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I spent a few hours scrubbing our new house free of the leftovers from its former tenants in preparation for moving in.  Now I am very tired :)

Strangely and surprisingly, I’ve always found cleaning to be a very spiritual activity.  I think it is because of some kind of psychological projection:  as I’m removing the muck and dirt from walls and floors and appliances, it almost feels like I’m doing the same for my mind and spirit at the same time.  Does anyone else have this experience?

If you know me at all, you’ll be wondering why I don’t make use of this ‘spiritual exercise’ more often…

12 April, 2010 | No comments

Empty (first draft)

There is an emptiness deep inside
Thoughts and feelings undefined
There is stillness, a deafening silence
Where words no longer have meaning

Is this death, or is it life?
The paradox of the soul
Confusion and clarity, peace and unrest
These too are just words

I’m slowing down,
feeling the world slide past me
I’m reaching out,
conscious of all that’s escaped me
I’m drifting off,
letting go off all that’s kept me tied down

There is a love deep inside
Unshaken by silence or noise
When every desire has been bled
Love remains in the void

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