Poetry: Nurture the Nowness

“Nurture the Nowness”

from Abandon Hope by Justin Stone

Awakening pearls
wait silently below
the rough surface of Mind

Those who dive deeply
through the vast energy sea
may retrieve them from
the soles of the feet

– Ed Altman

* * *

Even the sunrise
awakens
gradually.

– Ed Altman

* * *

Alone in light room
nude.
I bow to the Great Light
within myself.
Asking no questions,
we begin.
Every fiber, muscle, joint, calling ever faintly
then steadily, sometimes screaming
for a sip of nectar,
a drink of the river
to be consciously charged with
an everflowing, everglowing, pure Chi
Moving through my body. From ancestors and pasts
times known and timeless revelations.
There is now,
painless joy
and
joyless pain.
Graceful conclusion
we are free.

– Rachel Buchler, San Luis Obispo
Student of Billie Blair & Fran Dukehart