THE OPENING OF EYES
David Whyte
That day I saw beneath dark clouds
the passing of light over the water
and I heard the voice of the world speak out.
I knew then as I had before
life is no passing memory of what has been,
nor the remaining pages in a great book waiting
to be read.
It is the opening of eyes long closed.
It is the vision of far off things
seen for the silence they hold.
It is the heart after years
of secret conversing
speaking out loud in the clear air.
It is Moses in the desert
fallen to his knees before the lit bush.
It is the man throwing away his shoes
as if to enter heaven
and finding himself astonished,
opened at last,
fallen in love with solid ground
Sharing Trickster's Hoard 
“I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness.” —George Fox >
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Yes!
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Thank you! This beautiful poem brought me to tears. Karen James
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The opening of eyes, the opening of doors to let in light; light within, light that surrounds. You, dear Margery,walked through, toward the light and back here. Welcome back. As John O’ Donohue said in Waling in Wonder: “There is light inside in everything that happens to you.” I would say that it takes courage to accept that light that shines on truths and experiences for in the end, the light is clarity and helps us to understand how far we have come and in essence, who we are…..
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descend into the self where the breeding ground is and the protected seet wait in the deep being of the soul , remembering the IN the Exhalation , sharing the telling , living is not only something we do alone , being is IN the sharing ,
the ” Tricksters Hoard ” in the Dutch dictionary … what a multitude of translation options , that keep me busy for a while ,
thank you Margery for telling us the opening of eyes
hart hug maria
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Yes, “being is IN the sharing”!
The first 2 posts in this blog (March 13, 2021 & March 19, 2021) might help explain something about the name “Trickster’s Hoard.” (Just keep scrolling down past the current post.)
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margery i have found it the start of what was goïng on in the dark 13 / 19 mars , recognice myself the box the cover open close , the hesitate ……. the trust … delivery
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