seed

In this way it knows itself

Awareness is replete

When its sign is manifest

Its destiny is complete

Your soul is a gift from God to all

Don’t let limitations make it small

No love of self or vain desire

Attempts to control or to acquire

Let your soul be a conduit

Through which the spirit may flow

A source of grace and mercy

Helping all to grow

Wonder at the soul of man

Contingent; responding to the absolute

Wonder at the Soul of God

Absolute; responding to the contingent

What mystery could connect them?

What secret lies within?

The Word of God

Absolute and contingent

Eternal yet relevant

Responding, causes the soul to respond

Descending, assuring ascendance

Separating for understanding

Uniting for demonstration

Calling for wakefulness

Forgiving for courage

Testing for strength

Grace for showing the way

Thus is the soul illumined

Through stages and degrees