Spirit Dancing
Spirit Dancing
David Barnes April 8, 2001 Sunrise Ranch
Mariya Kasow played the drum, accompanied by Arrow Flora on the didgeridoo, while David Barnes read a poem he wrote
David Barnes — We are going to share a poem with you called spirit dancing. It's about the Creator's Law, which we know is the law of giving and receiving in balance. It's about celebrating living the law around the cycles of the seasons—dancing the law—spirit dancing.
spirit dancing
the creator's Law bids us to dance
the solar pulse calls us to dance
the mother's heartbeat leads us to dance
the dance of the spirit draws us together
the creator's Law bids us to dance
we all are related in the dance of the Law
the Law is a gift
living is giving
dancing the gift
dancing the circle
dancing the cycle
round
seasons of plenty
dancing the cycle round seasons of plenty
dancing the seasons round cycles of giving
dancing to celebrate rhythms of living
we dance and we celebrate — living the Law
giving and receiving — being the Law
sowing and reaping — thankful for Law
the seed and the harvest — receiving the Law
ebbing and flowing — breathing the Law
the light and the dark — encircled by Law
the sun and the earth — oneness in Law
the rhythms of being — dancing the Law
dancing the Law brings a knowing in living
the Law brings us plenty
the Law brings us balance
the Law brings connection
the Law brings us power
a stranger arrived in the garden of glory
with ambitions and fears and demons and noise and obsessions
with
illusions of progress
convictions of sin
and they did their best
to stop
both the music and the dance
but the tide can't be turned
and the music plays on
and the heartbeat is heard
and the dance is forever
here
in this day
we join in the music and the dance of a joyous creation
woman and man — wakan and skan
dancing our love
for the
lord of the dance
dancing our love
for the
goddess of rhythm
the creator's Law bids us to dance
the solar pulse calls us to dance
the mother's heartbeat leads us to dance
the dance of the spirit draws us together
we all are related in the dance of the Law
the creator's Law bids us to dance
it's a good day to dance
it's a good day to dance
it's a good day to dance
I've been thinking about language, and the use of various languages to communicate. Some varied forms of language have already been used this morning — the language of the drum, and the language of the didgeridoo; the language of the spirit expressed through Mariya and Arrow. The language of the poetry, the words selected to clothe the rhythm, the information conveyed, the spirit of the words. I've been thinking of what could be called the one language, or the language of oneness — the language of love.
1 comment:
Thank you David for your beautiful expression of the language of love as depicted in your poem, a revelation of your spirit dancing experience throughout your living,. I love how you conveyed line-by-line what spirit dancing is, and I can't help but resonate with each line because it IS all about living the Creator's Law which does indeed bid me to dance and celebrate the cycles of seasons---and the cycles of plenty for surely there is no lack.
Here in this day, in this moment, I join in the music and the dance of a joyous creation with you and many more; this is my ongoing experience as I continue to dance to the Creator's Law because each day is definitely a good day for dancing my love for the lord of the dance and for the goddess of rhythm---it's a wonderful experience!
David, I appreciate the way you brought out the various languages of communication such as the drum, didgeridoo, poetry and the spirit expressed through Mariya and Arrow---all are love expressions, perfect and beautiful. My words are also an expression of the language of love and oneness with the Creator.
Thank you, David, for sharing Spirit Dancing with all of us---I love it!
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