從心之所行，即為正道

The Invitation - by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed

The Call - by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I have heard it all my life,
A voice calling a name I recognized as my own.

Sometimes it comes as a soft-bellied whisper.
Sometimes it holds an edge of urgency.

But always it says: Wake up my love. You are walking asleep.
There's no safety in that!

Remember what you are and let this knowing
take you home to the Beloved with every breath.

Hold tenderly who you are and let a deeper knowing
colour the shape of your humanness.

There is no where to go. What you are looking for is right here.
Open the fist clenched in wanting and see what you already hold in your hand.

There is no waiting for something to happen、
no point in the future to get to.
All you have ever longed for is here in this moment、right now.

You are wearing yourself out with all this searching.
Come home and rest.

How much longer can you live like this?

The Dance - by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I have sent you my invitation、
the note inscribed on the palm of my hand by the fire of living.
Don't jump up and shout、「Yes、this is what I want! Let's do it!」
Just stand up quietly and dance with me.

Show me how you follow your deepest desires、
spiraling down into the ache within the ache、
and I will show you how I reach inward and open outward
to feel the kiss of the Mystery、sweet lips on my own、every day.

Don't tell me you want to hold the whole world in your heart.
Show me how you turn away from making another wrong without abandoning yourself when you are hurt and afraid of being unloved.

Tell me a story of who you are,

Adapted from Soulmates, by Carolyn Godschild Miller (New World Library, 2000).