Meditations On Being : The Voice

To be human is to love the sound of your own voice, to be transfixed by the telling

Of your story. Our Stories are the first way that we embody god; the first way that we learn their name is through hearing our own.

If you are afraid to speak, too little or too much, remember that the world was spoken into being.

Our Stories are our Shapers; we shape ourselves through them.

We do not so much manifest things outside ourselves as we manifest them in our mouths.

What do you embody?

If you know, then speak yourself into being.

If you do not,

Then wait. Play. Try. Be as still as you can, listening for the sound of yourself,

The sound of yourself calling to you to become that which you are.

Don’t lean away when the silence becomes a deafening roar; drop anchor in the raging sea.

And, when you cry out, know that your sound is the thing which you hold at the heart of Yourself.

Start there. Cry out, again and again, until coherence calms all things.

Then let your mutterings bloom into full-bodied utterance. Honor these tiny moments of knowing.

Nurture and protect it - your voice, your little godself - let it grow wild for a while;

Do not attempt to tame it. Then, discipline it, but only from your Love.

Let it grow within the cavity of your chest, enlarge your heart,

Make room within for both the big and small things.

Then, breathe in the misty air. Allow it to warm beneath your skin,

Release it without knowing where it will go; It deserves its journey.

And when it returns to you, fling open the door wide. Hear the strong and sure sound of yourself,

And listen to it tell its tales. Let it whisper long into the night.

Let it settle inside you, leaving its shoes neatly at the door.

This is some of what it means to be fully alive, to be becoming more.

Leave understanding for another day. Make room for what is a mystery.

Take hope that a listener is coming, a mirror to reveal you to yourself.

Take time for this, but not now, child.

In a little while.

In a little while.

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