Be this way

rise up
sweet one and sing
glory is the seed that waits
to be watered by your joy
come to the river where there are no gates
step in and feel the cool against
your skin
after such a long, long walk

taste of the fruit that sits heavy on the vine
sweet heaven
right at hand
breathe in the fragrance of truth that
is free as air and as lovely
as the smell of spring blooming
rise up sweet one and sing
God's beauty is all around
everywhere and always

beautiful child
you are the spark of thy love
and thy life
like a river that runs down the
mountainside
flowing into the great waterfal l
and rejoicing in the ocean nature
this is your soul
oh dear one move easily in this way
towards truth

Walk this way
through the open spaces
curving and weaving your way around that which is
not giving
winding your way like the river
over the boulders and stones
parting easily around that which is solid
dear one flow like this towards truth

Open this way
like a small child that has been without mother
for a long, long time
and sees her bright face appear on
a sunny spring morning
and runs open armed smiling in full rejoicement
oh heart friend open this way to the truth

Play this way
like an orchestra with every sound
in tune with the other
not one missed beat, resounding as one
flowing, flowing and dissolving in space
play this way my friend
in harmony with grace

Be this way
within your true nature
like the simple tree on the hillside
like the simple stone by the gate with
the dandilion, the lilac and bright buds
on the branches
like the bird in flight
and the squirrel that plays
like the child that giggles
be this way so simple
within your true nature
as this where truth lies

Oh child of the spirit
within there is a wellspring
that rises up to quench the thirst
a wealth of nutrients
that makes that which is crooked straight
that which is stagnant, fluid
that which holds, open
that which is hidden, brilliant
that which has wandered, still
that which calls, silent
that which is separate, whole

Oh friend be this way
within your true nature
so simple
this is the song of your heart
and it is singing now
Om