Light Bearers

The Transition Between Dark and Light

Hello,

Recently a friend gave me the book Into the Heart of Yoga: One Woman’s Journey by Danna Faulds, which is an excellent memoir of her journey with Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health), and Amrit Desai, as well as her life and marriage.   Along the way, she discovered her gift as a writer and poet.

As 2018 ends and we are coming upon the winter solstice (which coincidentally is also on a full moon), the day of transition between darkness and light, I want to share one of her poems. This poem speaks to me, especially during these turbulent times. For those of us who are seekers, I feel it’s our responsibility—our dharma—to step into our roles as “stewards of a truth that insists on being told…a hope encoded in each cell.” The world needs our light and our hope. Let’s dance beneath the full moon and share it.

Light Bearers

We are light bearers, stewards

of a truth that insists on being

shared despite doubt or fear or

Imagined limitation. We spread

the flame by teaching or by growing

still, by daring to be outrageous

and dancing beneath the full moon,

or by holding a friend in need

and taking part in life’s normal

routines. This is our message—

there is hope encoded in each

cell, each loving thought, each

time we reach out to one another.

There’s truth that won’t be stopped

by toppling buildings, snipers’

bullets, war clouds on the horizon,

or the inner storms of grief, despair

and insecurity. We are the peace we’ve

been seeking, the peace that stretches

beyond the mind’s need for form or

understanding, the peace for which

every human heart longs. Now is

the time for the light bearers to

offer up the truth of who

and what we really are

Danna Faulds

Into the Heart of Yoga: One Woman’s Journey

Wishing you love and light during the holidays and into 2019.

Linda

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