Jonathan Livingston Seagull

“They are saying in the Flock that if you are not the Son of the Great Gull Himself”, Fletcher told Jonathan one morning after Advanced Speed Practice, “then you are a thousand years ahead of your time.”
Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood he thought. They call you devil or they call you god. “What do you think, Fletch? Are we ahead of our time?”
A long silence, “Well, this kind of flying has always been here to be learned by anyone who wanted to discover it; that’s got nothing to do with time. We’re ahead of the fashion, maybe. Ahead of the way that most gulls fly.”“That’s something,” Jonathan said, rolling to glide inverted for a while. “That’s not half as bad as being ahead of our time”.
Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The Seagull Speaks Creative Commons Copyright

Sunday, February 14, 2010

I Give Thanks

I give thanks for the love,
That is present in my life,
For all that is good,
For all that is pure,
For all that is joyful,
For all that nourishes my soul.

I give thanks for my family and friends,
Though many of them live far away,
They are in my thoughts always,
And all of them energise me and sustain me.

I give thanks for the joy I have in my work,
And the blessings of my work mates,
Who share and support me,
In my daily struggles and challenges.
I give thanks for the knowledge that each is unique,
And is doing the best they can in their own way.

I give thanks for each new person I meet,
 Along the branching paths and golden threads of my days,
For each soul is a fragment of the absolute perfection of creation,
And each one shines a light upon me and enlivens me.

And when I walk in nature.
I give thanks for the beauty of creation.
 I give thanks for the blessings of the earth,
For rugged coastlines and peaceful beaches,
For the high mountains I climb and for the ridges I walk,
And for the secrets revealed by the views I see in the valleys below.
I give thanks for the steadfastness of the rocks on the shore,
And for the waves on the sea that wash my worries away.

I give thanks for the light and warmth of the sun,
For the ever-changing shapes of clouds and mists,
For the curving, colourful beauty of rainbows.
And I give thanks for the grains of sand that slip through my fingers,
Revealing that everything is transient, that nothing exists forever,
Teaching me to cherish and enjoy every single moment.

I give thanks for the rain that falls,
For the flowers that bloom and the grass that grows,
For the pure water that quenches my thirst,
And for the wind that rustles the leaves of the bushes and trees.

I give thanks for the soil,
And the food that grows from it,
To sustain the temple that is my body.
I give thanks for the genes and proteins,
 Propagating and maintaining my cells and tissues.
I give thanks for DNA and for the codes of life,
That orchestrate this symphony, this dance,
And I give thanks for the eternal process of evolution,
For the magnificent beauty of all life forms throughout the universe.

I give thanks for the insights of science and for the technology,
That makes our lives easier from day to day.
I give thanks for the power of information and computation,
And the fundamental natural laws,
That are essential for creation and evolution of the universe,
And which hold everything in balance,
 So that everything relates to everything else in perfection,
And I give thanks for the the fundamental particles,
Causing everything to vibrate and to resonate with energy that I can feel.

And when I wander out into the night
I give thanks for the beauty of the moon, the stars and their planets,
For the spinning perfection of galaxies and nebulae,
And supernovae and black holes,
And I give thanks for the glory of this universe,
For the recognition that it is one of many universes,
And that I am blessed to live within it,
And that although I am but a tiny part of it,
I am essential for its continuing development.

And I give thanks for the moments of insight, bliss and joy,
For the glimpses of truth, knowledge and wisdom,
That fill me throughout the day.

And when I am in solitude,
I give thanks for the silence,
And for the stillness,
That speaks to me,
And cleanses the core of my being,
Showing me that I am never alone.

Thank you for never leaving me,
For guiding me day by day,
For keeping fear away,
For giving me patience, trust and faith
And love in my heart,
Always.

Amen.


The Master

Created from the first word ever spoken,
Your body is a tool of fantastic function,
From omnipresent vibrational energies,
Like waves on the surface of the sea,
Through which everything connects,
Within which you move gracefully,
Nourished by light from the sun,
A temple in which to worship,
A sculpture of perfect form,
An evolving work of art,
A fragment of eternity.

Be the waves,
Know the waves,
Be with the waves,
Surround the waves,
Be within the waves,
Be above the waves,
Be below the waves,
Be one with the waves.

Breathe like the master,
You are!
Move like the master,
You are!
Walk like the master,
You are! 

Be one with the waves,
Be below the waves,
Be above the waves,
Be within the waves,
Surround the waves,
Be with the waves,
Know the waves, 
Be the waves. 

The Master breathes consciously.

The Master breathes with thanksgiving,
The Master breathes with compassion,
The Master breathes with knowledge,
The Master breathes with reverence,
The Master breathes with elegance,
The Master breathes with purpose,
The Master breathes with serenity,
The Master breathes with wisdom,
The Master breathes with passion,
The Master breathes with feeling,
The Master breathes with dignity,
The Master breathes with insight,
The Master breathes with energy,
The Master breathes with power,
The Master breathes with grace,
The Master breathes with focus,
The Master breathes with truth,
The Master breathes with love.

The Master moves consciously.

The Master moves with thanksgiving,
The Master moves with compassion,
The Master moves with knowledge,
The Master moves with reverence,
The Master moves with elegance,
The Master moves with purpose,
The Master moves with serenity,
The Master moves with wisdom,
The Master moves with passion,
The Master moves with feeling,
The Master moves with dignity,
The Master moves with insight,
The Master moves with energy,
The Master moves with power,
The Master moves with grace,
The Master moves with focus,
The Master moves with truth,
The Master moves with love.

The Master walks consciously.

The Master walks with thanksgiving,
The Master walks with compassion,
The Master walks with knowledge,
The Master walks with reverence,
The Master walks with elegance,
The Master walks with purpose,
The Master walks with serenity,
The Master walks with wisdom,
The Master walks with passion,
The Master walks with feeling,
The Master walks with dignity,
The Master walks with insight,
The Master walks with energy,
The Master walks with power,
The Master walks with grace,
The Master walks with focus,
The Master walks with truth,
The Master walks with love.

The Master is consciousness.

The Master is thanksgiving,
The Master is compassion,
The Master is knowledge,
The Master is reverence,
The Master is elegance,
The Master is purpose,
The Master is serenity,
The Master is wisdom,
The Master is passion,
The Master is feeling,
The Master is dignity,
The Master is insight,
The Master is energy,
The Master is power,
The Master is grace,
The Master is focus,
The Master is truth,
The Master is love.

You are the waves,
And the waves know,
You are with the waves,
You surround the waves,
You are within the waves,
You are above the waves,
You are below the waves,
You are one with the waves.

Breathe the light,
Move in the light,
Walk in the light,
Know the light,
Be the light.

Breathe with God,
Move with God,
Walk with God,
Know God,
Be God.

The Master is not Being,
The Master is Being,
Being the Master,
The Master is.

Be the Master.

Forever and ever,
Amen.