
Whilst resting on my hike, paddling in the shallows on an isolated beach today, I looked out to the ocean; reflecting and I heard “Soul Diving.” This poem followed…
Soul diving
Isn’t about staying in the shallows
And telling yourself,
That’s enough.
The shallows are
Where the small fish swim,
The odd nip of crab
On toe.
It’s a start no doubt –
Lots to see:
Limpet, sponge and jellyfish;
Coral reefs
Of finger-like structure where
Rainbow fish dart and dive.
Where eels slither,
Alongside the shrimp.
All very ‘pleasant’
These little discoveries;
Those clues to more…
“But I feel safe in the shallows,”
You cry.
Yes, so do I!
But we’re missing out, don’t you see?
Of the deeper mysteries
And curiosities, hidden far below.
The Soul is a vast ocean,
Whose endings we don’t yet know;
It’s full capacity.
To expand and grow
We must dive deep and deeper,
Down, down with the giants,
The sharks and whales;
The creatures whose names are
Unknown:
Where our fears sit –
These imagined ghouls.
We must have courage, my friends,
To dive deep
and deeper.
To destroy that which is unwanted
Debris: must be cleared.
To find the treasures below;
The secret caves of Light
From a source unseen.
We imagine only blackness,
But know not the Truth
If we’ve never looked.
Ask those that have gone before:
What is it like in the far below?
How wide and deep is my soul?
They can tell you.
They have dived deeply,
As the light in their eyes
Can tell you.
They know…their Souls.
They know where they truly come from
And the potential of where they are going.
The only way to know
The extent and intensity of
Who we are
Is to dive passionately,
Profoundly into all the corners
Of our ocean Soul.
To stretch our very beingness
Across the universe.
Because Love wants us to.
Soul diving,
Deep,
Deeply,
Deeper:
Dive.
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