AHYMSIN newsletter, Issue - September 2011

The Gardener

by Phil Paradis

Growing is a process of wonder
The wonder of what will we be
The wonder of how we will be
The wonder of Self to discover
∞
Growing is a process of exploring
The inner mountain ranges
Of self and Self
The outer mountain ranges
Of ego and not ego
∞
Growing is enhanced by a gardener
A gardener to guide the growth
No control just guidance
To allow the growing to go where it belongs
∞
A weed in an array of wildness
A plant in an array of orderliness
A weed in an array of orderliness
A plant in an array of wildness
∞
Swathed In the tranquillity of her meditation
The self learns of the Self
In the aura of her presence
The self nudged to the Self
∞
Like a whisper in the wind
Like the caress of a snowflake
A hint of the soul being tilled
A touchstone for calming turbulence

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∞
Where is the water to strengthen
Where is the sun to energize
Where is the air to animate
Where is the nutrition that inspires
∞
In the gentleness of her actions
In the breadth of her compassion
In the sagacity of her teachings
In the endlessness of her love
∞
Not a guru, a gardener
She was is and will be
A gardener for our souls

Editor’s note:

Upon the passing of Maya (Margo) Balog, one of her students in Edmonton, Phil Paradis, wrote this poem.