Surrender
Give up
Give out
Give all
What is left
Nothing-No Thing
Things are transient
They come and go
But you are still here
When everything is gone
You start to ask the questions
Why am I
Who am I
Then your journey begins
But first Surrender
jsh
Sometimes I hear her
Sometimes I hear her
Cries in the wind
Other times I feel her
Calling for me to stop
She is the soul of man
And takes everything I give her
Many times unfit unclean
And against her nature
She radiates unconditional love
Deep from within her core
Moving mountains guiding rivers
Encouraging everything to grow
Yes she is magical
And she is fragile
She is below me
She is above me
She is my protection
And power giver
A sustainer of life
Unknown to many
Unless you are willing to be still
And listen
A harmonious orb flying through space
At a million miles per measure
She has feelings she is alive
And wants the best for her children
All she asks is for you to share her wealth
And not squander it
Take what you need
And save the rest for others
Take some time to sit with her
And you will be healed
Om Gaia Shanti Shanti
Jsh
A Shaman’s Dream
I have journeyed long
I am exhausted
Finally I see it surrounded by bush
The hidden opening to her
I thrust my head in deep
There is a smell of earth and blood
Her opening is tight and slippery
I become my brother the snake
Inching forward on my belly
Dark and confining the inward journey
Moving forward there is no way back
Long and hard on my belly
Finally I burst through into the womb
An illuminated cave
Vast open space
On the walls the paintings dance
At the center
The sacred fire
I watch my ancestors dance with the spirit guides
They beckon me
Join us in the fire dance
For a long time or no time
I dance
I dance until the flesh drops off my bones
Then into the fire
My Buffalo Father touches me with his feathered scepter
Come with me to the cloud gates
The portal to the cosmos
Taking off his head and placing it over mine
Now see
I see a rolling ocean of buffalo running over plains
of tall waving green grass
I run to the top of the hill
Looking through Father Buffalo
I came from nothing
I came from nothing
To nothing I return
While I think outside
I am inside
Waiting to be known
Waiting to be known
When the eye turns to me
I create the worlds
When the eye turns away
I no longer exist
This is the great mystery
I play with the stars
Boundless energy
Arising and falling
Deep into the void
Which you call space
Liquid light that is cooling
It does not burn
This light is creation
This light charms
This light nurtures
This light heals
It is brighter than your sun
And cooling like your moon
Many know this
Many have yet to know
Falling
Falling backward into tragic beauty
A swirling vortex
A black hole
Falling deeper
Deeper still
Deep rich blackness
Falling
Endlessly falling
Deeper and deeper
It feels like days, months or years
I have fallen past all memories of who I was
In this darkness of falling
There is no need for my sense organs
There is no need for my body
The only sense left is the awareness of falling
Just conscious of falling
Longer deeper wider
Yet I am not afraid
Suddenly appears a small light
It grows larger and brighter
Streaming beams of beautiful light
Warm and radiant
They seem to beckon me
Feeling my limbs and body
I witness the birth of a new sun
Have I been reborn
jsh
The Jouney-Poem Video
The Shining Fish
Just before dawn in an inlet by an azure blue lake
I sat down to meditate
When you are still you can feel the abundance of life
Willows swaying birds calling
Insects buzzing and fluttering
Time for a new day
The water was calm with an occasional ripple
Reminds me of my mind where thoughts drift by
In this moment a fish jumped out of the water
The morning sun catching its water bourn surface
A frozen moment that left a mark
A sign or symbol for me
Since no one was here
What did it mean I pondered
The fish lives in the water surround
Where it feeds lives and breeds
Totally enveloped in its watery environment
And then it had an urge to transcend the water
Once out of the water the sun
The Journey
As I wake from death
The sun opening my heart
The rivers of mind flowing
into the liquid ocean universe
Searching for soul sacrifice
Eternally evolving into the new
Explosions of light penetrating no thought
Nothing wasted
Wordless bliss
Conquering death once again
Another dance with freedom
Body and vessel filled
A thousand eyes looking for something
Never to be found
Only the journey is real
Stay awhile wild-hearted soul
Gaze at a billion tomorrows
Glorious is the sunrise of the souls story
Would you care to ponder it
It matters or not
As it pulls you toward your destiny
As before so now and forever
JSH 03.11.11

