Bubbles in the Dark (Audio)

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There are times when my pathway is hidden.  When the next step seems to lead off a cliff in any direction.  I find at such times that there is an anxious impulse that will arise.  I will tend to consider things in dialectical categories; yes – no, good – bad, right – wrong, etc.  There are many times when reason is appropriate and can be a reliable guide.  But, there have been others when the choices break down and there is no good choice or even bad choice.  I think maybe the hardest thing to do sometimes is nothing.  The impulse to move, to act, to make a choice can become quite strong.  But how does one choose?  The wise folks of old have left some clues.  Be still  . . . Don’t be anxious about tomorrow . . . Go out not knowing . . . wait and your strength will be renewed . . . the farmer plants the seed but the Creator makes it grow . . . death before rebirth . . . the Creator will complete what was begun in you.  One of my mentors taught me a long time ago that if I felt like I must do something then run like hell.  There is less desperation now than when I wrote what follows.  There is a quietness and an awareness of the impulse to jump.  So for now I sit in the ferment of me content to watch what might bubble up.  Be Groovy!

Ferment

In the dark

Conversion

From one to another

Sweetness transformed

Energy released expands

Bubbles in the darkness

Changing, rearranging

Separate, watching, or not

It continues

Out of my hands

The fruits have been pressed

Latent potentials emerge

In keeping with the fruit’s nature

Patience, quiet Self

Watch the bubbles but refrain

The ferment requires no assistance

Bubbles in the dark

Reveal the Soul of the grape

 

 

19 thoughts on “Bubbles in the Dark (Audio)

  1. Yes, the hardest thing to do tonight is nothing. I NEED to be doing something. For my sister who is losing her husband to cancer, and for my friend who just needs . . . I don’t know what. I love them both.

  2. I have found a secret door, beyond which are old tapes are hidden. It is quite like excavating. I pick up one tape. It says “Ferment.” And I read the scroll which I’ve found in a crevice behind it. I think about all of this happening in the dark, beneath the surface. I understand that many things filter in as if by osmosis, while I am sleeping, or asleep, in that waking sleep, where I am only aware of the surface, even as I sense a happening within. Fermenting. I shall hope to watch for it, wait for it, listen for it. I may catch a glimpse in a moment of clarity.

  3. Oh… Looks like I’m going to be making a bookmark for my Bible. Felt like a conversation with my soul. How beautiful to know how it all works inside a wine skin (and me). Hopeful. Master Vintner: God and P’sG.

    • I needed the reminder. Its what bubbled up this morning waiting on this boy to wake up so we can write some music. 🙂 Showing him how to cook lima beans and ham in a crock pot so he won’t starve to death here at college. When he wakes up. It will create a different kind of music.

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