dragonyphoenix: Blackadder looking at scraps of paper, saying "It could use a beta" (frida and god)
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One of the reasons I love this poem is that it reminds me of the meditative practice called tonglen.

Heart Prayer by Elizabeth Cunningham


You can only pray what's in your heart

so if your heart is being ripped from your chest
pray the tearing

if your heart is full of bitterness
pray it to the last dreg

if your heart is a river gone wild
pray the torrent

or a lava flow scorching the mountain
pray the fire

pray the scream in your heart
the fanning bellows

pray the rage, the murder
and the mourning

pray your heart into the great quiet hands
that can hold it
like the small bird it is.

Date: 2011-04-19 05:51 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-04-20 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
Thank you. I like this one so much I copied it down and put it onto my fridge! ;-)

Ah, and thanks for the icon. It's awesome.

Date: 2011-04-19 07:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kerkevik.livejournal.com
FRIDA KAHLO ICON!!!

Very passionate imagery; very evocative.

Oh... and a Frida Kahlo icon!

Kinda looks like Salma Hayek, but still...

FRIDA KAHLO ICON!

:-)

Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
Ray.

Date: 2011-04-20 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
I got the icon from lemorttoussaint (http://lemorttoussaint.livejournal.com/). She's made a bunch of awesome ones. This post may be the first time I've used it.

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