Words from Pep
A Cardinal Moment
A snap of red darted past me into the bittersweet. I squinted, searching the tangle of vines. There he sat touching his less adorned mate offering her a seed. She tilted her head, approved the gift and took it in her beak, a truly cardinal moment in their lives. With a few deft manipulations the husk fell off and down-the-hatch. In a moment he was off again, soon returning with a second offering. They moved closer, side to side, clearly in love … My mind drifted away to past images of doves in warmhearted relationship – my parents holding hands – dogs, wolves and fox overjoyed with seeing a companion – cats, tails straight in the air, purring, as lithe bodies sliding against one another spoke the universal passion … Love, the interplay of hormones, psyche, need and spirit. Love, the emotion of highest virtue and catalyst wherein the self is dissolved into the “other.” Living under this influence, we, like God, cannot help but give ourselves away. Love, the creative impulse of the universe, dispersing, absorbing, rebirthing itself in and around all things. It compels consciousness toward the oneness of creation. In Love’s embrace fear vanishes, barriers melt and abandonment of the self comes naturally … With the bittersweet in view I parked myself a short distance away, captured by the grip of peace beyond understanding. Peace that overshadows our being when Love’s Presence becomes tangible. The affectionate winged couple took to the air. I closed my eyes, lost and in tune with the fundamental frequency of creation. Ascending with them I entered the Real and left behind the illusion of disconnection, the deception of isolation … We are surrounded, imprisoned by Love, always have been, always will be.
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ONE WORLD – ONE FAMILY OF MAN – ONE CREATOR OF ALL