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September 2009 
instructions
Posted on Jun 26th, 2006
by 
Karuna
Karuna
Give up the world; give up self; finally give up God.
Find god in rhododendrons and rocks,
passers-by, your cat.
Pare your beliefs, your Absolutes.
Make it simple; make it clean.
No carry-on luggage allowed.
Examine all you have
with a loving and critical eye, then
throw away some more.
Repeat. Repeat.
Keep this and only this:
What your heart beats loudly for.
What feels heavy and full in your gut.
There will only be one or two
things you will keep,
and they will fit lightly
in your pocket.
- Sheri Hostetler
from A Cappella
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I am so printing this out and hanging it in my home… great poem… and a beautiful image to go along with it! Thank you for sharing this beautiful gem!
I resonate wholeheartedly.
Om sweet Om
Is the only Om.
awesome, awesome poem! Thank you so much for this gift!
To this, I am one big wide-open…. YES!!!
I needed to read that just about now. I must remind myself to come to your blogs more often.
Thank you.
Hey your have awesome selections gr8.. I am a fan of your blog now : )
Ms ~K, Peggy Joyce, Metta, WordFire, Johann, + jagadesh:
Thank you all for your comments, and for taking the time to come to my very random little “blog”.
This particular poem, Instructions, beautifully expresses a strong aspect of where I'm at in my life right now… a place of sort of taking my life “down to the essence”…, and I resonate strongly with the poem's message.
I'm glad y'all found something of value in it as well.
Thanks for your feedback.
I find that I'm not in a place of writing a “traditional” blog at this time, but your comments are encouraging me to just go ahead and share whatever I'm moved to share, even if it's not diary-esque, or what a lot of people might look for in a “blog”.
Thank you for letting me know you found some meaning here. I appreciate it.