There are so many templates for living-
for the ideal doctor, mother, wife,
daughter, for the model citizen.
This template can even make a mess
of Buddhist spiritual practice,
constrict the breath of poetry,
any artful, intuitive endeavor,
creating a sterile individual
whose heart never bleeds
and eyes never tear.
Let me then be messy,
be vulnerable, be human
a near and far enemy
of the Brahmaviharas,
and still a legal resident
because of this honest
template for living
that still judges
and is learning
to embrace it all.
*****
An image of two hands
move up and down the spine
massaging, caressing
holding the energy body
in sincere prayer.
This body, this temple,
church, mosque, synagogue-
they are all Brahmaviharas
waiting to be recognized,
understood and loved.
*Inspired by Eye of the Heart retreat.
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