Poetry As Spiritual Practice

And a taste of DEAR HUMAN CHILD

BLOSSOM One of the illustration posters available in the DEAR HUMAN CHILD Kickstarter campaign

Astronomers have spoken
of holes that are black
and endless
amidst galaxies
massive in their brilliance
These holes
are nothing more
than the inversion of such a light
They pull us in
because they must
because it is the will
of the collective Soul

When it is our turn to tumble
to slip and fall
we try so hard to hold on
to the edges of our world
and yet we hang
upon the event horizon
a position of no return
We are crucified in that moment
as in desperation we do
everything we can 
to grasp on
to stay where we are
to remain in the familiar
the known
the old

But it is the purpose
of black holes
to consume us
and so we must eventually surrender
as there is nowhere else
it is possible to go

And as we plunge
into visible oblivion
there is no more pretend
no more denial
The immediacy of terror
snaps us free
from cables and strings 
and wires
from attachment of all kinds
to everything we think 
we need

And that moment of confronting
absolute death
absolute fear
becomes the lightning strike
to freedom
The hole speaks to us
and says
by relinquishing yourself
to me
you set yourself free...

~ SINGULARITY The Days of One

Dear Reader;

What follows is a taste of the prologue to my upcoming book, DEAR HUMAN CHILD; Love Letters From the Divine.

”Throughout history many great spiritual texts have been written fully or partly as poetry. The Psalms and the Song of Solomon of the Old Testament; the Quran; the Bhagavad Gita; the Guru Granth Sahib, the central religious scripture of Sikhism; the Tao Te Ching, the foundational text of Taoism; the Poetic Eddas, Norse pagan sagas; the Dhammapada, a collection of sayings of the Buddha; the Rigveda, one of the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. 

And of course we know the works of poets such as Rumi, Hafiz and Emily Dickinson to be rich with spiritual inquiry and expression. The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh and Adyashanti have all explored the power of poetry as spiritual expression.

My own humble awakening in some ways parallels the journey of Hildegard von Bingen, profound visionary and mystic. Like Hildegard I have received words, music, chants and prayers. She too suffered with physical healing crises, and struggled with doubt in the early years of her experience of Divine communication. Both of us were called to reject more traditional paths in surrender to an experience few others understood. 

What makes the written word poetic, and how does poetry so profoundly hold communications of spiritual wisdom and healing? 

In Poetry as Spiritual Practice, Robert McDowell writes: 

“.. by meditating and reciting poems, chants, hymns, prayers, mantras, songs and scripture, you make of yourself a tuning fork ready for the thwack of the Divine.

The Trappist monk André Louf describes this process as a kind of fermentation, a ripening and welling up of the Word ‘that has become wholly our own.. inscribed deep in our body and psyche. It bubbles up, it flows, it runs like living water.’ No matter what you practise, the goal is Reunion with the Word and the shedding of ego, until ‘it is no longer we who pray, but the prayer prays itself in us.’

Poetry is this reverberating note, this pure sound and shape of your spirit as it makes sense to you at last. Through the almost musical vibration, you move from individual soul out into the Oversoul.”

Dear Reader, as you explore these love letters from the Divine, understand that the words carry a visceral energetic effect, similar to other sacred texts. Throughout my decades-long career in the healing-arts, these transmissions have been used in workshops, salons and live performances; at private events, in governmental wellness days, and as a foundational component of my public programs. They have opened hearts, expanded perception and awakened long-dormant emotional release.

The transmissions are meant to be read aloud. If you find a stanza which speaks to your soul, speak it again and again. Write it out and keep it close to you. In this way these words become yours, and they will find a way to serve you. 

In this first book of the Love Letters series, I have focused upon a selection of transmissions which speak directly to the apocalyptic times in which we live. I have included several annual transmissions which offer guidance specific to the great Shift taking place within the collective, the purging of the shadow and the awakening of a new consciousness. Please be aware that what you hold in your hand, or are listening to by audio recording, is not just a book. These words are a tool of transformation, meant to be expressed as frequency and used in your daily life as you would practices of meditation, reflection or prayer. Listen on repeat, read aloud first thing in the morning or last thing at night. Write out stanzas in your own journal or mark up your book; it is yours to explore. While the frequency is sacred, these words are not precious. They are meant to be used, chewed and digested, chanted, sung, repeated and memorized. If emotions arise, this is the blessing of release. If intention is stirred, this is the blessing of clarity. Please trust all shades and aspects of the wisdom these words may awaken in you. ‘Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.’ Matthew 7:7”

You are all invited to my DEAR HUMAN CHILD Launch Party, online, 7 pm Eastern, Wednesday July 22.

We will share a transmission together and I will pull cards from the DHC card deck for the first ten participants. Bring something yummy with which to toast the initiation of this beloved project. I can’t do it without you.

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much love,
Adi