By Talitha Holvenstot – t.b.h.  aka “Earth Angel”

I will speak to you now

in the voice that nature has taught me to use.

My words may not be many

but what I have I will share.

I am not afraid to look you in the eye and tell these secrets while smiling.

For somewhere in you, the treasure is already found.

Beneath these words, and faces, and ages

I know you

and I join the earth, sky, and animal forms

surrounding us

with this song

a ceaseless chant

a constant lullaby

one not for sleep, but waking.

Remember

this time we are inside of

is a gift of witnessed completion,

our mission

to be the climax,

the fusion,

the finale in a most complex production.

From fear to love we move together,

and quickly now,

shedding bad advice and enforced pessimism

to reveal the luster beneath,

the pulsation of light we have carried so far.

To openly share our fierce and tender truths: this is our modern test.

We live in a challenging time.

It is undeniable now.

And as friction to the fire is a necessary start,

so are these days of

required emergency.

We are learning that

to simply object to the various shades of oppression is secondary.

To live from the center of peace in every moment is Real, the point.

This is our practice, our challenge.

To shift our focus from what we don’t desire to what we know we all deserve.

Starting when we look in the mirror,

let the voice that greets us be patient, nurturing, honest and gentle.

Then when we encounter another, may we see beneath our beautiful differences

to acknowledge the same struggle and laughter and infinite grace.

Let’s look deeply into each other;

the gaze of friends, parents, the clerk at the store, the multiple unknown perfectly placed

in our paths each day, and even those who appear to cause us harm.

Go deeper. Recognize the same source radiates at the core of those who seem most

polarized from our known ways of being.

& when with animals, wood, water, and stone, let our interactions be open and reverent,

humble and awed. We are fortunate to be part of this world where Nature is so playful and invites us

through every miraculous form to connect.

With all this said

I will admit

I know less and less from each hour’s passing,

yet something beyond knowledge surfaces;

a new trust that all of history’s reasons empty

themselves at our feet.

All that has come before leads here.

I feel this

and bow in gratitude for the struggles and suffering

of so many beings

who have cherished and offered their lives

so we may finally see

Now

We are many in name

separate in body

unique to our stories

yet something mysterious stirs us strongly to connect

and

everywhere I look

is the gaze of strangers

tired of feeling estranged

Each of us seem to be waiting for permission to drop our masks of

forced certainty.

Please remember

your purpose of birth,

the ticket you accepted with devotion to assist

in this magnificent graduation.

We, the eternal children

in clumsy adult costumes

are invited to play again,

dream this world anew

and we can,

we will,

we must.

Here’s a game:

allow yourself a deservedly indulgent moment,

let the landscape of society fade

Where you are

What you know

Who you’ve been

What is possible

Clean the slate

Now

Allow your highest ideal to show itself,

invite in the world as it could be

without struggle,

without pain,

full of beauty,

and expanding connections.

Dive deep into this creation.

Fill it with the images of your heart.

And remember

This place is real, this place is true.

It is just as real as any other possibility or experience we have already had.

Rest here

for just a few seconds more.

Feel what it is to live here-

 see the colors, hear the sounds,

let each cell of being and body

embrace this momentary world.

What we come to

fast or slow

is this:

a recollection of how to fully embrace who we are

with our vulnerable and rowdy passions

and a need to share all we have.

For there is really only one of us here.

And accepting this can end all confusion.

* I believe your innocence is more powerful than any weapon or oppressive force *

–  so –

Please

do not be afraid to dream again.

It is the only place to begin the successful revolution.

For if we cannot imagine it, how will it ever be created?

We need your truth now

and you are ready to offer it.

I honor and thank you for coming

To play in the dreamer’s garden…