"Temenos~ Le Mur du Jardin du Sanctuaire"

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Temenos ~ The Wall of the Garden Sanctuary

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There is a secret language of Gypsies

those who know to travel at night

hidden within darkness

they journey by their given light

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And this is how it must be

for those who walk between the worlds

are not contained by the rules of man

and only answer to their King

it is the keeping of a promise

the honoring of a vow

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We are not bound by the stones

 nor separated by walls

meant to distance

mankind from angels

or darkness from light

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There is an alchemy of compassion

for the sorrows of this world

as we leave traces along our path

to guide each wayfarer home

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To climb the walls of the sanctuary

we must lift and be free

in our God seeking reach

and even when we stumble

in imperfect flight

we know that what we seek

is also seeking us

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A temenos lives within each of us

our imprinted light is calling

always

for our return.

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"Les Miroirs de Lumiere ~ The Mirrors of Light"

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The mirrors of light

are abundant and unified

and how else can it be

Our longing is to return

always...

to hold close and embrace

the resonant beauty

and forgive 

the darkness that has betrayed us

The mesomeric arc 

of mercy

is threaded

through this tapestry of light

and how else can it be

As the Moon gently breathes

into the hours of night

the majestic light of our Sun

We are all given

toward this reach,

even in darkness 

and uncertainty~

 Light spills guidance

unveiling within us

the hidden pathways

that bring us home

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Shams, the Sun of Tabriz

generously illumined with light

kindled fire that has echoed

within the hearts of poets 

the minds of wise men

and the lovers of truth

throughout time

~we thank you

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For Shams Kairys

May you have peace and blessings 

Always

9-21-2021

"Le Terrain du Vide~ The Ground of Emptiness"

 

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La terrain du vide et les squelettes de lumiere

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Within the ground of emptiness

there are hidden bones of light

where, like nightfall, we quietly slide

out of our given skin

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Our canvas of colors became loosened

as our bones were washed clean

in a liquid unknowing

we are opened, glistening wet

  and we slip into darkened light 

that is breathing between our worlds

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 We are circling

the structures of a land

that we cannot see

and a substance of colors

remains to guide us

like northern light

into the beauty of everything.

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God creates paint

that we may hold colors of love 

within us

and come to know 

the many names of beauty

and the many names of God.

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For you 

May you have happiness and peace

in this next year of life

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Happy Birthday

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August 24, 1951

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Paintings by David Holt

From a series of Sacred Geometry

color canvass scale ~ 5' x 5'6"

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"Une Geometrie Sacree"~ A Sacred Geometry

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We listened to rain 

as it fell onto quiet trees

with patterns of water

that fell into us 

and we stepped through doorways

timeless and unbound

into the landscape of a wish

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Beauty will braid our geometrical line

into the soul that reaches

toward a hidden star

yet we cannot name this, nor should we

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Enter the painting

 where a sacred compass is held

  the dervish moving within the center point

swirling shapes of a linear arc
toward a hidden curve

returning to us
 the breath of balance
 and speaks without words a mystical language

unveiling patterns within an ancient dream

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Open deeper

into the substance of light 

 tracing our kaleidoscopic skin
from elements moving through time

and carve your sacred path of colors

etched from imagination
into geometrical bodies

that reveal our invisible world
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We are gathering

on a vertical horizon

holding the elements 

that are carried from our birth

your essence is earth

and she gave you fire

while I hold the wind in my hands

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We listened to rain

as it fell onto quiet trees

with patterns of water 

that fell into us

 as we became starborn

the gardens bloomed once again.

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Paintings by David Holt

A series of Sacred Geometry

 canvas scale ~ 5' x 5'6" 

My deepest gratitude is with you for your gift of contemplating the geometry of beauty in this world and returning it to us, reshaped and exquisite.

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" La Gentillesse, la Coherence de l'Ame"~ Kindness, the Coherence of Soul

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There is a coherence of light
inside of everything
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An invisible wind is breathing
shaping clouds
 bearing kindness
carving a merciful symmetry
into the soul of the world
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Time unfolds for us
as we melt back into light
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There is no darkness
that we need to fear,
it is only a deepening of wisdom
that opens more purely
into forgiveness
and grace
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We are all, everything,
a geometry of kindness
wholly designed,
and marked by the Sacred
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The blooms arrived on her favorite vine
the one she asked after
blossoms came to greet her
as she melted back
 into her holy light
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You are not alone
or without her
her light is now woven
into everything around you
and you are held by it
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This is the Kindness
and the coherence of Souls.
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For both of you
Summer Solstice
2020

" Alchimie du Demantelant de la Lumiere"~ Alchemy of Dismantling Light

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Lumiere de demontage

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There is an alchemy in dismantling light
it asks for release
of what we once held
it asks that we open
into something different, and largely uncertain
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We are, all of us, being reshaped
by tremendous imagination
from the holy Artist's hands
do not be afraid
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Transformation is unfolding
with exquisite care
as there is tenderness
within the lion
 hunting for the cub
do not be afraid
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Inside of a darkness that has been rendered
the love that we seek and search for
is Love that is also seeking us
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We must relinquish now
open the shadows
open ourselves
the alchemical melt
 of quickened silver
ore of iron, the sulphured red
return the liquid pieces
to sacred luminous gold
 all within the dismantling light.
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It has been said the Essence of Light travels within itself toward itself.
This journey is wholly a movement of Love.
There is no distance.
There is neither beginning nor end.
There is only Beauty unveiled, and in unveiling comes to know itself.
May we become increasingly intimate with our own paths of light,
and increasingly guided by the movement of Love as it unveils itself through us.
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"Les Maisons des Hommes"~The Houses of Men

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Les maisons des hommes

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An unusual wind 

stirs within the doorways

of the houses of men

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Swift and stealth

this wind opens

the prayers and songs

that can fill your mouth

with the taste of silence

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It is a freedom 

that paints this quiet sky

and the clouds that breathe 

between the planets

now watchfully unfurl

over the cities of ghosts

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And the walls that were once built

to contain our lives,

with structures that were agreed to

and conformed with

have now become a different geometry 

transforming,

 returning us to wind
and the opening earth

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Timeless and unbound
we enter sanctuary,
the unending wholeness of sky
  and remember
 our ancient houses of light
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Les maisons des hommes
va changer de forme,
 et devenir
une maison de lumiere ancestrale
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