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Fingers of God's Grace (Poem)
Eager hearts, we are,
Awaiting, to drink in
The inspired instructions
Of a gifted teacher—
Truly a teacher’s teacher,
Who shares her wisdom
And experience with us—
A gathering of hungry
And excited instructors
 
Hands and fingers,
Are placed mindfully on our mats,
As we are inspired to see
Our fingers as divine connectors
To grace, which we embody
Even in the pads of our fingers
 
We are guided, and told
To urgently draw energy in,
From the earth, into our fingers—
All the way into our upper backs,
A firm, but gentle insistence
Leads us to use this energy
To open to grace,
By opening our hearts
More fully and simply,
And more completely—
And the subsequent rush
is exquisite, like soma dripping
and nourishing our deepest essence
 
Each and every soul present
Merges and dances
With the infectious
Flow of energy, coursing
Through our bodies and hearts
As we are led further and deeper,
Carried by the winds
Of a collective and supportive energy
That is unseen by the naked eye,
But that makes us all one
 
No one will ever place fingers
And hands, unmindfully again—
For not only are the fingers
The divine connectors to grace
In our bodies and hearts—
They also initiate an unstoppable
Chain of reactions, enabling us
To wholeheartedly become
And totally embody
The very Fingers of God’s Grace
In our acts and words,
And in our hands
As we reach out and touch—
Becoming the vessels of
Healing light and abundance grace
Selflessly dispensed
Into all the awaiting hearts
That are sent into our care
 
We are the Fingers of God’s Grace—
Nothing more
And nothing less,
Entrusted with a Sacred Task
 
(Dedicated to Desiree Rumbaugh
1/15/10)
 
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Pour the Light (Poem)

“Such love does
the sky now pour,
that whenever I stand in a field,
 
I have to wring out the light
when I get home.”
 
~ St. Francis of Assisi
 
Go out today, and stand in the light.
Let the beauty of this day unfold before you.
Let the message of these words nourish you.
Let the sky pour out its light and love
all around you.
And may you share and shine that light
with those whose hearts are gray and heavy,
and hungrily seeking
for a lamp to guide the way.

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Blessings of love in a shower of grace,

Olga

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Arise to an Invincible Summer (Poem)

"In the depths of winter,
I finally learned
 that within me there lay
an invincible summer."
 
~ Albert Camus
 
Arise magnificently
to the dawning of a new year
and a new decade within.
 
Arise to the dawning
of a new you.
Arise to the dawning
of a new practice season.
Arise to the manifestation
and embodiment
of an invincible summer
within your heart and soul!

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Morning Offering (Poem)

Today, and every day,
offer your day to God.
Give thanks for everything given
and received, even the challenges--
for they too, have their hidden blessings.

Give thanks for all the souls
that have come into your own
and have helped you become more fully
all that you are meant to be.

Tend the garden of your life.
Sow it with good deeds
and water it with constant repetition.
Become all that you are meant to be--
nothing more
and nothing less,
than an irrepeatable and unique manifestation
of the Presence of God to others.

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New Year's Blessing 2010

May this newest year rise
to meet the embrace
of your most deeply held dreams
 
May a new decade
unfold within you its promise
of the infinite possibilities
that are yours for the asking
 
May the paths you take
ground your body, mind and soul,
and reflect your choices
intentions, and prayers
 
And may the life you choose to lead
be showered with the blessings
and Wondrous Love
that is the Gift of the Infinite

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Blessed Soul Companions (Poem)

The garden of my life
Is populated with soul companions
Sent by God, as soothing balm
For my wounded and bruised spirit
 
I think of each and every moment
I have been touched by one of them—
Though I am most especially moved
By the presence of the one,
Who is without peer
Still, I am overwhelmed by gratitude
For the shower of blessings
Each and every one, unknowingly bestows:
 
“You put your lips
on my forehead
and lit a Holy Lamp
inside my heart.”
 
There is no darkness inside of me,
For the Holy Lamp that was lit
Guides the way, steering the ship
Of my life, which is always accompanied
By the most radiant of souls,
Always embracing me
In their undying Love
And the Luminosity
Of their hearts

(Quote by Hafiz)

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Out There (Poem)

God is not out there—
God is within
 
Love is not out there—
It is within
 
Heaven is not out there—
It is within
 
All that we seek to know
And to become,
All that we seek to have,
And to accomplish
Is not out there—
It is within
 
Rumi wisely counseled:
 
“Stop looking for something
out there
and begin looking
within.”
 
All that we need
And that we want
Is not out there—
It is within

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Relentless Love (Poem)

“There is passion
To be found
In this present moment”—
 
A message received,
From the ethers of cyberspace
 
From this place
That is no real place,
That is truly nonlocal—
And where souls meet and merge,
A blessed soul companion
Gives me this Divine-sent message
Imparting greater clarity and insight
On a very difficult challenge:
 
“Today, keep your thoughts
on forgiveness and love.
Relentless love.
Love the unloveable.
That’s what Christ did.”
 
This angel’s heaven sent guidance
Recalibrates the course of my life,
Helping me re-chart my journey
Towards Union with the Divine.
 
My soul loses itself in prayer,
Knowing it is supported
By this angel’s own meditations.
 
Today, once again,
I re-commit to God’s  sacred work
By practicing relentless love
And by loving the unloveable.
 
(Olga Rasmussen)

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Seasonal Blessings (Poem)

May this Sacred Season
Clothed in Silence and Stillness,
Inviting Simplicity and Surrender—
Bring you Fully and Deeply
Into your Tender Heart,
Filling you to the brim
With Blessings and Joy,
And the Eternal Treasure
Of God’s Undying Love
 
(Olga Rasmussen)

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