frankly speaking: HOLY HO HUM

Dear All of Us,

This is going to be

like trying to sell

shoes to a cobbler,

parsnips to a farmer.

"Enough already!"

"Who needs it!"

"No thanks!"

Trusting your trust

and largeness of spirit

gives me the whatever

to give it a go.

That will actually be a

stop and stay.

So, let's check out

the spirituality of

HOLY HO HUM

Not exactly

a people pleaser

at first flash.

Yet it is so central

to a genuine spirituality.

We miss it to our soul's loss.

It's where we are most and

where God is most and

we can overlook both and

our union in the blitz of

restless seeking

for more and better,

for ever greater spiritual pop.

In more than many ways

our hyped-up, super stimulated,

restless, 24/7,

agitated/agitating,

dreadfully distracted

throbbing, loud,

fast paced, super-sized,

high speed, digital dashing,

Facebook flipping,

frenetic lifestyles,

are attempts to escape

anything a hundred miles

from the border of

HO HUM,

holy or any other wise.

We get going so fast

we see and sense

little located

so wondrously

in the land of

HO HUM

the ordinary

the everyday

We skim the surface

and miss the substance.

We've been talked into an

"always faster/fuller" everything -

Instagram and

Insta - everything else,

pushing ahead and beyond

for what's in fact

already right where we are.

Yet we're not there long enough

to mellow and mature

in the mystery in our midst.

We miss the goal for the chase.

Our addiction to

speed seeking distractions,

highs holy or otherwise,

is a narcotic that numbs us

to our here and now,

to our habitat of meaning,

nurture, depth and expansion.

The door to the Ultimate

opens in the immediate.

We notice, sense, see

and experience God

present in all that is,

truly it is

The Presence of God.

We notice

Open Souled

and with all five senses,

intellect and intuition,

every gift, grace and talent.

We notice

where and how we are

how it is here - the

people, place, plants,

activity, beauty,

sounds and sights -

the panorama

of here and now,

the ground of actuality.

Our day-to-day world

is a Universe Sacred.

The secret is to sink deep

into the immediacies of work,

routine, relationships, reflections,

to feel the textures of time,

see gently deep,

hear the full range,

slowly savor the tastes,

be surprised by

the extraordinary tucked into

a pastrami sandwich,

a nod and smile on the street,

a hymn at church,

a new responsibility at work,

a Ken Burns documentary,

a hot shower,

a people watching on the beach,

a Summer Garden,

a computer connecting wide and far,

a problem solved,

an injustice righted.

We slow to full.

Work, family, friends,

spiritual community,

recreation, shopping,

recycling, driving,

napping, listening to music,

reading, writing a friend,

coaching kids, paying bills,

visiting, going to the doctor,

mowing the lawn,

doing the dishes -

more, indeed all,

are the places, the ways,

to start heavenward

and its joy.

Hafiz unfolds the wonders of

HOLY HO HUM

the joy of the day's dance:

Created for Joy

I sometimes forget

that I was created for Joy.

My mind is too busy

My heart is too heavy

for me to remember

that I have been

called to dance

the Sacred dance of life.

I was created to smile

To Love

To be lifted up

And to lift others up.

O Sacred One

Untangle my feet

from all that ensnares.

Free my soul.

That we might

Dance

and that our dancing

might be contagious.

Hafiz

All that in the land of

HOLY HO HUM

A God-Good place to be

and to here together.

John Frank

******

It's a wonder gift to have visitors

join in with us. This past week

there was a significant number

from the USA new to

our gathering here in

The Spirit

WELCOME

each and all to

frankly speaking

spirituality for the street

johnfrankshares.blogspot.com

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