Leaping into the Abyss 20x16
Facing the vast emptiness
Energy amassing in my chest
Thoughts and ideas flying
Standing here on the edge of the abyss
All the things I project onto that clear expanse
All the contrivances of conviction
All the fillers so I cannot see
Fear of aloneness, of non-existence
What keeps me here?
Teetering, holding on for dear life
Imagining a swan dive down into an unknown eternity
Gathering my courage
And so I jump
And immediately realize the support is within me, around me, throughout me so thoroughly there is no longer any me, no longer anything but a certain amness
Holding my sides as I guffaw
There is no chasm
The amness is Beingness
And the Beingness, at this moment, is support
And in floods my heart’s desire
The awake love, welcome belonging, inherent goodness
That feeling of the Beloved’s arms around me
Then looking down to see the arms are my own
Now how the presence slides down, quiet
A happy god’s belly
Golden and strong, wide and daily-like
And it strikes me: the support of our work today
For which I am infinitely grateful