God beyond God

  “God is always beyond God, the iconoclast par excellence,
who over and over breaks out of the forms and symbols of our making.”
~ Bernard J. Lee, SM

I stand at the sink
scrubbing the shiny steel pan
when my littlest one asks me to read.

I ask for his patience,
one, two, three times, and
so he reads to me,

“Mom is beautiful, her hair,
her face, she is beautiful.
Her heart is love.”

And then I know
the vast and mighty love
that pours itself from the smallest vessels.

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Published by Amy @ Generous Wisdom | Spacious Heart

Amy's work centers around the embodied experience of love's spaciousness and is grounded in brain, body, and heart-based wisdom. She teaches yoga, meditation, & writing as a way to cultivate tender self-love that supports empathy and compassion-driven work in the world. Check out her bio @amysecrist.com.

4 Comments

  1. cynthia's avatar cynthia says:
    January 8, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    Oh I love this poem!! Everything about it. The ending is so powerful and beautiful as is the description of you “Mom.” The little ones….God Bless them…. So glad to have read this…very inspiring!!! Keep writing!!!

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    1. Amy @ Generous Wisdom | Spacious Heart's avatar Amy @ Love and Be Loved says:
      January 8, 2015 at 4:39 pm

      I am blessed beyond measure by these little ones, my gurus. So thankful for their light. And thankful for your reading!

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  2. Mom's avatar Mom says:
    January 8, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    Amy, I loved this poem on so many levels.

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    1. Amy @ Generous Wisdom | Spacious Heart's avatar Amy @ Love and Be Loved says:
      January 9, 2015 at 11:24 am

      Thanks, Mom. Me, too!

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