Ode to the Lilly
This little Ode to the Lilly came about when I was attending a retreat on Integral Psychology in Ubud, Bali, a couple of years ago.
As part of the retreat we had to participate in an exercise where we went out into the beautiful grounds to sit with nature for an hour or so. Just one thing though, we were to come up close to just one beautiful part of nature and spend some time there, connecting through the heart. After that, we had to come back and write something – and then share it!
Well, my anxiety went into overdrive. But I managed to do it, and in doing so, I learnt more about how to push my ego self aside a little, and just be in the pleasurable gift of the moment by moment experience.
I chose a Lilly as this is one of my fav Edgar Cayce teachings – how we learn to turn our face to the light of the divine, even in the midst of the hardest circumstances.
Ode to The Lilly
‘What lessons to have to share with me oh beauty divine’? I asked
Quietly, gently…the answer came…
Swampy water, muddy feet
Not the sort of place that you would rest your feet
Willingly, Knowingly
And yet, I know the secret… It matters not to me where my feet may be
But where my heart is
As I turn my face upwards to the Sun
To the Light
It warms me and nourishes me
It guides me
And as I show the best of what I have to give
I am rewarded
With the most beauteous of flowers
As I am shown, so now I show you
Beautiful flower
Show your strength in adversity and muddy surrounds
Show your gracious heart to the Son
And turn your smile toward the LIGHT
The Divine
Within and Without
and you will have…
Learned the Lesson of the Lilly