ONENESS

ONENESS

With great respect, I call on the Universe

of Infinite Unconditional Love,

Compassion, and Profound Peace.

For I am in the Universe

of Infinite Unconditional Love,

Compassion, and Profound Peace.

The Universe of Infinite Unconditional Love,

Compassion, and Profound Peace

is in this body I inhabit.

The Universe of Infinite Unconditional Love,

Compassion, and Profound Peace and I are One.

Over the past few years,

I have used this phrasing thousands of times

as I entered my Qi Gong practice.

Yesterday I thought of beginning

to lead a meditation starting with this wording.

Practicing it out loud

seeing what would come after.

What I would be led to say.

In meditation what arose was

how I was trying to wrap my mind around it.

But when I spoke of it,

it was evident that what I have been doing

these past few years is trying to

open my mind to it.

The recognition flashed through me

that the Universe is Infinite

you cannot be wrapping your mind

around the Infinite

the only possible entry point

is being open to it,

being open to the experience

of Oneness

feeling, experiencing, and being it

not an intellectual pursuit of it.

Becoming One with the Universe,

the Oneness that you are

is an experience.

Felt as a rush of feelings flowing through you

with such grace and speed

you feel transcended, 

you are it!

Lifted to a knowing

beyond anything you can perceive

for if you can perceive it,

that's only part of it.

It encompasses everything and anything

all at the same time.

I hope to get there again someday

to experience the union

with the All That Is.

In the meantime,

I retain the memory of that day

on the golf course

when I truly surrendered and experienced

the Universe of Infinite Unconditional Love,

Compassion, and Profound Peace

mired in such a deep grief

that it led me surrendering

everything to God

in a moment

that has transformed my life.

Rising like a phoenix

from the ashes

to be reborn;

reborn to exploring

this Infinite Unconditional Love,

Compassion, and Profound Peace

that surrounded me that day.

Reborn to years after that

to write about the experience

and be reminded

that as I discussed this for hours

with my hospice counselor, 

I told her the next thing that happened was

I had this download from Spirit

“To Share.”

Now in sharing this these years later,

I open to a new understanding of it.

To realizing I had even been guided

to turn it into my Qi Gong mantra.

I hope my words have opened you

to ponder what I have said.

For I now live this life

with a far different perspective

ever pursuing a greater opening

to my feeling, being,

and experiencing what I truly am.

All My Love Always, Keith