November 7, 2021

"Himalayas of the Heart" by Larry Morris (1939-2015)

A salute to those

fearless daring explorers

of the Inner Journey

who risk all for awakening

those intrepid travelers

through Inner Space

who seek The Kingdom

of infinite untouched Peace.

This past week marked the 6th anniversary of the death of Dr. Larry Morris who led Hillside Church for 33 years. This seems a good occasion to offer two of his poems for today's Sunday post. Through ministry, he became a prolific spiritual writer and poet, his poetry arising from his own journey. The above salute applies not just to Larry and those he knew--the writers and teachers who shaped his way--but it also applies to you, if you too seek that Kingdom of infinite untouched Peace. This is the Peace you have yet to find--that which underlies your longing for peace in your life and in the world around you, underlies the longing that others for whom you care can also touch such Peace. The Himalaya mountain range contains some of the highest peaks on Earth, including the highest, Mt. Everest. Although there are those who physically set out to climb those peaks, many of whom have life changing experiences, here is a reminder that the spiritual journey is actually through Inner Space, toward an awareness of oneself and one's own heart. That journey demands courage as well as, sooner or later, the touch of Grace. Inner exploration leads back to yourself, to meeting yourself again and again, until you come to a frontier where the sense of self can no longer be sustained as you have viewed it your whole life; it must give way to something larger, something interwoven into the fabric of Life itself and blended with all that is. This is the birth of new life and yet paradoxically, it is the discovery of what has been true all along-- God's Secret. (Susan Nettleton)

"God's Secret" by Larry Morris

The love we thought

the universe could never give us

the surprise Birthday cake

with the candle that we can

never blow out

the wish that can

never be extinguished

the dream that never

evaporates into our common life.

for more poems by Larry Morris, scroll down the page to the Larry Morris poems section at:

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