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So I Close My Eyes ( *Hit Civilization lost on player at left*)
The mountain calls me home
talking to me through the sounds of sirens
and congested ...littered highways
So I close my eyes and smell the rich pine
and tune my ears to the roar of rocky streams
There is a purity
to the smoke of a crackling fire
To the shadows of candlelight
It once was home
in another life
So I close my eyes
There is no majesty like a soaring eagle
whose eerie call pierces the canyon walls
and echoes a time of real freedom
So I close my eyes and experience its magnitude
and tune my vibration to the universe
There is a symphony
to the background sounds of nature
To the unfettered light emitting a billion stars
It once was home
in another life
So I close my eyes
There is a clarity to the thick fog
that blankets a mountain lake
It begs deep reflection
So I close my eyes and open my conscious
and tune my thoughts beneath
The cold springs exhilarate
Cleansing one, of the flaws of civilization
cooling relief for the sweat of, Man induced progress
It was home
in another life
So I close my eyes
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The Invitation
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Canadian Teacher and Author
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dreams
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shriveled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your
fingers and toes
without cautioning us to
be careful
be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand on the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes."
It doesn't interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after a night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the center of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.
© 1995 by Oriah House, From "Dreams Of Desire"
Published by Mountain Dreaming, 300 Coxwell Avenue, Box 22546, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4L 2A0
Please click here for more information about Oriah's book.Author : Oriah Mountain Dreamer
A Native American , Canadian teacher and Author
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