I am working valiantly on ordination papers this week. So I am appropriately resurrecting a post from http://www.BeguineAgain.com as our step into sacred space. And yes, I am ordained, but I am a newbie, so for the first two years we have to submit more papers.
Join me in listening to the beautiful chant by Velma Frye. It is a call to stillness. Rest. Quiet. And a reminder that stillness often is associated with darkness. Imagine the seeds germinating in the darkest earth. Seemingly still, but so much creative energy stirring up unbeknownst to observation! But the stillness is what nurtures it. The darkness. The coldness. Be still.
Be Still
by Velma Frye
Be still.
Be still.
Be still.
Go deep
into
the silence
of the night
and robe yourself
in darkness.
See with the heart
into the dark of the night.
So silent the night.
So dark the night.
Be still.
Be still.
Be still.
Be still.
Be still.
Be still.
What will you do to create stillness in your life?
How can you use darkness to create wholeness?
(c) 2014, post, Terri Stewart, CC license BY-NC
(c) 2013, lyrics and video, Velma Frye
(c) 2013, photo, Terri Stewart, CC license BY-NC-ND
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REV. TERRI STEWART is Into the Bardo’s Sunday chaplain, senior content editor, and site co-administrator. She comes from an eclectic background and considers herself to be grounded in contemplation and justice. She is the Director and Founder of the Youth Chaplaincy Coalition that serves youth affected by the justice system. As a graduate of Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry, she earned her Master’s of Divinity and a Post-Master’s Certificate in Spiritual Direction.
Her online presence is “Cloaked Monk.” This speaks to her grounding in contemplative arts and the need to live it out in the world. The cloak is the disguise of normalcy as she advocates for justice and peace. You can find her at www.beguineagain.com ,www.twitter.com/cloakedmonk, and www.facebook.com/cloakedmonk. To reach her for conversation, send a note to cloakedmonk@outlook.com
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Terri, I’m going to bookmark this and play it to myself whenever I feel agitated. It is wonderful. Just what the doctor ordered.
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Awesome and I agree!
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The Ram Dass quote is priceless. Thanks for sharing the video and poem as well; and, Terri, good luck with all. Happy Sunday …
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Thank you! It is finished until I go and defend my writings. Ugh.
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I love especially that the poem is “cloaked” in the shape of a tree. Trees give such refuge.
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I had not even noticed that! Thank you!
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