Today, June 21, 2011 marks the Solstice. The word Solstice is derived from two words Sol (Sun) and sistere (standing still) and marks the point when the Sun apparent movement North or South appears to come to a standstill.
This Solstice is not just any Solstice. This is a Solstice in a month with three eclipses and during the 9th and final Wave (Unity) of the evolution of Consciousness as indicated by the Mayan Calendar. So I wanted to come up with something amazing and profound to share to honor the powerful energy flowing mightily on this special day.
I found this amazing piece of writing, a poem by Rumi, and I knew this was it.
If we can BE with the energy and embody the teaching of this poem we are welcoming and living the energy of this powerful Solstice perfectly and we are embracing our evolution, the evolution of Consciousness with grace and Love.
"For ages you have come and gone
courting this delusion.
For ages you have run from the pain
and forfeited the ecstasy.
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
Although you appear in earthly form
Your essence is pure Consciousness.
You are the fearless guardian
of Divine Light.
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
When you lose all sense of self
the bonds of a thousand chains will vanish.
Lose yourself completely,
Return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
You descended from Adam, by the pure Word of God,
but you turned your sight
to the empty show of this world.
Alas, how can you be satisfied with so little?
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
Why are you so enchanted by this world
when a mine of gold lies within you?
Open your eyes and come ---
Return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
You were born from the rays of God's Majesty
when the stars were in their perfect place.
How long will you suffer from the blows
of a nonexistent hand?
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
You are a ruby encased in granite.
How long will you decieve Us with this outer show?
O friend, We can see the truth in your eyes!
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
After one moment with that glorious Friend
you became loving, radiant, and ecstatic.
Your eyes were sweet and full of fire.
Come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
Shams-e Tabriz, the King of the Tavern
has handed you an eternal cup,
And God in all His glory is pouring the wine.
So come! Drink!
Return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
Soul of all souls, life of all life - you are That.
Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving - you are That.
The road that leads to the City is endless;
Go without head and feet
and you'll already be there.
What else could you be? - you are That."
— Rumi
Rumi was a 13th Century Person poet and theologian and the purity of his mastery in painting truths with words provides us, even today, with a most profound and enlightened teaching. Rumi's enlightened words show us that the abundance, joy and peace we seek lie contained within us as our inner ttrue wealth.
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