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Dear All of Us,
Life sure is "a trip" -
one hell/heaven of "a trip".
And am I ever "trip'n" along.
As recently mentioned,
I am past mile marker 82.
Moving right along.
Getting ever closer
to the airport
and take off for
next and beyond.
In my right now,
tripping along,
there's a lot to see
of me and we
in both the rearview mirror
and out front.
What's ahead seems to be
of two sorts.
There's something
so blindingly
bright right beautiful
that I can't describe it,
just rejoice at it.
Almost there!
Can't figure it.
Don't have to.
Don't want to.
It's limitlessly
REAL
REAL GOOD
It'll be so wonderful
to finally get there
better
Be That.
It's paired with a slowed,
wider, fuller view
of life's terrain
out front and all about
in the here and now
as it actually is.
With eyes dimed by time
I see simple,
clearer than ever before
in these many miled years.
The right now of Now
is laced with potential and peril.
A world of wonderful people
captive to a handful of
sick souls directing Evil Empire.
A mix.
Good will, talent, technology,
rich recourses of
soil, soul and society
and those aplenty.
Domination of those good people
by polluted politics,
massive misinformation,
fearing them into troubled tribes
at dangerous odds.
The wrecking ball of selfishness
demolishing the planet.
Nuclear incineration horridly possible.
Young couples "familying forth."
A pope who is truly a holy father.
College kids striving for
a degree of competence
and creativity.
The majority of people
living lives of simple goodness
yet struggling with anxiety,
many with grinding poverty
and oppressive injustice.
Grassroots groups of
spiritual vibrancy and
supportive community.
A quest for justice
that actually wants to rebalance
society real and right.
A terrain of potential and peril.
What's in the rearview mirror
of my personal journey
is so, so clear -
even the dark parts.
Going along
I went along with God.
Going along
I did not go along with God.
I've been like the ancient Israelites
on their way to the Promised Land.
Sometimes I followed God
as God manifested and led
even if so in somewhat mysterious,
contemporary versions
of pillars of fire and cloud.
Often, I didn't "get it"
about God,
but did get direction, took it,
and got on down the
Road to Real.
Other times I split, went solo,
fashioned my own ways and gods.
What a mess!
Detours, dead ends, disasters,
ditches - did a lot of damage
trip'n on down Delusion Drive.
I share this
in the hope
we all will be wiser
than I often wasn't
and will rejoice
to be guided by
the wondrous mystery
that
is All
is Good
is God
as "is"
and follow the signals given
as given.
It takes humility
to get steered right.
We don't get to decipher God
nor God's directions.
We do get to follow a
Lover's Lead.
And we certainly can't fashion
a god that is more than
a mess that messes.
We're a Chosen People,
an Exodus People,
on a trip from
potential to Promise.
And it's quite a trip.
Following the Lover's Lead signals
right and real indeed.
Refusing the Lover's Lead
we end up nowhere fast,
messed up and messing up.
Lover's Leads
are signaled in
sacred scriptures,
religious traditions,
trustworthy council,
Spirit filled community,
Spirit infused intuitions,
honest discernments,
seeing positive possibilities,
serving other's needs,
learning from pain,
noticing nature,
watching children play,
being stilled to Center,
immersion in collective wisdom,
streaming in beauty,
open hearted meditation,
and these are just for starters.
Each and all are
locations, moments
along the way of
Living Love
"He said love
the Lord your God
with all your
passion and prayer and
muscle and intelligence -
and that you love
your neighbor as well
as you do yourself."
Luke 10:27
The Message
What a way
to get on down the
Road to Real.
Thanks for letting
this little old man
muse on a bit about
trip'n on along.
I pray each
and all of us
have a good trip,
a God Good Trip
from potential to Promise.
Traveling mercies.
John Frank
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- really the same beautiful thing -
with our Jewish sisters and brothers
during these High Holidays and a
Happy New Year
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