The Universe Awakening

(OB1 remembered)

Good, fond memory of rock and trees,
when you ran your hand over the bark,
and felt kinship with the towering pines.
They were alive to you,
and you understood your kinship.

You held the smooth stones
in your hand and felt their hardness.
Rock and earth, birthplace of being,
alive from the dust and the earth.
See the elements from which you came.
Know that the wind will blow your ashes away,
and you who were will be scattered once again to the stars.

Now, this consciousness,
now this precious consciousness
for which you shout thanks!
To be alive and experience—
there is nothing greater!

Dark night, with stars sparkling in the sky,
a sense of unity and profound awe.
Tears at the sudden understanding,
and the expansive inner leap into the universe.

O this inner sense you cannot name!

Thrill in the wind once again!

O the profound unknown,
and the thrill of it!