Dear Students

Here is a poem I wrote which relates gratitude for the body as a means to happiness and freedom from the cycle of karma. Just click below to read it.

THE LAST SUPPER

This morning the light fell
through the window
like a blessing
across my skin
turning my room
into a cathedral
of light
and I could see the angels
talking to God
they were laughing

hallelujah
praised be God
hallelujah
God is here

and they lifted me
from the deep sleep
of the world of darkness

and when I looked back
my body lay like a baby
in a lullaby of love

and the angels called me
by my secret name
and turned me to the face of God

this is the face of your Beloved
they whispered in my ear

and the Light descended
like a snow white dove
like a veil of lace
like apple blossoms
over, through, and all around me, and

I tasted the sweetness of God's breath
I drank the honey of God's love
until there was no me

hallelujah
praised be God
hallelujah
God is here

when my cup was full and runneth over
the angels turned me back
onto the river of life
flowing golden from the center
of God's love back to earth

where my body lay helpless and small
like a newborn baby

this is my body which is given for you

go back, they whispered,
go back and take care of it
go back and let gratitude
melt everything you are not

this do in remembrance of me

until there is nothing,
nothing but light
and the body surrenders
its needs and desires

because you have loved it,
and honored it, because
you have given it only
gratitude and sweetness

for this is what makes a body holy
this is what makes a body pure enough
to relinquish its hold,

nothing, nothing but gratitude
breaks the cycle of revolving
on the wheel of karma

this is my body which is given for you: 
this do in remembrance of me.