What if we saw COVID-19 not as a time of stagnation but one of transformation?
A time to restructure our consciousness. A time to see and respond to the divine presence.
Lessons
The essence only comes to some.
To those listening. To those who
can endure the fathomless silence.
Starting first in your core, then spreading
throughout the room,
through shut windows.
It takes time to hear, sometimes generations.
Endurance in full, rapt attention. Silence
becomes voice, and finally it speaks.
Obliqueness for the listener to ascend.
Alone. I leaped rock over rock to the top
and found myself waiting, transformed
and then He spoke. My heart awakened and willful,
the world’s elements were flowing.
Forgetting me, the room, the beautiful tree outside,
I fled my corrupted nature, my worldly self:
breakfast, the duties of flesh and home,
the projections, assumptions and judgements,
my inheritance from all others.
And I was alone with Him.
©2020
Deb Neal Johnston
Centering Prayer is a Christian prayer of communion with the Holy Spirit. Deb Johnston leads a Snowmass Chapel Centering Prayer group, which meets every Wednesday at 5:30 online throughout the duration of the COVID-19 situation. We would love to have you join us! Please RSVP to Lisa for details on joining the meeting:
[email protected]. If you are new to Centering Prayer or have questions, please reach out to Deb at
[email protected].